Fishing

In 2010, it is estimated that:

• Over 24.5 million Americans will go fishing
• Nearly 1 million Americans will hunt waterfowl
• Over 16 million Americans will go bird-watching
• Over 15 million Americans will view other wildlife12

1. National Ocean Economics Program. State of the U.S. Ocean and Coastal Economies., ONLINE. 2009. Available: http://www.OceanEconomics.org/nationalreport [7 May 2010]. [↩]
2. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Projected Participation in Marine Recreation: 2005 & 2010, National Survey on Recreation and the Environment 2000., ONLINE. 2005. Available: http://marineeconomics.noaa.gov/nsre/nsreforecast.pdf [7 May 2010]. [↩]