Assessment of the Economic Impact Associated with the Recreational Scallop Season in Hernando County, Florida
Recreational scalloping has become an increasingly popular activity within the Big Bend region of Florida and Hernando County is the southern extent of healthy, harvestable bay scallop populations. A previous study (Stevens, et al, 2003) found that the recreational scallop fishery generated 35 job...
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Recreational scalloping has become an increasingly popular activity within the Big Bend region of Florida and Hernando County is the southern extent of healthy, harvestable bay scallop populations. A previous study (Stevens, et al, 2003) found that the recreational scallop fishery generated 35 jobs and $1.6 million in economic impact to the economy of neighboring Citrus County in 2003. State resource managers and County administrators expressed a need to know how the recreational scallop season impacts the local economies.
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| spelling | doaj-art-bb188ff109c94de0a62468fda88b47e22025-02-08T05:53:16ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092018-09-0120185Assessment of the Economic Impact Associated with the Recreational Scallop Season in Hernando County, FloridaBrittany Hall-Scharf0Charles M. Adams1Alan W. Hodges2Stephen Geiger3University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaFlorida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Recreational scalloping has become an increasingly popular activity within the Big Bend region of Florida and Hernando County is the southern extent of healthy, harvestable bay scallop populations. A previous study (Stevens, et al, 2003) found that the recreational scallop fishery generated 35 jobs and $1.6 million in economic impact to the economy of neighboring Citrus County in 2003. State resource managers and County administrators expressed a need to know how the recreational scallop season impacts the local economies. https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/105594scallops |
| spellingShingle | Brittany Hall-Scharf Charles M. Adams Alan W. Hodges Stephen Geiger Assessment of the Economic Impact Associated with the Recreational Scallop Season in Hernando County, Florida EDIS scallops |
| title | Assessment of the Economic Impact Associated with the Recreational Scallop Season in Hernando County, Florida |
| title_full | Assessment of the Economic Impact Associated with the Recreational Scallop Season in Hernando County, Florida |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of the Economic Impact Associated with the Recreational Scallop Season in Hernando County, Florida |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of the Economic Impact Associated with the Recreational Scallop Season in Hernando County, Florida |
| title_short | Assessment of the Economic Impact Associated with the Recreational Scallop Season in Hernando County, Florida |
| title_sort | assessment of the economic impact associated with the recreational scallop season in hernando county florida |
| topic | scallops |
| url | https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/105594 |
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