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Show Survey Organization Employed For National Check I A nation-wide survey to determine deter-mine the economic importance of hunting and fishing over the country will get underway in January, 195G. Sponsor of the survey sur-vey is the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Wild-life Service. i Personal interviews with hunters hun-ters and fishermen will be conducted con-ducted by Crossley, C-D Surveys, Inc, noted national organization. Statistics gathered will provide for the first time an accurate measure of hunting and fishing, in terms of number of persons taking part and the amount of time and money expended. The Service believes that per-sona.l per-sona.l interviews with sportsmen in all the states will give a cross section of the country's hunting and fishing habits, in a recreational recrea-tional field variously estimated as a more than 5 billion dollar a year industry. Data collected in this survey wi.ll help answer questions that j have faced legislators and fish and game management agencies for years. They will also give business men the answers to i many questions concerning hunting hunt-ing and fishing as an industry. Final report of the survey will cover fishing and hunting over' the nation for the calender year '. 1055. I |