Read information below then answer the questions. What are 2 benefits
that humans get from fisheries? Write your answer in complete
sentences.
*20 points
Gulf Fisheries in Louisiana and Texas
In addition to creating income for fishermen, the Gulf fisheries in Texas and Louisiana
create jobs for people on the coast even when they are not directly involved in
fishing
.
In Louisiana, employment from commercial fishing is more than two times as
significant as the average for the United States as a whole. In 2015, nearly 31,000 people
were employed in the commercial fishing industry in Louisiana as fishers,
processors,
and sellers. Louisiana's recreational fishing industry provided around 11,000 jobs in the
same year. There were about 30,000 jobs in Texas for the two categories in 2015
.