2013 ECONOMIC IMPACT OF FISHING IN ARIZONA Conducted for the Arizona Game and Fish Department by Anthony Fedler, PhD., and Responsive Management 2014 2013 ECONOMIC IMPACT OF FISHING IN ARIZONA Anthony J. Fedler, Ph.D. Human Dimensions Consulting 9707 SW 55th Road Gainesville, Florida 32608
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[email protected] www.responsivemanagement.com 2013 Economic Impact of Fishing in Arizona INTRODUCTION This economic analysis is a companion report to a 2014 study conducted by Responsive Management (RM) for the Arizona Department of Game and Fish (hereinafter referred to as the Department). The purpose of the study was to determine the views of Arizona’s anglers on various regulations, their satisfactions and dissatisfactions with fishing in Arizona, the fishing methods and locations they typically used, and their fishing-related expenditures in Arizona during 2013. This report is concerned with the data gathered on the last point: it uses these expenditure data to produce an analysis of the 2013 economic impact of fishing in Arizona. SURVEY METHODOLOGY The study conducted by Responsive Management entailed a multi-modal survey of Arizona license-buying anglers. Internet and telephone surveys were developed and pre-tested to ensure proper wording, flow and logic in the surveys.