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by JimH » Sun Nov 30, 2014 9:06 pm
Amateur fishing found to be considerably more valuable to economies and better for fish stocks.
The value to the economy of a European bass caught by sea anglers using rod and line is more than
three times that of a fish caught and landed commercially, a study for the Blue Marine Foundation has found.
http://www.bluemarinefoundation.com/a-n ... ith-hooks/
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by JohnQ » Mon Dec 01, 2014 7:58 pm
What is even more extraordinary is that the report shows that even though bass anglers contribute 3 times as much to the economy, they do this while only retaining 5% to 10% of the bass catch with the other 90 to 95% is taken by commercials. What this means is that every bass killed by anglers is worth at least 30 times more than one caught commercially. Powerful stuff!
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