Recreational fishing is big business.

This report examines how outdoor recreation enhances America’s balance sheet and underscores why responsible stewardship of our public lands delivers lasting returns for every citizen.

This report presents fishing tackle imports by category for all countries that ship to the United States.

Approximately, 15.5 million adults, or 6% of adult Americans, wanted to fish as kids but did not. This report shows the importance of youth fishing programs and how they can be as effective as possible.

Learn more about why many anglers skip fishing in some years, which activities are often chosen over fishing, and how we can help keep them fishing.

This report presents fishing tackle imports by category for all countries that ship to the United States.

This report presents annual calendar-year estimates of U.S. national retail expenditures for fishing tackle products in 2024 across all brick-and-mortar and online retail channels.

Detailed information and trends on fishing participation by gender, age, ethnicity, income, education and geographic region.

Policy Recommendations from the Recreational Fishing Community

In 2023, more than $1.3 billion was collected, distributed, and matched with federal funds from State agencies for fish and wildlife health research and management...

Detailed information and trends on fishing participation by gender, age, ethnicity, income, education and geographic region.