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Show Fisheries Valued At $10 Billion America's commercial fishery resources are worth $9,795,355,-000, $9,795,355,-000, the Fish' and Wildlife Service Ser-vice estimates. The Service explains that its estimates were made "under accepted ac-cepted principles of evaluation among businessmen." Breaking down the total value of the fishery resources, the Service Ser-vice says they are worth $4,743,-750,000 $4,743,-750,000 to fishermen and boat owners; The value to manufacturers manufac-turers and processors is $1,320,-263,000; $1,320,-263,000; to wholesalers of fishery fish-ery products, $1,707,614,000; and $2,023,728,000 to fishery products pro-ducts retailers. If the nation had no fishery resources, this amount would have to be invested at 4 per cent to maintain the 1946 earnings earn-ings of the fishing industry, the Service says. |