<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of this research was to define the participation rates of freshwater anglers in Croatia, their changes over the years and their differences across the counties of Croatia. In spite of a continuous population decline ever since Croatia joined the EU, the number of anglers has slightly increased to around 1%. The counties can be divided into three groups – counties on the Adriatic coast where marine fisheries are dominant, a very urbanized City of Zagreb and the remaining inland counties. In freshwater recreational fisheries in Croatia, the tradition and availability of fishing grounds dominate the participation rate of anglers. However, there are indications of the influence of GDP values so the counties with GDP over 6,500 euros per capita expressed positive relationship to the percentage of anglers (p&lt;0.05). On the other hand, densely populated county of the City of Zagreb confirms that urbanization and much higher GDP result in a much lower percentage of recreational fishermen.</p></abstract>

The aim of this research was to define the participation rates of freshwater anglers in Croatia, their changes over the years and their differences across the counties of Croatia. In spite of a continuous population decline ever since Croatia joined the EU, the number of anglers has slightly increased to around 1%. The counties can be divided into three groups – counties on the Adriatic coast where marine fisheries are dominant, a very urbanized City of Zagreb and the remaining inland counties. In freshwater recreational fisheries in Croatia, the tradition and availability of fishing grounds dominate the participation rate of anglers. However, there are indications of the influence of GDP values so the counties with GDP over 6,500 euros per capita expressed positive relationship to the percentage of anglers (p<0.05). On the other hand, densely populated county of the City of Zagreb confirms that urbanization and much higher GDP result in a much lower percentage of recreational fishermen.

Participation Rates of Freshwater Recreational Fisheries in the Counties of Croatia

Department of Fisheries, Apiculture, Wildlife Management and Special Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture

Croatian Journal of Fisheries

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The aim of this research was to define the participation rates of freshwater anglers in Croatia, their changes over the years and their differences across the...

Participation Rates of Freshwater Recreational Fisheries in the Counties of Croatia

Published Online: Oct 18, 2019

Page range: 127 - 132

Received: Jul 05, 2019

Accepted: Aug 11, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cjf-2019-0014

Keywords
Anglers, Demographics, GDP, Urbanization

© 2019 Tomislav Treer, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Participation Rates of Freshwater Recreational Fisheries in the Counties of Croatia

Published Online: Oct 18, 2019

Page range: 127 - 132

Received: Jul 05, 2019

Accepted: Aug 11, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cjf-2019-0014

KeywordsAnglers, Demographics, GDP, Urbanization

© 2019 Tomislav Treer, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Anglers, Demographics, GDP, Urbanization