NOAA Taste of the Tides Newsletter

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In September, NOAA Fisheries will launch a new sustainable seafood newsletter.

Taste of the Tides will highlight the work of NOAA Fisheries and its partners to sustainably manage and responsibly produce seafood in the USA.

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2011 USA Seafood Consumption

According to NOAA's report, entitled Fisheries of the United States 2011, U.S. commercial fishermen landed 10.1 billion pounds of fish and shellfish in 2011, valued at $5.3 billion.

Total U.S. seafood landings increased by 1.9 billion pounds and more than $784 million over 2010 levels, mainly due to higher catches of Gulf menhaden, Alaska pollock, and Pacific hake (whiting).

Gulf shrimp landings rose 20 percent, from 176 million pounds valued at $338 million in 2010 to 212 million pounds valued at $418 million in 2011.

Americans consumed 4.7 billion pounds of seafood in 2011. Around 91 percent of seafood consumed in the U.S. was imported, up five percent from 2010. The top three imported seafood products are shrimp, canned tuna, and tilapia fillets.

The report contains valuable data regarding U.S. commercial and recreational fisheries by species, productivity by fishing port, USA annual seafood consumption statistics, and other information.

source: NOAA Fisheries

NOAA Report: Fisheries of the United States - 2009

NOAA has released its Fisheries of the United States - 2009. The publication is a preliminary report for 2009 on commercial and recreational fisheries of the United States with landings from the U.S. territorial seas, the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), and on the high seas.

According to the report:

Americans consumed 15.8 pounds of fish and shellfish per person in 2009, down .2 pounds from 2008 data.

Per capita consumption of fresh and frozen products was 11.8 pounds

Fresh and frozen finfish consumption was 6.2 pounds per capita.

Fresh and frozen shellfish consumption was 5.6 pounds per capita.

Consumption of canned fishery products was 3.7 pounds per capita.

Cured fish consumption was 0.3 pound per capita.

Imports of edible seafood made up 84 percent of the consumption.

Dutch Harbor-Unalaska, Alaska, was the nation’s No. 1 fishing port in terms of volume at 506.3 million pounds.

New Bedford, Ma was the No. 1 fishing port in terms of value at USD 249.2 million.

U.S. imports of edible seafood products amounted to 5.2 billion pounds valued at USD 13.1 billion in 2009.

U.S. exports of edible seafood products came to 2.5 billion pounds valued at USD 4 billion in 2009.