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Evaluation of a national
questionnaire
Representation table
Provision of Information
National Organisational Comments
Question 4.1 of the national questionnaire
was concerned with identifying which leisure and recreational
activities were of a direct interest to recreational representative
organisations. This provides a useful indication of the effectiveness
of using clubs to distribute environmental information to participants.
The table below illustrates the number of organisations with
a direct interest in specific leisure activities.
This table clearly shows that water-based activities
have higher levels of national representation than land based
activities. This may be due to the fact that many land based
activities are very informal activities which do not require
club membership or expert knowledge for participation.
Levels of representation
for recreational activities.
|
Activity
|
Representation
|
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Motorboating
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18
|
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Sailing
|
11
|
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Personal watercrafting
|
9
|
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Windsurfing
|
10
|
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Dinghy Sailing
|
10
|
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Water-skiing
|
9
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Canoeing
|
9
|
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Sub-Aqua
|
7
|
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Swimming
|
8
|
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Snorkelling
|
4
|
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Sea fishing
|
12
|
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Motor towed inflatables
|
5
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Surfing
|
6
|
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Bird watching
|
5
|
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Day tripping
|
6
|
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Walking/hiking
|
7
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Dog walking
|
6
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Fossil hunting
|
2
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Horse riding
|
5
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Cycling
|
5
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Off-roading
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4
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Land yachting
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1
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Kite flying
|
0
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Shoreline angling
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10
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Jogging
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2
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Provision of Information
To aid with the literature review, national
organisations were asked whether they held or had commissioned
research or other information concerning recreational activities
and/or the marine environment. The findings of this question
supported the established opinion that there is a great deal
of recreational and environmental information available. 58%
of those organisations that responded stated that they did hold
information concerned with the extent or volumes of recreational
activities and / or the interaction of recreation with the environment.
Of these, the following organisations offered to make information
available for the development of this study:
- British Marine Industries Federation
- British Surfing Association
- British Water Ski Federation
- Chichester Harbour Conservancy
- Ceredigon County Council
- Environment Agency
- National Trust
- Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
- Royal Yachting Association
- Scottish Canoe Association
- Tamar Estuaries Consultative Forum
- Welsh Yachting Association
National Organisational
Comments
Organisations were given the opportunity to
comment on management measures and generally on the development
of the study.
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