date:Mar 27, 2013
s, $37 billion in income impacts and supported 1.2 million jobs in 2011, the most recent year included in the report. Recreational fishing generated $70 billion in sales impacts, $20 billion in income impacts, and supported 455,000 jobs in 2011. Compared to 2010, the numbers are up for all of these impacts except commercial seafood sales.
Commercial and recreational fishing are integral parts of the nations social and economic fabric, said Sam Rauch, deputy assistant NOAA administrator for NOAA