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Economic impacts of artificial reefs: Lee County1

Robert Swett, Joy Hazell, Charles Adams, Sherry Larkin, and Alan Hodges2

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Abstract

“Economic impacts of artificial reefs, Lee County” is part of a larger study on the economic benefits associated with artificial reef programs in a six-county region of Southwest Florida (Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte and Lee counties). Information was collected using a variety of survey techniques that asked private boater and for-hire operators and clients about their artificial reef use during 2009.

The study was conducted by Florida Sea Grant and University of Florida researchers, with funding provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Program through a grant to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; the West Coast Inland Navigation District; and by participating counties.

The full report, Economic Impacts of Artificial Reefs for Six Southwest Florida Counties, TP 178, is available from Florida Sea Grant, http://flseagrant.org/ [29 May 2012].

Breakdowns of the economic impacts from the other counties in the study are available in these related publications:

Related Publication: The Economic Benefits Associated with Florida’s Artificial Reefs (EDIS Pub #FE649) http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe649

Footnotes

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This document is SGEF-185, one of a series of the Sea Grant Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date December 2011. Visit the EDIS website at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.

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Robert Swett, associate professor, School of Forest Resources and Conservation; Joy Hazell, marine Extension agent, Florida Sea Grant; Charles Adams, professor, Food and Resource Economics; Sherry Larkin, associate professor, Food and Resource Economics; and Alan Hodges, Extension scientist, Food and Resource Economics;

The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Opportunity Institution authorized to provide research, educational information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function with non-discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations. For more information on obtaining other extension publications, contact your county Cooperative Extension service.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, IFAS, Florida A. & M. University Cooperative Extension Program, and Boards of County Commissioners Cooperating. Nick T. Place, Dean.