Fisheries of the United States, 2004

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Current Fishery Statistics No. 2004
U.S. Department National Ocean and National Marine
of Commerce Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service
Carlos M. Gutierrez, Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., William T. Hogarth, Ph. D.,
Secretary Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Assistant Administrator for
Under Secretary Fisheries
eface
FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 2004 Asinpastissues ofthispublication, theunitsofquantit)-
This publication is a preliminary' report for 2004 on andvaluearedefinedas foUows unless otherwisenoted:
commercial and recreational fisheries of the United U.S. landings are shown in round weight (except mol-
StateswithlandingsfromtlieU.S.territorialseas,theU.S. luskswhichareinmeatweight);quantitiesshownforU.S.
ExclusiveEconomicZone (EEZ),andon thehigh seas. imports and exports are in product weight, as reported
Tahsiksedannualreportprovidestimelvanswers tofrequenth' bdyomtehsetiUc.Sc.oBmumreeracuiaolfltahnediCnegnssiusse;x\t'heessvela;lume othfetRheeviLeISw.-
questions.
SOURCES OF DATA Sectiononimportantspecies,deflatedexvesselpricesare
shown. The deflated value was computed using the
IntormaUon in this report came from many sources. Gross Domestic Products Implicit Price Deflatorusing
Field offices of the National Marine Fisheries Service a base year 2000; the value for U.S. imports is generally
(NMFS), with tlie generous cooperation of the coastal the marketvalue in the foreign (exporting) countrv and,
states, collected and compiled data on U.S. commercial therefore, excludes U.S. import duties, freight charges
landings and processed fishen,- products. and insurance from the foreign country to the United
TheNMFS FisheriesStatistics DivisioninSilverSpring, States; thevalue forexports is generally thevalue at the
MD, managed die collection and compilation ofrecre- U.S. portofexport,based on the sellingprice, including
ational statistics,in cooperation with various States and inland freight, insurance, and other charges. Countries
Interstate Fisheries Commissions, and tabulated and andterritoriesshownin theU.S. foreigntradesectionare
prepared all data tor publication. Sources ofother data establishedforstatisticalpurposesintheTariffSchedules
appearing in this pubUcauon are: L'.S. Census Bureau, of the United States Annotated (International Trade
U.S. Bureau ofLabor Statistics, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Commission) and reported by the U.S. Bureau of the
Census.
Customs Service, U.S. Departmentofthe Interior, U.S.
Department ofAgriculture, and the Food and Agricul-
ture Organization (FAO) ofthe United Nations. SUGGESTIONS
PRELIMINARY AND FINAL DATA
The Fisheries Statistics Division wishes to provide the
Data on U.S. commerciallandings, employment, prices, kinds ot data sought by users of fishery statistics, and
production of processed products, and recreational welcomes comments or suggestions tiiat wiU improve
catches are preliminar}' for 2004. Final data wiU be tinspublication.
NMFS
published in other Current Fisher)- Statistics
publications.
The Fisheries Statistics Division of NMFS takes this Address all comments or questions to:
opportunitytothankstates,industn,',andforeignnations FisheriesStatisticsDivision,(F/STl)
NOAA
who provided the data diat made this publication pos- National Marine Fisheries Service,
sible. Programleadersofthe fieldofficeswere: Gregory- 1315 East-WesMtDHighway - Rm. 12441
Power for the New England, Middle Adantic, and Silver Spring, 20910-3282
Chesapeake;ScottNelson,U.S.GeologicalSurvey,Great PHONE: [phone] / F.AK: 301-713-4137
HOMEPAGE:
Lakes States; David Gloeckner, Guy Davenport, and http:/www.st.nmfs.gov/stl/
MaggieWilliams forthe SouthAdanticandGulfStates;
PPaatcriifciicaI|s.lDanodnsl;eDya,vCiadliSfuotrhneiar;laDnadv,iOdreHgaomnma,ndHaWwaasiliiuaingd- Members of the Office of Science and Technolog)- in
ton; and Robert Ryznar and CarruUe Ruse ofthe Alaska Silver Spnng who helped with this publication were:
Fisheries Information Network for Alaska. Rob Andrews, Dary-1 Bullock, Tina Chang, Lauren
Dolinger Few, josanne Fabian, Brad Gentner, Tim
NOTES
Haverland,StevenKoplin,JayaNeti,ElizabethPritchard,
ThetimeseriesofU.S.catchbyspeciesanddistancefrom Ronald Salz, Tom Sminkey, David Sutherland, Glen
shore included in this year's "Fisheries of the U.S." is Taylor, William Utdey, David Van Voorhees, Ivristy
estimated by the National Marine Fisheries Service. Wallmo, LeliaWise, and PattyZielinski.
