Wall Street Journal on economics of angling

In a February 7, 2011 article the Wall Street Journal writes:

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimated anglers in California made $2.7 billion in fishing-related expenditures in 2006, the most recent year for which data are available.

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