United States - Fisheries production

Aquaculture production (metric tons)

The value for Aquaculture production (metric tons) in United States was 468,185 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 607,570 in 2004 and a minimum value of 102,547 in 1961.

Definition: Aquaculture is understood to mean the farming of aquatic organisms including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants. Aquaculture production specifically refers to output from aquaculture activities, which are designated for final harvest for consumption.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization.

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Year Value
1960 104,421
1961 102,547
1962 109,961
1963 122,697
1964 123,884
1965 132,578
1966 114,236
1967 127,299
1968 131,115
1969 116,768
1970 168,681
1971 165,590
1972 173,630
1973 170,320
1974 167,039
1975 218,459
1976 183,907
1977 174,310
1978 158,795
1979 138,990
1980 168,365
1981 230,111
1982 261,725
1983 268,483
1984 326,453
1985 323,573
1986 372,191
1987 383,259
1988 357,657
1989 369,252
1990 315,727
1991 363,083
1992 413,844
1993 416,913
1994 391,412
1995 413,454
1996 393,346
1997 438,356
1998 445,119
1999 479,212
2000 456,830
2001 480,362
2002 498,899
2003 545,971
2004 607,570
2005 513,920
2006 519,967
2007 526,045
2008 501,326
2009 481,224
2010 496,699
2011 397,292
2012 420,386
2013 429,011
2014 421,189
2015 426,002
2016 444,679
2017 439,670
2018 468,185

Capture fisheries production (metric tons)

The value for Capture fisheries production (metric tons) in United States was 5,353,303 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,846,728 in 1994 and a minimum value of 2,377,789 in 1967.

Definition: Capture fisheries production measures the volume of fish catches landed by a country for all commercial, industrial, recreational and subsistence purposes.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization.

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Year Value
1960 2,755,715
1961 2,979,093
1962 2,995,674
1963 2,741,650
1964 2,585,660
1965 2,702,785
1966 2,495,433
1967 2,377,789
1968 2,470,105
1969 2,478,221
1970 2,836,550
1971 2,917,107
1972 2,810,040
1973 2,836,981
1974 2,919,015
1975 2,876,146
1976 3,111,419
1977 3,065,974
1978 3,502,537
1979 3,609,656
1980 3,727,627
1981 3,725,240
1982 3,977,879
1983 4,186,687
1984 4,763,710
1985 4,744,132
1986 4,910,476
1987 5,745,394
1988 5,754,885
1989 5,579,699
1990 5,781,092
1991 5,373,133
1992 5,473,940
1993 5,817,722
1994 5,846,728
1995 5,414,226
1996 5,268,586
1997 5,385,731
1998 5,059,144
1999 5,205,206
2000 5,041,558
2001 5,275,155
2002 5,326,987
2003 5,345,396
2004 5,363,263
2005 5,320,894
2006 5,311,208
2007 5,189,908
2008 4,606,530
2009 4,527,104
2010 4,687,648
2011 5,491,330
2012 5,338,928
2013 5,581,776
2014 5,476,248
2015 5,472,360
2016 5,463,707
2017 5,501,797
2018 5,353,303

Total fisheries production (metric tons)

The value for Total fisheries production (metric tons) in United States was 5,821,488 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,238,140 in 1994 and a minimum value of 2,505,088 in 1967.

Definition: Total fisheries production measures the volume of aquatic species caught by a country for all commercial, industrial, recreational and subsistence purposes. The harvest from mariculture, aquaculture and other kinds of fish farming is also included.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization.

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Year Value
1960 2,860,136
1961 3,081,640
1962 3,105,635
1963 2,864,347
1964 2,709,544
1965 2,835,363
1966 2,609,669
1967 2,505,088
1968 2,601,220
1969 2,594,989
1970 3,005,231
1971 3,082,697
1972 2,983,670
1973 3,007,301
1974 3,086,054
1975 3,094,605
1976 3,295,326
1977 3,240,284
1978 3,661,332
1979 3,748,646
1980 3,895,992
1981 3,955,351
1982 4,239,604
1983 4,455,170
1984 5,090,163
1985 5,067,705
1986 5,282,667
1987 6,128,653
1988 6,112,542
1989 5,948,951
1990 6,096,819
1991 5,736,216
1992 5,887,784
1993 6,234,635
1994 6,238,140
1995 5,827,680
1996 5,661,932
1997 5,824,087
1998 5,504,263
1999 5,684,418
2000 5,498,388
2001 5,755,517
2002 5,825,886
2003 5,891,367
2004 5,970,833
2005 5,834,814
2006 5,831,175
2007 5,715,953
2008 5,107,856
2009 5,008,328
2010 5,184,347
2011 5,888,622
2012 5,759,314
2013 6,010,787
2014 5,897,437
2015 5,898,362
2016 5,908,386
2017 5,941,467
2018 5,821,488

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production