Using on-site survey data from sea, coarse and game angling sites in Ireland, this paper estimates count data models of … recreational angling demand. The models are used to investigate the extent to which anglers are responsive to differences in water … quality, with the water quality metric defined by the EU’s Water Framework Directive. The analysis shows that angling demand …

On-site survey data from coarse and game angling sites in Ireland is used to estimate count data models of recreational … angling demand. To investigate the existence of preference heterogeneity across angler-types, three demand functions are … all anglers as an homogeneous group led to results suggesting angling demand is higher where there is a greater provision …

travel costs to a recreational site when some trips were taken for purposes other than recreation and/or included visits to …