Alsace recreational fishing economic impact, Digi Mart USA News (Alsace, France): Recreational fishing injects nearly 40 million euros into the Alsatian economy each year, according to a socio-economic study reported by the regional publication L’Alsace. Of that total, about 26 million euros comes from direct spending by the region’s 47,300 anglers on equipment and various services.
The study was commissioned by the fishing federations of the Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin departments to measure the real economic weight of their activity in the region. The federations said fishing has traditionally been a low-profile pursuit, which they argue has limited efforts to promote it.
The findings support the study’s proposal to integrate recreational fishing into Alsace’s tourism policy. The source article is a publisher report and has not been independently verified.
