SPORTFISHING（垂钓）.pdfVIP

American Sportfishing Association Leading the Way for Sportfishing’s Future SPORTFISHING in America A N ECO N O M I C FO RCE FO R CO NSERVAT I O N JA N UA RY 2013 This is Sportfishing in America WHAT IS THE DRIVE PAST ANY LAKE, river or beach and odds are you will see people, even AMERICAN SPORTFISHING entire families, gathered along the shore or in boats fishing. Fishing is, after all, one ASSOCIATION? of America’s most enduring pastimes; something in which people of all ages can participate and an activity that millions of families The American Sportfishing and friends enjoy each year as a way to have fun Association (ASA) is the sportfishing together and spend time in the outdoors. industry’s trade association But fishing is more than just the thrill of the committed to representing the catch or a peaceful – and sometimes adventurous – interests of the entire sportfishing escape. It’s the foundation of an industry that community. supports more than 800,000 jobs involved in the We give the industry a unified voice, manufacture, sale or provision of angling products speaking out on behalf of sportfishing and services, such as hotels, tackl