Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme: Ocean Use Survey
Recreational Fishing Heatmaps
Recreational Fishing Heatmaps
Of the respondents that drew shapes valued for recreational fishing, 34 indicated their age, with a mean of 44 and a range from 17 and 64, where 17 is the minimum age and 64 is the maximum age. 83.8% of recreational fishing respondents that indicated their gender were male, with 16.2% female.
The geographic spread of respondents for recreational fishing is shown below, with the most respondents from Pembroke and Devonshire, and the least from Hamilton.
Respondents for recreational fishing from each parish.
This section contains the heatmaps produced from the recreational fishing responses. Heatmaps are a representation of data (in this case, data presented as a series of maps) where values are represented as colors: Hot or High Values are on the red end of the scale, while cold or Low Values are on the Blue color scale. All heatmaps in this section are sector based calculations of Use and Value produced directly from OUS responses for recreational fishing. Readers should be able to use these maps to learn how recreational fishers value ocean space in Bermuda.
Two online platforms were used to collect OUS responses: SeaSketch and Maptionnaire. Respondents could submit responses individually or as a group, and responses could also be given a spatial weight.
All Responses: Maps labeled as “all” were created using all the responses collected for the given sector from both SeaSketch and Maptionnaire
Weighted: Maps labeled “weighted” were created by dividing the value assigned to a shape by its area in km2, and then summing the total value per pixel across all respondents for a given sector. High value areas (red) therefore reflect areas chosen by many respondents as well as areas that respondents value particularly highly.
Recreational Fishing Heatmap