The economic contribution of recreational fishing: Waterville, Co. Kerry. ESRI Research Bulletin 2017/11

Curtis, John and Breen, Benjamin and O’Reilly, Paul and O’Donoghue, Cathal (2017) The economic contribution of recreational fishing: Waterville, Co. Kerry. ESRI Research Bulletin 2017/11. UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

This research evaluates the local economic benefit arising from recreational angling tourism in Waterville, Co. Kerry. Tourism is vital to the local economy, and fishing is an important tourist attraction. Fishing opportunities include sea fish angling for bass, pollack, mullet, etc., as well as lake and river angling for salmon, sea trout and brown trout. Other sporting and cultural attractions also exist locally and the area benefits from it situation on the ‘Ring of Kerry’. Waterville Lakes and Rivers Trust undertook a survey of anglers between February and June 2015. This research is based on that survey data but focuses on visiting tourist anglers and their expenditures in the local area, both anglingrelated (e.g. ghillie and boat hire, fishing tackle, bait, etc.) and non-angling expenditures (e.g. accommodation, meals, drinks and groceries, gifts, etc.). The survey includes both tourists where the sole focus of the trip was fishing and where fishing was only one component of a trip that included other tourist activities.

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