Nature Based Business
Estimated Economic Impacts
of Recreational Fishing In Georgia (Direct & Indirect)
1999 $ 372.36 million
2000 $ 355.80 million
Source: Preliminary Estimates of Marine Recreational Angler Expenditures in Georgia, 1999 & 2000
Coastal Resources Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Estimated Economic Impacts of
Commercial Fishing & Local Seafood Processing In Coastal Georgia
(Direct & Indirect)
1999 ~ $ 180 million
2000 ~ $ 200 million
Source: Center for a Sustainable Coast, Saint Simons Island, Georgia
Nature-Based Tourism in Coastal Georgia
(Direct & Indirect)
2000 ~ $450 million*
(*assuming 25% of total regional tourism expenditure in the year 2000, based on national proportions in 1996;
Ga. Dept. of Industry Trade & Tourism estimated $1.8 Billion of tourism business in the six coastal counties.)
Source: Center for a Sustainable Coast, Saint Simons Island, Georgia
Note: "Indirect" impacts refers to all expenditures by businesses and employees of businesses using earnings
derived from the respective types of referenced activities, and all subsequent expenditures derived from these
(commonly called the 'multiplier' effect). "Direct" impacts refers to all business transactions that are based
directly on the referenced activities, e.g., recreational & commercial fishing, seafood processing, etc.
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