PACIFIC REGION STATISTICS     
Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licences (licence) and Pacific Salmon Conservation Stamps (stamp)    
Annual (Licence Year) Comparison of Sales:  April 1 to March 31    
       
Licence Year 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/2014 2014/15 * 2015/16 * 2016/17 * 2017/18 *  2018/19 **    
Resident Licences    
Adult -  Annual 110,743 108,437 122,779 124,700 123,504 118,512 116,501 118,486 119,804 112,684 130,057     128,675 129,283 126,755 132,825 145,288 147,608 141,769 146,623 138,455    
Adult -  5 day 8,690 9,112 10,175 10,308 11,077 12,238 13,765 15,468 15,996 15,186 11,338       12,445 13,104 13,012 12,054 13,287 13,151 12,360 11,774 11,871    
Adult -  3 day 14,985 15,347 16,656 17,891 18,270 19,297 19,840 21,577 21,513 21,003 17,908       18,278 18,449 18,679 18,541 18,937 18,419 17,944 18,183 18,007    
Adult -  1 day 36,310 35,678 41,180 37,787 38,783 34,902 33,923 34,234 33,305 30,382 34,228       33,134 34,345 35,263 36,771 43,785 41,661 40,477 42,704 42,105    
Senior  - Annual  (65 and older) 17,531 17,104 19,147 19,924 20,479 20,509 20,405 21,267 22,097 21,161 23,902       25,280 26,094 26,856 28,529 35,335 36,034 36,758 37,838 38,424    
Juvenile  - Annual (under 16 yrs) 45,623 44,573 49,707 47,641 48,544 43,234 40,684 39,303 38,066 33,722 40,016       37,973 38,511 37,329 36,721 38,349 36,883 37,028 38,964 35,863    
TOTAL 233,882 230,251 259,644 258,251 260,657 248,692 245,118 250,335 250,781 234,138 257,449 255,785 259,786 257,894 265,441 294,981 293,756 286,336 296,086 284,725    
Non-Resident Licences    
Adult - Annual 5,580 5,230 5,328 5,248 5,033 5,557 5,325 5,311 5,069 4,055 4,017         3,822 4,017 3,765 3,866 4,322 4,899 5,675 5,725 5,865    
Adult - 5 day 23,707 21,966 22,015 20,940 22,449 24,476 25,904 24,898 24,249 20,160 14,820       14,791 14,199 14,221 12,592 14,896 15,841 17,426 17,664 16,337    
Adult - 3 day 22,098 21,323 20,064 18,785 19,161 19,354 18,795 18,026 17,028 13,753 10,665       10,627 10,445 10,007 9,469 10,243 10,548 11,481 11,604 11,507    
1 day 28,734 25,944 25,655 23,988 23,563 23,408 22,046 20,946 21,142 15,591 13,147       13,216 13,578 13,475 12,950 15,851 16,973 17,983 19,090 18,273    
Juvenile  - Annual (under 16 yrs) 6,631 5,901 6,020 6,087 5,829 5,276 5,269 4,653 4,557 3,553 3,160         3,135 3,207 3,038 2,839 3,435 3,773 4,149 4,355 4,149    
TOTAL 86,750 80,364 79,082 75,048 76,035 78,071 77,339 73,834 72,045 57,112 45,809 45,591 45,446 44,506 41,716 48,747 52,034 56,714 58,438 56,131    
Replacement Licences ***    
  Not Available at this time 748 1,109 999 1,012 1,330 1,248 1,513 1,458 1,340 1,423 1,388 60 24 20 10 34    
Pacific Salmon Conservation Stamp (PSF)    
Adult & Juvenile 223,985 205,335 232,466 234,090 238,279 236,146 227,210 230,565 224,868 243,647 214,440 216,985 223,487 212,004 218,521 285,392 246,339 257,889 265,999 255,807    
Replacements*** Not Available at this time 778 563 557 554 670 800 760 858 806 813 896 40 15 79 7 12    
Breakdown by Categories    
Total Adult Licences  268,378 260,141 282,999 279,571 282,319 278,253 276,504 280,213 280,203 253,975 260,082 260,268 263,514 262,033 267,597 301,944 305,134 301,873 311,205 300,844    
Total Juvenile Licences 52,254 50,474 55,727 53,728 54,373 48,510 45,953 43,956 42,623 37,275 43,176 41,108 41,718 40,367 39,560 41,784 40,656 41,177 43,319 40,012    
Total  Licences incl. Replacements*** 320,632 310,615 338,726 333,299 337,440 327,872 323,456 325,181 324,156 292,498 304,771 302,834 306,572 303,823 308,545 343,788 345,814 343,070 354,534 340,890    
Total Stamps incl. Replacements*** 223,985 205,335 232,466 234,090 239,057 236,709 227,767 231,119 225,538 244,447 215,200 217,843 224,293 212,817 219,417 285,432 246,354 257,968 266,006 255,819    
Revenue    
Total Licences sold   Not Available at this time   $4,594,466 $4,774,943 $4,852,081 $4,727,719 $4,407,156 $4,501,632 $4,507,163 $4,734,278 $4,661,637 $4,744,375 $5,295,974 $5,433,012 $5,446,542 $5,589,396 $5,388,462    
Total Licences sold including tax $4,987,026 $4,745,352 $5,128,988 $5,080,589 $5,153,546 $5,187,037 $5,112,997 $5,157,931 $5,001,335 $4,636,116 $4,728,465 N/A $4,892,673 $4,822,894 $4,981,455 $5,560,663 $5,704,559 $5,718,767 $5,868,759 $5,657,779    
Total Stamps sold  $1,343,910 $1,232,010 $1,394,796 $1,404,540 $1,429,674 $1,438,410 $1,363,260 $1,394,730 $1,349,208 $1,461,882 $1,096,560 $1,303,896 $1,340,790 $1,271,934 $1,310,604 $1,464,888 $1,541,100 $1,509,780 $1,563,654 $1,514,232    
Total Stamps sold including tax $1,411,106 $1,318,251 $1,492,432 $1,502,858 $1,529,751 $1,539,099 $1,458,688 $1,491,856 $1,442,607 $1,534,976 $1,151,388 N/A $1,389,999 $1,317,354 $1,376,117 $1,538,132 $1,618,155 $1,585,269 $1,641,837 $1,589,944    
Total Licence and Stamp tax $422,625 Not Available at this time $418,732 $433,482 $402,976 $367,015 $302,054 $281,661 N/A $219,925 $206,678 $302,593 $337,934 $348,601.46 $347,715 $357,546 $345,029    
TOTAL Licence and Stamp Revenue including tax 6,398,132 6,063,603 6,621,420 6,583,447 6,683,297 6,726,136 6,571,685 6,649,788 6,443,942 6,171,092 5,879,853 N/A 6,282,672 6,140,248 6,357,572 7,098,796 7,322,714 7,304,036 7,153,050 7,247,723    
                                             
Notes:                                            
     
*   2014 - 2017 Licence Year- Reports are run from March first of the Fishing Year to June 1 a year after the end of the fishing year  Ie: 2017 FY March 01 2017 to June 01 2019                        
** 2018 Licence Year  - Report was run from March first of the Fishing Year to June 1 , 2019.  Will be updated June 2020.                                
**Replacement of a licence or stamp from an IAP (Independent Access Provider); increases total licence or stamp count by one with no cost                          
Data source: Tidal Waters Sportfishing (TWS) Database and the National Recreational Licensing System (NRLS)