Angling is More Than a Sport!

• Angling is a valuable sources of income and revenue for businesses and the economy of state and local communities.
• Over 55 percent of the revenue generated by habitat license fees for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources  (UDWR) comes from the anglers of Utah.
• Utah has 406,000 licensed anglers.
• Nearly 150,000 non-resident anglers spent over 3.9 million days fishing in Utah.**
• Expenditures related to fishing total $231 million.*
• Anglers average 3.9 million days on the water; hunters average 1.7 million days in the field.
    Wildlife-Watching accounted for 1.8 million days.*
• Licensed anglers constitute 21 percent of Utah’s population.*
• Angling generate over $11-million in Utah sales tax, over $5-million in state income tax, nearly
    $12-million in federal income tax, and over $3.5-million in Sport Fish Restoration excise tax.**
• The economic impact of anglers’ expenditures generate an additional $468-million in other benefits to local  communities.
• In many small Utah communities, angler expenditures were central to economic health and growth.**
• In Utah, 6,773 jobs are directly related to angling.**
  
  * 1996 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, FHW/96-UT, April 1998
  ** The 1996 Economic Impact of Sport Fishing in Utah, American Sportfishing Assn.