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By Ron Brooks, About.com Guide to Saltwater Fishing

Nationwide Survey Shows Most Americans Support Hunting and Fishing

Monday September 18, 2006
The 35th annual National Hunting and Fishing Day is approaching on September 23rd. As it nears, a new nationwide survey of Americans 18 years old and older conducted by Responsive Management of Harrisonburg, Virginia, shows that a strong majority of Americans support hunting and fishing. Nine out of ten of those individuals surveyed approve of recreational fishing. 68.5% of those asked whether they approve or disapprove of recreational fishing strongly approve and 24.8% moderately approve. That is a 93.3% approval rate.

While officials and vendors in the fishing industry applaud the very positive results, anglers still need to still be aware of the anti-fishing efforts of many environmental groups and the support some of these groups are gaining momentum in Washington.

Take a kid fishing next Saturday!

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