An Economic Evaluation of Irish Salmon Fishing, III: The Commercial Fishermen. ESRI General Research Series Paper No. 78, November 1974

Whelan, B. J. and O'Connor, R. and McCashin, A. (1974) An Economic Evaluation of Irish Salmon Fishing, III: The Commercial Fishermen. ESRI General Research Series Paper No. 78, November 1974. UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

This is the third report of a study entitled An Economic Evaluation of Irish Salmon and Sea-Trout Fishing which was sponsored by the Department of Agriculture and Fishseries and conducted by the Economic and Social Research Institute. The first report was concerned with the visiting anglers (i.e. salmon anglers from outside the Republic) [I] while the second report dealt with the Irish anglers [2]. The terms of reference of the study together with some background information on the life history of the salmon and on methods of evaluation were given in the previous reports. This third study deals with commercial salmon fishermen, their methods of operation, the time spent fishing, their alternative occupations and particularly with the income arising from salmon fishing. The report also gives information relating to the owners of angling waters and the opinions of these and of the commercial fishermen on certain aspects of salmon fishing. In the final section of the paper an attempt is made to collate the results of the three studies so as to provide some basis on which policy issues can be considered.

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