NOAA economist Scott Steinback, says the people who saltwater fish spent $595 million in South Carolina in 2006.
Total visitor spending along the S.C. coast is $6.1 billion per year, according to S.C. Parks, Recreation and Tourism. Total tourism spending in the state is some $14 billion.
The South Carolina numbers didn’t surprise NOAA economist Scott Steinback, who authored the study. The state ranked 15th out of 23 coastal states that include long coastlines such as California and Texas. The state’s total is short of North Carolina’s $2 billion but ahead of Georgia’s $179 million.
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