Submitted by Guesthere (not verified) on Tue, 05/03/2011 - 9:22pm.
Recreational fishing for these species adds so many more jobs and dollars to the economy than the commercial fishing of the same fish.
Even when you take into account every person and job commercially (commercial fisherman, processors, transportation, retail market, and all the support services) the figures are not even close in comparison to what recreation fisherman bring to the economy for the same fish.
Economic impact - It makes sense to me.
Recreational fishing for these species adds so many more jobs and dollars to the economy than the commercial fishing of the same fish.
Even when you take into account every person and job commercially (commercial fisherman, processors, transportation, retail market, and all the support services) the figures are not even close in comparison to what recreation fisherman bring to the economy for the same fish.
It makes sense to me.