Tackle Trade World - May 2024

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FISHING NEEDS HELP TO BEAT
CLIMATE CHANGE RISK
Angling and the entire
outdoor recreational
industry – a $1.1 trillion
industry that is a pillar of the US
economy, supporting five million
jobs – is at risk from a string of
factors caused by climate change.
A US Senate Budget
Committee hearing has
highlighted the impacts of these
changes and has begun looking
at ways to ensure the sector is
safeguarded from some of these
issues.
The hearing – Recreation At
Risk: The Nature of Climate
Costs – was told by Jessica Wahl
Turner, president of Outdoor
Recreation Roundtable, which
includes the US trade body
the American Sportfishing
Association: “Climate change
is increasingly impacting how
people can recreate outside,
and businesses of all types and
all activities know the climate
crisis needs to be addressed.
We appreciate Congress
acknowledging these challenges
so we can work together on
innovative solutions to ensure
outdoor recreation can continue
to support healthy people,
places, and the planet.”
Theresa McKenney, director
of sustainability and government
affairs at NEMO Equipment,
said: “Along with the risk to
human lives and livelihoods,
climate change poses a real and
imminent threat to NEMO’s
business; without safe, accessible,
and enjoyable places to recreate,
there is no longer a need for our
gear.”
Among those giving evidence
was Hilary Hutcheson, a fulltime
fly fishing guide, outfitter
and shop owner near Glacier
National Park, Montana.
She explained: “As the
outfitter on record for the largest
and longest-running commercial
river company in the Northern
Rockies region, with 185
employees, including 100 river
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