This is a fish survey for the Peace Region of Northern Alberta. Most notably, the survey has been used to gather information on the types of fish in the local Wapiti\Smokey River Watershed for the Wapiti River Water Management Plan Environmental Sub-committee and the Mighty Peace Watershed Alliance. Additional questions were asked of recreational fishermen to learn more about the group and their personal use-of and personal value of the river and/or watershed as a local fishing resource.

1. Wapiti Watershed Recreational Fishing Survey Report
February 26th, 2014
Survey report completed by
ACME Economic and Environmental Inc. (ACME)
9310-70a Ave., Grande Prairie, AB
Phone: 780-380-1468
Website: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/acmegrandeprairie/
Report written for the Mighty Peace Watershed Alliance, the Wapiti River Water Management Plan
Environmental Sub-committee and the Peace Country Fly fishers Association
Survey Information
The survey was developed by ACME and linked to a web based program called Survey Monkey. The
survey was placed online at the Facebook social media website around 4 pm on February 16, 2014. The
survey was closed midnight on February 25th, 2014. Thirty people participated in the survey and twenty
nine of the respondents answered each question. People were asked to provide their names, emails,
general home location and other demographic information for the survey. The personal information of the
respondents (Questions 1 and 2) were excluded from this report for privacy. The survey questions were
edited and reviewed by the President of the Peace Country Fly fishers Association, Jim Epp. I wish to
thank him for his time and efforts in working with me on this small project.
There were several purposes to the survey. Most notably to gather information on the types of fish in the
local WapitiSmokey River Watershed for the Wapiti River Water Management Plan Environmental Subcommittee as requested by Adam Norris of the Mighty Peace Watershed Alliance. Additional questions
were asked of recreational fisher’s to learn more about the group and their personal use-of and personal
value of the river and/or watershed as a local fishing resource.
The survey has been developed and compiled in an unpaid volunteer capacity as part of the ongoing
business mission of ACME to support local initiatives. ACME accepts no liability for the content of the
report or online survey, nor for consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided
as is to the public. Any interpretations or opinions presented in the report are solely those of the author
and do not represent those of any other person or organization.
Best Regards,
Walter Andreeff, BSc.
President of ACME Economic and Environment Inc.
Email: wandreef@acmegrandeprairie.ca

2. Q3. Where do you live in the Grande
Prairie Region or MD of Greenview?
Answered: 23
Skipped: 7
City
County
A tow n or
village
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Answer Choices
Responses
City
60.87%
14
County
30.43%
7
A town or village
8.70%
2
Total
23
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3. Q4. How many years have you been fishing?
The lowest amount was 3 years.
The highest amount was 60 years.
The average amount was 34 years of fishing with 29 out of 30 respondents submitting a
response.
At least 3 individuals had fished for 60 years.
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4. Q5. What is your age?
Answered: 28
Skipped: 2
6 to 16
17 to 64
64 or Older
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Answer Choices
Responses
6 to 16
3.57%
1
17 to 64
78.57%
22
64 or Older
17.86%
5
Total
28
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5. Q6. Excluding yourself, how many in your household between
16 and 65 years old held a fishing license in 2013?
The smallest amount was 1.
The largest amount was 3.
20 households had people other than the respondent who had a fishing license in 2013.
The total amount of people other than the respondent who had a fishing license in 2013 was 28.
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6. Q7. Excluding yourself, how many youth in your household
under 16 years of age and people older than 65 fished for
recreation in 2013?
The smallest number was 1.
The largest number was 2.
Excluding the respondent, only 10 households had youth or elderly people who fished in 2013.
The total amount of youth and people over 65 other than the respondent who fished in 2013 was
15.
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7. Q8. How many days did you fish during 2013 in the
Smokey/Wapiti River watershed area? Include’s Kakwa,
Beaverlodge, Simonette and Bear Creek/River and lakes in
the region.
The smallest amount was 0.
The largest amount was 70 days.
The average amount of fishing days was 14 with 30 people responding to the question.
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8. Q9. During your fishing, have you
ever spotted this type of fish?
Answered: 29
Skipped: 1
Mountain
Whitefish
Arctic Grayling
Walleye
Burbot
Northern Pike
Yellow Perch
Rainbow Trout
Cutthroat Trout
Brow nTrout
Brook Trout
Bull Trout
0%
20%
40%
Answer Choices
60%
80%
Responses
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100%

9. Mountain Whitefish
62.07%
18
Arc tic Grayling
75.86%
22
Walleye
65.52%
19
Burbot
24.14%
7
Northern Pike
55.17%
16
Yellow Perc h
41.38%
12
Rainbow T rout
82.76%
24
Cutthroat T rout
44.83%
13
Brown T rout
51.72%
15
Brook T rout
55.17%
16
Bull T rout
68.97%
20
Total Respondents: 29
A few survey respondents added several other species to the comments section such as,
Brook Stickleback, Brassy Minnow, Redsided Shiner, Creek Chub, Lake Chub, Lake Whitefish, Longnose Sucker, White
Sucker, Goldeye and Mooneye.
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10. Q10. How important is recreational
fishing to you in the Smokey/Wapiti
River and watershed area?
Answered: 30
Skipped: 0
Extremely
important
Very important
Moderately
important
Slightly
important
Not at all
important
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Answer Choices
Responses
Extremely important
66.67%
20
Very important
16.67%
5
Moderately important
16.67%
5
Slightly important
0%
0
Not at all important
0%
0
Total
30
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11. Q11. How important to you is it to ensure
recreational fishing in rivers and lakes in
the area are not impacted by
development?
Answered: 30
Skipped: 0
Extremely
important
Very important
Moderately
important
Slightly
important
Not at all
important
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Answer Choices
Responses
Extremely important
80%
24
Very important
20%
6
Moderately important
0%
0
Slightly important
0%
0
Not at all important
0%
0
Total
30
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12. Q12. Would you like to hear a response/report from the
survey? At what email address would you like to be
contacted?
24 people requested to have the completed survey report and provided me with their email
address.
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13. End of the Survey Report
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