Economic impact of resident and nonresident marine anglers to the local economy in Mecklenburg‐Western Pomerania, Germany

Recreational fisheries catches are increasingly considered in the assessment and management of mixed recreational‐commercial marine fisheries, while the contribution of recreational fisheries to the economy is often overlooked. Using a telephone diary survey targeting marine recreational anglers in...

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Published in:Fisheries management and ecology Vol. 32; no. 3
Main Authors: Strehlow, Harry V., Korzhenevych, Artem, Lucas, Jorrit, Lewin, Wolf‐Christian, Weltersbach, Marc Simon, Riepe, Carsten, Arlinghaus, Robert
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.06.2025
Subjects:
administrative management
Angling
angling tourism
ecology
Economic impact
Economics
Expenditures
Fisheries
Fishing
Germany
input–output analysis
Local economy
Marine fish
Marine fisheries
nonresident anglers
Recreation
recreational fisheries
Sport fishing
surveys
telephones
Tourism
Pomerania
Germany
ISSN:0969-997X, 1365-2400
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Summary:Recreational fisheries catches are increasingly considered in the assessment and management of mixed recreational‐commercial marine fisheries, while the contribution of recreational fisheries to the economy is often overlooked. Using a telephone diary survey targeting marine recreational anglers in Germany, we estimated the number of anglers and their expenditures over the course of 1 year (2014–2015). About 197,000 marine anglers spent €248 million in Germany. We then constructed regional input–output models and contrasted the economic impacts of resident and nonresident anglers fishing in coastal and transitional brackish waters of the state of Mecklenburg‐Western Pomerania in north‐eastern Germany. On a regional scale, the total economic impact was €210 million supporting 2044 jobs, nonresident anglers were responsible for eight times greater economic impact than resident anglers. Maintaining attractive fishing opportunities for the recreational fishing sector, specifically angling tourism, is critical for maintaining resource flows to local and regional economies.
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ISSN:0969-997X
1365-2400
DOI:10.1111/fme.12664