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CHRIS LIDO • December 28, 2007
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New Jersey's 562,000 hunters and anglers are among the most prominent and influential of all demographic groups, spending more than $1 billion a year on hunting and fishing according to a new report produced by the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation.
Stockings were stuffed with fishing tackle of all kinds this Christmas. Anglers make no bones about their outdoor activity of choice and that is evident at the cash registers of big box stores and small sporting goods and tackle retailers.
The report, 'Hunting and Fishing: Bright Stars of the American Economy: spotlights the immense impact hunters and anglers have on the economy at the national and state level.
"Because sportsmen enjoy hunting or fishing alone or in small groups, they are overlooked as a constituency and as a substantial economic force,' Jeff Crane, president of the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation, said. "When you compare spending by hunters and anglers to other sectors, their impact on the state's economy becomes more tangible."
Consider these facts as listed by the report; Sportsmen support as many jobs in New Jersey as Continental Airlines and the University of Medicine and Dentistry combined, two of the largest employers in the state. This is over 16,000 jobs.
Annual spending by New Jersey sportsmen is more than the combined revenues of The Vitamin Shoppe, Foeman Mills, AmeriQuest Transportation and Logistics Resources, three of the fastest growing companies in the state.
New Jersey sportsmen annually spend more than the cash receipts for all agricultural commodities ($1 billion versus $924 million). Annually, New Jersey sportsmen spend $130 million on outboard boats and engines to get out onto the water and around the marshes for hunting and fishing. New Jersey sportsmen outnumber the populations of Newark and Jersey City (562,000 versus 520,000). The economic stimulus of hunting and fishing equates to an astounding $2.9 million a day being pumped into the state's economy. When sportsman act as a cohesive unit, their voice in the economic and political spheres is astounding.
The first few anglers to hit the ice in the northern portions of Sussex County reported up to five inches of ice during the last cold snap. Extreme caution still needs to be exercised since a lot of unsafe skim ice exists.
CHRIS LIDO • December 28, 2007
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New Jersey's 562,000 hunters and anglers are among the most prominent and influential of all demographic groups, spending more than $1 billion a year on hunting and fishing according to a new report produced by the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation.
Stockings were stuffed with fishing tackle of all kinds this Christmas. Anglers make no bones about their outdoor activity of choice and that is evident at the cash registers of big box stores and small sporting goods and tackle retailers.
The report, 'Hunting and Fishing: Bright Stars of the American Economy: spotlights the immense impact hunters and anglers have on the economy at the national and state level.
"Because sportsmen enjoy hunting or fishing alone or in small groups, they are overlooked as a constituency and as a substantial economic force,' Jeff Crane, president of the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation, said. "When you compare spending by hunters and anglers to other sectors, their impact on the state's economy becomes more tangible."
Consider these facts as listed by the report; Sportsmen support as many jobs in New Jersey as Continental Airlines and the University of Medicine and Dentistry combined, two of the largest employers in the state. This is over 16,000 jobs.
Annual spending by New Jersey sportsmen is more than the combined revenues of The Vitamin Shoppe, Foeman Mills, AmeriQuest Transportation and Logistics Resources, three of the fastest growing companies in the state.
New Jersey sportsmen annually spend more than the cash receipts for all agricultural commodities ($1 billion versus $924 million). Annually, New Jersey sportsmen spend $130 million on outboard boats and engines to get out onto the water and around the marshes for hunting and fishing. New Jersey sportsmen outnumber the populations of Newark and Jersey City (562,000 versus 520,000). The economic stimulus of hunting and fishing equates to an astounding $2.9 million a day being pumped into the state's economy. When sportsman act as a cohesive unit, their voice in the economic and political spheres is astounding.
The first few anglers to hit the ice in the northern portions of Sussex County reported up to five inches of ice during the last cold snap. Extreme caution still needs to be exercised since a lot of unsafe skim ice exists.
We have the power my fellow sportsmen, and this was shown by our focus in the last election by ousting Kartcher and Painter.
The pressure must be continued, and we must support those organizations that fight the fight. Capt B
