Fishing Good for the Economy

[trollman]

see this article from the Boston Business Journal. i'd be willing to bet that the same is true all up and down the East & West Coasts & all over the U.S., as it is here in Massachusetts.

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/st...ml?jst=b_ln_hl

[AquaholicFishing]

I just did a final paper on this subject for a class this past semester. If you get a chance read the Southwick Study on Stripers Forever, http://www.stripersforever.org/info/southwickstudy.
The study was just concentrated on Striper Fisherman but it gives you a rough idea of the impacts on the economy that we as fishermen have.

[shoefish]

$843 Million? Damn that's a lot of dough. You know, there are some people who are afraid that we are going to go into a recession, and there are people like us who are single-handedly trying to keep that from happening

[trollman]

geez, i am impressed. i think i will email that link to the business journal reporter and let him expand his article beyond just MA.