Show iI 71 d' d li J J i t i Hunting Fishing Ranks As Big Business In In United States Hunting u and fishing continued to rank as ae Big Business ss In fn the United States last year accordIng accord accord- Ing to a report iss Issued ed by the theU U U. S. S Department of the Interior The report notes that hunting and fishing licenses i were sold in the 48 states slates durIng during during dur dur- duri i ing the fiscal year ending June 30 1958 1953 I Residents of the United States paid nearly million dollars In license fees other than Federal Fed I eral duck stamps to enjoy I their hunting and fishing pass- pass passi i time me not to mention countless other millions for equipment transportation housing and other other oth i er Items The report shows that nearly nearly nearly near near- ly a million more fishing licenses I were sold in the United States I during fiscal 1958 than in years previous but that hunting license lic lic- license lIc 1 ense sales declined The combined total of I licenses sold to sportsmen in 1958 exceeded all previous records and represents an in In crease of over the 1957 record of licenses R Revenues venues from license sales sales' during 1958 showed an Increase II of over the previous years year's total of ot with hunting licenses bringing a total tot of and fishing licenses licens licens- es Utah ranked in number I 1 of at hunting licenses sold during the period upon which tha re report report re-j re port is based with and in number of fishing I i cs es sold with I I Sales Sates of fishing lic 1 licenses en e i es rated Minnesota as the theop l op ot s ne in fishing popularity I r the sole sale of huntIng hunt hunt- I I i Ing IlIg licenses ranked Michigan's attractions among the Most sought after ater in hi the country I I |