Charles, Joni S. J.2021-11-222021-11-222005-02Charles, J. S. J. (2005). Economic activity associated with recreational fishing along the Texas Gulf Coast (Report No. 2005-03). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.https://hdl.handle.net/10877/14924This 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.Text38 pages1 file (.pdf)enfishingrecreational fishingeconomic activityTexasGulf CoastReport