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Originally Posted by bunker dunker
recreational fishing= 2.6 billion{rough figure}
commercial fishing = 57 billion
lets face it Bill, math does not lie.
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BD, curious where you got those statistics from? Didn't realize the numbers were that disparate. Is that worldwide versus domestic.
The attached link has the statistics for the USA I've always referenced half way down the page.
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resou...states-report#
The key numbers are job creation and value added as seafood sales are reported multiple times as they go from commercial catch to processing plants to distributors to wholesalers and ultimately to retailers and restaurants. One fish can be counted in sales a half a dozen times. Value added is essentially the same and job creation is overwhelmingly commercial which in my opinion is why most fisheries decisions are driven by economics as opposed to stock management. And as with anything reported by our government, who knows if these numbers are remotely accurate but they're not in the same area code as the numbers you posted.
Either way as I've been saying all along and to your point, there will always be a bias by government and the management agencies to favor commercial interests over recreational for this exact reason as long as this all reports up under the Secretary of Commerce.
