Marine Recreational Fishing Expenditure Survey (MRFE)

The objective of the survey is to collect information on both trip expenditures and annual durable good expenditures made by marine recreational anglers. The survey will be conducted in two phases. One phase of the survey will ask anglers about their purchases of durable goods such as fishing gear, boats, vehicles, and second homes. The second phase will ask anglers about the expenses incurred on their most recent marine recreational fishing trip. As specified in the Magnuson-Stevenson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1996 (and reauthorized in 2007), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is required to enumerate the economic impacts of the policies it implements on fishing participants and coastal communities. The expenditure data collected in this survey will be used to estimate the economic contributions and impacts of marine recreational fishing to each coastal state and nationwide. This request is for renewal and revision of the currently approved information collection. The revision consists of adding back in the trip expenditure survey for fishing trips targeting highly migratory species that was included in the 2014 approval.

The latest form for Marine Recreational Fishing Expenditure Survey (MRFE) expires 2026-04-30 and can be found here.

Trip Expenditures - Intercept

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