I would just like to thank everyone for their responses. Ya’ll have been a great help, and since the turnout has been so great I have decided to expand upon my survey with two others. They are essentially the same and take just as little time.
hey, one question i forgot to ask the first time around (which is too late now for me)… does the gas in the boat count for money spent? or total cost for boat up-keep? i keep up the boat to in order to fish. i included gas in my money spent for the amount spent on fishing annually but left out any annual tune ups to the boat. i say this because you might have a large range of responses if some are adding in gas and if some are strictly going off fishing gear, licensing, bait, etc. Hope that variable doesn’t throw off your thesis.
Done. However, the question about supporting higher license fees bugs me. I would support higher fees if I knew the money would be put back into natural resource initiatives, etc… I work for the state and often see how “extra” money gets pissed away on things other than what it was originally intended for. Just saying.
I completely agree with you on that DFreedom. I did place a short excerpt at the beginning of the survey explaining what the funds may go to. However, I am merely doing a quick and simple survey in order to complete my thesis asap.