NOAA Fisheries recently announced the release of the 2015 Fisheries Economics of the United States Report.
The report includes economic information related to commercial and recreational fishing activities, and fishing-related industries in the United States.
What information does the report include?
The report includes statistics on:
Commercial fisheries (commercial fisheries landings, revenue, price trends)
Recreational fisheries (recreational fishing effort, participation rates, expenditure information)
Fishing-related industries (employer and non-employer establishment, payroll, annual receipt information for fishing-related industries)
Economic impact (employment, sales, value-added impacts)
source: NOAA Fisheries