An economic valuation of the South African linefishery

Economic data collected during 1995 and 1996 in a national survey of shore-anglers and skiboat fishermen is used to provide an economic assessment of aspects of recreational, subsistence and commercial linefishing on the South African coastline. Results show that more than 90% of shore-anglers have incomes which lie in the highest two quintiles of the distribution of incomes, and tha