NOAA reports show strong economic gains from fishing, continued improvement in fish stocks
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 11:01
in Earth & Climate
U.S. commercial and recreational saltwater fishing generated more than $199 billion in sales in 2012, a gain of seven percent over the previous year, with the economic impact of fishing jobs increasing three percent from 2011 to 2012, according to a new NOAA Fisheries economics report.