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<br />localities. A projection of the 1965 data provided by the state
<br />fish and game departments indicates that the 1965 level of angler
<br />use will have increased 27 percent by 1980, 82 percent by 2000 and
<br />144 percent by 2020.
<br />
<br />Estimated fisherman expenditures for future target years have been
<br />derived by multiplying projected demand by 1965 man-day expenditures.
<br />The resultant totals are indicative only because they are based on
<br />1965 dollars and costs and on the assumption that the future fish
<br />resources will be adequate to meet the demand. The expenditure
<br />estimates are shown below with nonresident expenditures shown
<br />separately since the trend in future nonresident demand increases
<br />somewhat faster than that of resident demand.
<br />
<br />Year
<br />1965
<br />1980
<br />2000
<br />2020
<br />
<br />Resident
<br />Expenditures
<br />$ 50,310,000
<br />63,758,000
<br />91,509,000
<br />119,615,000
<br />
<br />Nonresident
<br />Expenditures
<br />$ 17,170,000
<br />22,493,000
<br />32,613 ,000
<br />,47,289,000
<br />
<br />Total
<br />Expenditures
<br />$ 67,480,000
<br />86,251,000
<br />124,122,000
<br />166,904,000
<br />
<br />Hunting requirements within the region are expected to show the
<br />smallest change between 1966 and 1980, with a more pronounced
<br />increase thereafter. Participation by regional residents should
<br />double by 2020, the expected increase being 110 percent. Hunting
<br />originating from the rapidly growing metropolitan areas outside
<br />the region would have a more pronounced increase of a projected
<br />147 percent.
<br />
<br />Expenditures for hunting in 1965 were less than for fishing because
<br />of the smaller number of man-days devoted to hunting. In the future
<br />this difference will be proportionately wider because of the lower
<br />level of hunting by nonresidents. This is illustrated in the
<br />following projected expenditure data:
<br />
<br />Year
<br />1965
<br />1980
<br />2000
<br />2020
<br />
<br />Resident
<br />Expenditures
<br />$26,816,000
<br />33,768,000
<br />46,894,000
<br />60,853,000
<br />
<br />Nonresident
<br />Expenditures
<br />$17,440,000
<br />15,393,000
<br />15,417,000
<br />15,441,000
<br />
<br />Total
<br />Expenditures
<br />$44,256,000
<br />49,161,000
<br />62,311,000
<br />76,294,000
<br />
<br />To satisfy unmet future public demands for fishing and hunting,
<br />special measures must be adopted in some of the subregions of the
<br />basin to preserve or develop sufficient resources. Some of the
<br />methods, such as the construction and operation of fishery
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