December 2017 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 11. Commercial Fishing News M C F N
New England, Mid-Atlantic States Lead Nation in Volume and Value of Several Key Fisheries
NOAA Fisheries has released the Fish- eries of the U. S. 2016 report, and once again New Bedford, Mass. was the leading U.S. port by value and American lobsters were the nation’s most valuable landed species. Alaska led all states in the value and
volume of commercial landings, with 5.6 billion pounds valued at $1.6 billion. Maine and Massachusetts ranked second and third in the value of landings at $633.6 million and $552.1 million, respectively. American lobsters were the nation’s
top-valued species landed, with crabs second and scallops third. Alaska pollock ranked fi rst in volume of landings, followed by menhaden and Pacifi c cod. For the 17th consecutive year, New
Bedford was the top U.S. port in value of commercial fi shery landings in 2016 at $327 million, an increase in $5 million from 2015. The port ranked 11th in the nation in volume with 107 million pounds landed, with sea scallops accounting for 77 percent of that total. Massachusetts, with nearly 22.9 million pounds of meats and New Jersey, with 10.5 million pounds of meats, were the leading states for sea scallop landings, representing 82 percent of the national total. The ex-vessel price per pound in 2016 was $12.00, compared with $12.27 in 2015. For the 20th consecutive year, Dutch
Harbor, Alaska was the top U.S. port by vol- ume of commercial landings at 770 million pounds and second in value at $198 million. Walleye or Alaska pollock accounted for 89 percent of that volume. Five of the top ten U.S. ports by volume and six of the top ten ports by value were in Alaska. Reedville, VA ranked fi fth in the U.S. by volume and Cape May-Wildwood, NJ ranked ninth by value of landings. Maine and Massachusetts produced
more than 94 percent of the total national landings for American lobster in 2016, each showing an increase of 8 percent by volume over 2015. For the 35th consecutive year, Maine led the nation in American lobster landings, with 132 million pounds valued at nearly $537.9 million. Massachusetts ranked second with 17.7 million pounds valued at $82 million. The average ex-vessel price per pound was $4.20 in 2016, com- pared to $4.23 in 2015. For squid fi sheries, Rhode Island ranked
second in the nation with almost 22.5 million pounds, or 16 percent of the total landings. California was the leader with nearly 81.8 million pounds or 58 percent of the national total. As a region, the Pacifi c coast landed the most squid, but second-place New England landings were up 66 percent to 39.2 million pounds and the Mid-Atlantic region, in third place, saw landings increase 94 percent to more than 15.5 million pounds. The average ex-vessel price per pound for squid was 69 cents in 2016 compared to 49 cents in 2015. Massachusetts was the leading state
for surf clam landings with 19.8 million pounds, followed by New Jersey with more than 16.5 million and New York with nearly 3.7 million pounds. New Jersey, with 18.1 million pounds, and Massachusetts with 12.2 million pounds were also leaders in the ocean quahog fi shery, accounting for 99 percent of the total production in 2016. The Mid-Atlantic region led in the hard clam fi shery, with 6.2 million pounds of the 8.7 million national total. Maine was the leading state with 1.6 million pounds of soft clam meats out of a national total of 2.5 million pounds of meats, followed by Massachusetts and Maryland. The report also noted that saltwater
recreational fi shing remains popular and an important contributor to the national econo- my, with 9.6 million anglers making nearly 63 million fi shing trips to catch more than
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371 million fi sh, 61 percent of which are estimated to be released alive. Eighty-eight percent of those fi sh were caught in estuaries or state waters, with saltwater recreational fi shermen contributing $36 billion to the economy. Striped bass was the top species by weight, followed by dolphinfi sh and bluefi sh. Other fi ndings: The average American
ate 14.9 pounds of fi sh and shellfi sh in 2016, a decrease from 15.5 pounds the year before. Seventy-fi ve percent of the domestic land- ings were used for fresh or frozen human food, and 19 percent for meal and oil. and Atlantic salmon was the leading species for marine fi nfi sh aquaculture at 47.5 million pounds produced, with oysters the highest volume for marine shellfi sh production at 35.2 million pounds.
Fisheries of the United States has been
produced annually for more than 100 years. It provides a snapshot of data on U.S. rec- reational catch and commercial landings and value as well as information on U.S. aquaculture production, seafood processing industry, imports and exports of fi shery-re- lated products, and the domestic supply and per capita consumption of fi shery products.
NOAA: American Fisheries Remain a Strong Economic Driver
Report also shows U.S. imported more farm-raised seafood in 2016 Commercial and recreational fi sheries
remain a strong contributor to the United States economy, according to the annual
Fisheries of the United States report released today by NOAA. Saltwater recreational fi shing remains
one of America’s favorite pastimes and a key contributor to the national economy—with 9.6 million anglers making nearly 63 million trips in 2016, catching more than 371 mil- lion fi sh (61 percent of which are released alive), and in 2015, contributing $36 billion to the national economy. By weight, striped bass remains the top harvested catch among saltwater anglers, followed by dolphinfi sh, bluefi sh, yellowfi n tuna, spotted seatrout, and summer fl ounder. Also in 2016, U.S. commercial fi sher-
men landed 9.6 billion pounds of seafood (down 1.5 percent from 2015) valued at $5.3 billion (up 2.1 percent from 2015). The high- est value commercial species were lobster ($723 million), crabs ($704 million), scal-
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