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The Delta: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Recreation Survey

This document is a summary of the "Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Recreation Survey" prepared by the Department of Parks and Recreation for the Delta Protection Commission and the Department of Boating and Waterways.

The summary was prepared by staff of the Delta Protection Commission, and does not include the tables and maps. The map of zones can be viewed in the "Delta Atlas." The map is titled "Recreation Areas."

September 1997

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter I. Introduction

  • Background
  • The Survey
  • The Delta
  • Recreation in the Delta

Chapter II. Previous Recreation Surveys

  • Water-based recreation activities
  • Land-based recreation activities

Chapter III. Results of Boating Survey

  • Introduction
  • Boating Recreation
    • Boats used in the Delta for recreation
    • Activities, group size, and participation days
    • Times when boating activities occurred
    • Locations where boating activities occurred, by zone
    • Locations where boating activities occurred, by type of activity
    • Adequacy of boating facilities
  • Other recreation (non-boating)
    • Type of activities, group size, and participation days
    • Locations where other (non-boating) activities occurred, by zone
    • Locations where other recreation (non-boating) occurred, by type activity
    • Adequacy of other (non-boating) facilities
  • Economic considerations
    • Expenditures by boaters
    • County of origin - Survey respondents
    • Distances traveled to get to the Delta
    • Size of groups
    • Length of stay in the Delta
  • Other issues
    • Participation in night fishing
    • Observation of law enforcement patrol boats
    • How boaters use of the Delta for recreation has changed during the last five years
    • Reasons given by respondents for not recreating in the Delta
    • Age and sex of respondents
    • Number of respondents who purchased a California fishing license in 199629

Chapter IV. Results of the Fishing Survey

  • Fishing recreation
    • Activities, group size, and participation days
    • Times when fishing occurred
    • Locations where fishing activity occurred, by zone
    • Locations where each type of fishing occurred, by type of activity
    • Adequacy of fishing facilities
  • Other recreation (non-fishing)
    • Type of activities, group size, and participation days
    • Locations where other activities (non-fishing) occurred, by zone
    • Locations where other recreation (non-fishing) occurred, by type of activity
    • Adequacy of other (non-fishing) facilities
  • Economic considerations
    • Expenditures by anglers
    • County of origin - survey respondents
    • Distances traveled to get to the Delta
    • Size of groups
    • Length of stay in the Delta
  • Other issues
    • Participation in night fishing
    • Observation of law enforcement patrol boats
    • How anglers use of the Delta for recreation has changed during the last five years
    • Reasons given by respondents for not recreating in the Delta43 E. Age and sex of respondents

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