date:Mar 27, 2013
US commercial and recreational saltwater fishing generated more than $199 billion in sales and supported 1.7 million jobs in the nations economy in 2011, according to a new economic report released by NOAAs Fisheries Service.
The report, Fisheries Economics of the United States 2011, is published annually on a two-year lag to allow data collection, analysis, and peer review. It provides economic statistics on US commercial and recreational fisheries and marine-related businesses for each coasta