Fishing License Sales Continue to Plummet - is it due to AIS Impacts?
Published by forester on Tue, 01/28/2020 - 07:28New research from the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10530-020-02198-5) has found that zebra mussels decrease the size of walleye 14%, spiny water flea by 12%, and the combination of the two by 25%.
The biggest and most productive walleye lakes in Minnesota are all infested with one or both of these species. Is this part of the reason that fishing license sales are off 50,000 from 2017 numbers, continuing a disturbing trend, particularly among young people?
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Total Sales For Entire License Year |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
TO DATE 2019 |
|
Conservation Individual Angling |
17,682 |
17,315 |
17,071 |
15,940 |
|
Conservation Combination Angling |
5,546 |
5,790 |
6,228 |
6,219 |
|
24 Hour Angling (In 2013 24 hr license were seperated into Resident and Non Resident) |
14,305 |
15,237 |
13,621 |
7,207 |
|
Individual Angling |
446,575 |
449,338 |
433,519 |
397,299 |
|
Combination Angling |
183,635 |
183,572 |
173,954 |
166,952 |
|
NR Individual Angling |
70,659 |
73,103 |
70,155 |
66,520 |
|
NR Married Couple Angling |
29,880 |
30,562 |
30,525 |
29,882 |
|
NR 14 Day Married Couple Angling |
21,286 |
21,182 |
20,895 |
19,546 |
|
NR 7 Day Angling |
58,244 |
58,754 |
55,529 |
49,608 |
|
NR 72 Hour Angling |
49,303 |
41,043 |
43,849 |
30,582 |
|
Resident Youth Ages 16 & 17 Angling |
39,981 |
32,861 |
31,049 |
28,738 |
|
NR 24 Hour Angling (In 2013 24 hr license were seperated into Resident and Non Resident) |
34,988 |
50,749 |
47,366 |
34,226 |
|
Resident 72 Hour Angling |
13,884 |
14,649 |
14,392 |
7,438 |
|
Resident 3 Year Angling |
1,776 |
2,046 |
1,763 |
1,614 |
|
Resident Indvidual Super Sports |
2,294 |
2,672 |
3,001 |
3,227 |
|
Resident Combination Super Sports |
1,293 |
1,480 |
1,681 |
1,908 |
|
Sr Citzen(2000-2002) / N R Youth Angling(2006-Present) |
9,926 |
9,971 |
9,705 |
8,379 |
|
Individual Sports |
77,682 |
74,888 |
69,270 |
64,407 |
|
Combination Sports |
64,141 |
61,613 |
59,100 |
55,696 |
|
Resident Lifetime Angling |
8,084 |
8,507 |
8,897 |
8,952 |
|
Resident Lifetime Sports |
6,970 |
7,301 |
7,610 |
7,317 |
|
NR Lifetime Angling |
94 |
104 |
115 |
112 |
|
Totals |
1,158,228 |
1,162,737 |
1,119,295 |
1,011,769 |
|
Year End Totals |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
TO DATE 2019 |
|
Trout Pictorial (129 +137) |
5,171 |
5,375 |
5,321 |
5,033 |
|
Trout Validation (128 + 136 + 254) |
103,432 |
105,778 |
105,385 |
102,607 |
|
Walleye Pictorial |
4,854 |
5,374 |
5,634 |
5,633 |
|
Walleye Validation |
12,467 |
13,409 |
13,462 |
14,171 |
|
Totals |
125,924 |
129,936 |
129,802 |
127,444
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