Economic Activity Associated with Recreational Fishing Along the Texas Gulf Coast
Abstract
This report focuses on estimating the economic activity1 associated with recreational
fishing in Sabine Lake/Sabine-Neches Estuary, Galveston Bay/Trinity-San Jacinto
Estuary, Matagorda Bay/Lavaca-Colorado Estuary, San Antonio Bay/Guadalupe Estuary,
Aransas Bay/Mission-Aransas Estuary, Corpus Christi Bay/Nueces Estuary, Baffin
Bay/Upper Laguna Madre Estuary, and South Bay/Lower Laguna Madre Estuary. Each
bay/estuary area will define a separate geographic region of study comprised of one or
more counties. Recreational fishing, therefore, refers to bay (saltwater) fishing only. The
results show trip- and equipment-related spending of residents and non-residents on
recreational fishing in each of these regions and the impact this spending had on the
economy in terms of earnings, employment and sales output.