#Angling - Almost one in every 10 people in Northern Ireland went fishing in the last 12 months - but 70% of NI residents said they had no interest in the sport.
These statistics were among the key findings in a new report on attitudes to angling by adults in Northern Ireland, using data from the Northern Ireland Omnibus Survey conducted this past April.
As the Belfast Telegraph reports, among the other findings were that almost a fifth of the population used to go fishing but no longer so do, while some 4% of the populace have never fished before and would like to try.
Most respondents cited their lack of interest in putting them off angling as a pastime, while 19% said they did not have enough free time.
But 12% said better information on how to fish would encourage them to take out a rod and reel.
The Belfast Telegraph has more on the story HERE.
