The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Service released the Regional Recreational Fishing Plans that looks at improving fishing opportunities, and many other related fishing priorities.
According to NOAA, saltwater recreational fishing is a major economic driver, generating more than $50 billion in sales and supporting more than 326,000 jobs a year.
NOAA released the first regional saltwater recreational fishing action plans designed to help improve fishing opportunities and address recreational fishing priorities in each of the nation's six coastal regions and for the angling community that fishes for tunas and other highly migratory species.
The new action agendas mark the first time NOAA has both national and regional strategies in place to address the priorities of the nation's estimated 11 million saltwater anglers who took approximately 73 million fishing trips in 2010.
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