Below is an email that we recieved from Scott Steinback, Co-Author of the study with NOAA. These are powerful numbers that cannot be ignored!.............
From: Scott Steinback [mailto:ssteinba@mercury.wh.whoi.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 9:26 AM
To: Dean Phillips
Subject: Re: Saltwater rec fishermen financial impacts
Hi Dean,
From your message, it sounded like you had a copy of the angler expenditure/impact report we recently released. All of the numbers you're looking for are contained in that report. If you don't have a copy of the report let me know and I can send you one. Here is an electronic link to the report (http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st5/publication/marine_angler.html). In the report you'll see that we estimate marine anglers fishing in North Carolina in 2006 spent a total of $2.03 billion (the 5th highest total across the 23 coastal states). The $2.03 billion in expenditures generated $2.5 billion in total sales to businesses located in North Carolina, provided $780.8 million in personal income to workers in North Carolina, and supported 23,782 jobs in the state.
Representing a large group of the saltwater recreational fishermen who in 2006 generated $2.5 Billion in sales to NC businesses, supported 23,782 jobs in NC, and generated $780 million dollars in salaries and wages to NC workers!
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