THE Minister of State for Natural Resources, Fergus O’Dowd has welcomed the findings of a new national economic study which has revealed that angling and angling tourism in Ireland is generating a dividend in excess of €0.75 billion within the Irish economy every year. Entitled Socio-Economic Study of Recreational Angling in Ireland and commissioned by Inland Fisheries Ireland, the study shows direct spending on angling amounted to €555 million in 2012, with indirect spending worth an additional €200 million. Recreational angling was also found to directly support 10,000 existing Irish jobs, many of which are located in the most rural parts of the Irish countryside and coastline…
Irish Times, 19/07/13. Read the full article ‘Angling generates €750 million dividend for Irish economy‘.
