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Show Fishermen Produce More Than Farmers The average American fisherman fisher-man produces 47,000 lbs. of food per year and pays $541.38 taxes to the Federal Gavernment, Fish and Wildlife Service statistics show. The average American farmer produces 34,500 lbs. of food and pays $177.17 in federal taxes. I While the Federal Govern-' ment spends $98.88 annually for! the individual farmer, only I $21.07 is expended for each American fisherman. For each ton of farm products, the Fed-' eral Government spends $5.73. j Each ton of fishery products, however, receives only 90c in federal expenditures. |