 September 11, 2003
Not surprisingly, shrimp climbed to a record 3.7 pounds per person, and canned tuna consumption increased by 0.2 pounds after a marked drop in 2001. Tilapia, which made the Top Ten list for the first time in 2001, edged its way into the number nine spot, just ahead of flatfish and scallops. The increases are largely attributed to imports, which now account for 77 percent of US consumption. Currently half of the seafoods on the Top Ten list are cultured, either in part or in total. The Top Ten list was compiled for the National Fisheries Institute by H.M. Johnson & Associates, publishers of the Annual Report on the United States Seafood Industry. Data for this list came from NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).
2000 Rev.; 2001; 2002 Species, Lbs; Species, Lbs; Species, Lbs 1) Canned Tuna, 3.500 pounds; Shrimp, 3.400 pounds; Shrimp, 3.7 pounds 2) Shrimp, 3.200 pounds; Canned Tuna, 2.900 pounds; Canned Tuna, 3.1 pounds 3) Pollock, 1.595 pounds; Salmon, 2.023 pounds; Salmon, 2.021 pounds 4) Salmon, 1.582 pounds; Pollock, 1.207 pounds; Pollock, 1.13 pounds 5) Catfish(a), 1.050 pounds; Catfish(a), 1.044 pounds; Catfish(a), 1.103 pounds 6) Cod, 0.752 pounds; Cod, 0.557 pounds; Cod, 0.658 pounds 7) Clams, 0.473 pounds; Clams, 0.465 pounds; Crabs, 0.568 pounds 8) Crabs, 0.375 pounds; Crabs, 0.437 pounds; Clams, 0.545 pounds 9) Flatfish, 0.423 pounds; Flatfish, 0.387 pounds; Tilapia, 0.401 pounds 10) Scallops, 0.269 pounds; Tilapia, 0.348 pounds; Flatfish, 0.317 pounds 11) Tilapia, 0.264 pounds; Scallops, 0.342 pounds; Scallops, 0.313 pounds NOTE (a): Catfish consumption
has been re-calculated to reflect the change in U.S. law that
prohibits imported "catfish"- basa, tra, etc. -- from
being called catfish.
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