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OKLAHOMA FISHING
ANNUAL EXPENDITURES HOW WE ARE FUNDED
The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife
$3.7 BILLION Conservation does not receive any state or
annual expenditures local tax dollars. License sales and federal
Wildlife and Sportfish Restoration Program
grant revenues are the main funding sources.
$3 BILLION
retail sales
$686 MILLION FISHING PARTICIPATION
trip-related expenses
1.1 million anglers spent
an average of 12 days
fishing in Oklahoma.
TOTAL IMPACT
ODWC fosters a hunting and
fishing industry that annually
generates over $4.1 billion in MOST FISHED SPECIES
retail sales and over $906 million
in trip-related expenses. Largemouth bass is the top
targeted species followed by
crappie and channel catfish.
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