A socio demographic and economic characteristics of recreational fishermen in inland waters of west anatoli̇a

This study was carried out to investigate the socio-demographic and economic characteristics of recreational fisheries in Western Anatolia Region. Questionnaire were conducted with 141 recreational fishermen between January 2015 and November 2015. Questionnaire included about social-demographic, performance-effort, economic, organization-management, ethical behaviour, safety, equipment, enviromental and species knowledge, habits and communication. As the result of the study, recreational fishermen's majority (28.3%) were between 40 and 49 years, The species most favoured by recreational fishermen were carp (43.9%) and trout (30.6%), 71.7% married, 48.2% high school graduate, all of the recreational fishermen caught avarage 1-5 kilograms of fish per hunt, 66.7% between 1001-2000 Turkish Liras income range, 31.2% prefer summer season for hunting, 46.8% used internet for gather information about fishing. 95% of the anglers, participated in none of the organization.