Pennsylvania licensed more anglers last year than it has in the past two decades, and Lancaster County anglers reported catching some of the biggest fish caught in 2020.
New survey says fishing, boating has become the safest outdoor activity since the pandemic began
According to Texas Parks and Wildlife, there were more than 500,000 fishing licenses issued in Texas during the 2019-2020 season. Author: Lexis Greene (KIII) Updated: 8:39 PM CDT May 4, 2021
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas A new study reveals that fishing and boating are among the safest outdoor activities when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic. More than 55 million Americans picked up a pole in 2020.
According to Texas Parks and Wildlife, there were more than 500,000 fishing licenses issued in Texas during the 2019 through 2020 season. It’s a safe environment, said Johnson. You aren’t in close contact with others outside of your household, and that’s why I think we’ve seen such an increase in fishing since the pandemic started.
Donât Throttle Back Now
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May 4, 2021
On one hand, dealers can’t stop that good feeling. On the other, there may be some frustration. While consumer demand for boats appears to be holding strong despite inventory issues, there’s a series of other storms building that will likely come ashore soon, so it’s time to assess and plan a course of action.
The waves are the return of stiff competition that the boating industry successfully navigated around during Covid. Now the rising Consumer Confidence Index (from 90.4 to 109.7 in March) is signaling that people are more optimistic as vaccination counts rise, government stimulus checks arrive, businesses fully reopen, and airlines add flights for increased passengers.
An Impassioned Mayday for Boating Education
Safety isnât just the realm of government and nonprofits. Our industry needs to engage now
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Apr 26, 2021
During my 35-plus years as a marine industry marketer, I’ve embraced two caused that compelled me to action.
One was our industry’s need to be more welcoming and inclusive toward women. I launched a national educational training program, Marine Marketing to Women. For three years, on my own dime, I conducted and published national research, and produced a video training program. I was hired to present what I dubbed “The W Equation” to several thousand dealers and industry stakeholders at boat shows and dealer meetings. I shared data and findings about the significant influence of women on buying decisions, along with best practices to court women, build trust and sustain their business.
There are also cultural differences with how people approach natural resources, lead researcher and Mississippi State University s Human Dimensions professor Kevin Hunt says of his study. White people have this individualistic culture that s so different from African Americans. Black fishermen often make decisions based on what s going to help the group. African American fishers kept more of their catch, they would keep different species, things like that.
The data, however, is both complicated and limited. During his career, Hunt has largely focused on recreational fishing, the entry point for most fishermen. He and other researchers have found sparse opportunities to study race in commercial fishing, including producing data that examines just how many recreational, competitive and commercial Black fishers exist, in large part because of limited funding opportunities from organizations that don t value examining demographic trends.