Did you know?

• National Fishing and Boating Week is from June 5 – 13, 2010. A national celebration of Fishing and Boating, NFBW occurs each year during the first full week of June.

• Demographic data shows that American Boat Owners are largely middle class and more than 68% are married.

• A growing number of Dealers, Boat Builders and Boating Supplies retailers are using social networking Web sites, as are accessory manufacturers, Marine distributors and even Boat Transporters.

• An increasing number of middle-aged people are joining social networking Web sites.

• There are 16.8 million Boats in use on U.S. waterways.

• About 58 percent of U.S. anglers practice catch and release.

• In 1915, the Williamson brothers shot the first underwater film, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. It was filmed on the Bahamas and took 1½ years to create.

• The dismantling of ships is called “ship breaking.”

• Maine has a 400-year history of Ship and Boat Building, and continues to be a world leader.

• Florida’s shipwrecks include Spanish galleons, British warships, schooners, Confederate blockade runners, steamships and German U-Boats. While many have been found, the vast majority still await discovery.

• The first people in The Florida Keys were Paleo-Indians, who discovered the area more than 10,000 years ago.

• Martin County in Florida reigns supreme for Sport Fishing and holds the distinctive title of "Sailfish Capital of the World."

• The National Marine Manufacturers Association has estimated the number of adults who went Boating last year was up almost 6% from the year before.

• 75% of U.S. adults who surf the Web say the Internet has made it easier to start a business.