NOAA reports show positive trends

2014-04-30T11:08:00

Black sea bass is one of the species rebuilt to target level in 2013, according to a new NOAA report. Credit: NOAA

US commercial and recreational saltwater fishing generated more than $199 billion in sales in 2012, a gain of 7% over the previous year, with the economic impact of fishing jobs increasing 3% from 2011 to 2012, according to a new NOAA Fisheries economics report.

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