Contents
PREFACEANDACKNOWLEDGMENT ii Industrial 67
REVIEW iv
U.S.COMMERCIALFISHERYLANDINGS: U.S.SUPPLY:
Species 1 Edibleandnonedible 68
Disposition 5 Finfishandsheltish 69
Regions and states 6 All fillets and steaks 70
Ports 7 Groundfish fillets and steaks 70
Catch by species and tiistance-from-shore Tuna, fresh and frozen 71
(diousand pounds and metric tons) 8 Canned sardines 72
Canned sahnon 72
U.S. Landings for territorial possessions 14
Canned tuna 72
r.S. .\qimadtureproduction,estimated 16
crab 73
U.S.MARINERECREATIONALFISHERIES: I-Cing
Snow (tanner) crab 73
Har\'est by species 2(J Canned crabmeat 73
Harvest by mode of fishing and species group.. 23 Lobster, American 74
RHaanrkveessttbaynddistottaanlcel-ifverorme-lseahsoersebayndspsepceiaesesgrgroouupp 3227 LColbasmtser, spiny 7754
Finfish harvestandreleases by state 42 75
Number ofanglers and tnps by state 43 Oysters 75
ScaUops
WORLD FISHERIES: Shrimp 76
Aquaculture and commercial catch 44 Industrial 77
44
Species groups PERCAPITA:
Countries 45 U.S. Consumption 79
Fishingareas 45 Canned products 80
Imports and exports, bv leading countries 46 Certain items 80
U.SF.IPSRHOERDYUCPTRIOODNUCOTFS:PROCESSED World, by re'gion and country 81
U.S. Use 83
Value 48
VALUEADDED 84
Fish sticks, fish portions, and breaded shrimp ... 48
INDEXOFEXVESSELPRICES 86
Fillets andsteaks 49
Canned 50 PROCESSORSANDWHOLESALERS 87
Industrial 52 FISHERY PRODUCTS INSPECTION 88
U.S.IMPORTS: MAGNUSON-STEVENSFISHERYCONSERVATIONAND
items 54 MANAGEMENTACT(MSFCMA):
Principal
Edible and nonedible 55 General 89
Continentandcountry 56 Optimum yield, U.S. capacity, reserv-e,
Blocks 57 and allocations 92
Groundfish tiUets and steaks, species 57 GENERALADMINISTRATIVEINFORMATION-
Canned ama and quota 58 NATIONALMARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
Shrimp, country oforigin 59 Administrative Offices 94
Shrimp, by product U'pe 60 Region Offices 96
Industrial 60 StatisticalPortAgents 98
U.S.EXPORTS: PUBLICATIONS:
Principalitems 61 NOi\^\ Library Services 100
Edible and nonedible 62 Government Printing Office 100
Continent andcountry 63
Shnmp 64 SERVICES:
Lobsters 64 Sea Grant Marine Advison' 101
Salmon 65 Inspection Inside back cover
Surimi 65 GLOSSARY 103
Crab 66 INDEX 107
Crabmeat 66
Revie
U.S. LANDINGS WORLD LANDINGS
Commercial landings (edible and industrial) by U.S. In2003,themostrecentyeartorwliichdataareavailable,
fishermenatportsinthe50stateswere9.6billionpoun—ds worldcommercial fisher)'landings anda—quaculturepro-
or4.4millionmetrictonsvaluedat$3.7biUionin2004 duction were 132.5 miUion metric tons a decrease of
an increase of136.3 ntillion pounds (up 1 percent) and 469.0 thousand metric tons (less than one percent)
$304.8 million (up 9 percent) compared with 2003. compared with 2002.
Foinnlfyi4sh7apcecrocuenntteodfftohre8v7apleure.ceTnhteof2t0h0e4toatvaelrlaagnedienxg^s^,esbsuetl China was the leading nation with 34.4 percent of the
price paid to fishennen was 38 cents compared to 35 wtoittahl4h.a5rvpeesrtc;ePnte;ruI,ndsoenceosnida,wfiotuhrt4.h6wpietrhce4.n3t;peIrncdeian,t;thainrdd
cents in 2003.
UnitedStates, fifth with 4.1 percent.
Catches of Alaska poUock, Pacific whiung and other
PRICES
Pacificgroundtlsh that are processed at-sea aboardU.S.
vessels in the northeastern Pacificare credited as "land- The 2004 annual exvessel price index for edible fish
ings"tothestatenearesttotheareaofcapture. Infomia- increasedby8percent,shellfishincreased3percent,and
tion on landing port or percentage (jf catch transferred industrialfishdecreased 17percentwhencomparedwith
totransportships fordeliven- to foreignportsisunavail- 2003. Exvessel price indices increased for 21 ofthe 32
able.Theseat-seaprocessedfishen'products,onaround species groups being tracked, decreased for 10 species
(live) weight basis, exceeded 1.3 million metric tons in groups, and were unchanged for 1 species group. The
2004 and comprised more than 30 percent of the total bav scaUops price index had the largest increase (101
domestic landings in the 50 states. percent) while industrial fish (menhaden) price index
Commerciallandings by U.S. fishennen atports outside showed the largest decrease (17 percent).
the50statesalongwithInternalWaterProcessing(IWT) PROCESSED PRODUCTS
agreements (see glossary) provided an additional 165.3
million pounds (75,000 metric tons) valued at $71.0 Theestimatedvalueofthe2004domesticproductionof
mpioUuinodns.T(h1i5,s0w0a0smeatdreiccretaonsse)oifn1q7uapnetricteynta,nodr3$53..20mmiilUliioonn eSd9i0b8l.e6.a0ndminloHnoendilbeslsetfhiasnh—enm* p20r0o3d.ucTthsewavsalu$e6.o6fbieUdiiobnl,e
(7 percent) in value comparedwitli 2003. Mostofthese products was $6.3 billion a decrease of$860.5 million
landings consisted of tuna, and swordfish landed in compared with 200m3. The—value ofindustnal products
American Samoa and other was $335.6 million 2004 a decrease of$49.1 million
foreign ports.
compared with 2003.
Ediblefishandshellfishlandingsinthe50stateswer—e7.8
billion pounds (3.5 million metric tons) in 2004 an FOREIGN TRADE
increase of247.0 million pounds (122.,200 metnc tons) The total import value of edible a—nd nonedible fishery
compared with 2003. products was $22.9 billion in 200-1 an increase of$1.7
Landings for reduction and other industrial purpos—es billion compared with 2003. Imports of edible fisherv'
were 1.9 billion pounds (850,600metric tons) in 2004 products (product weight) were 5.0 billion pounds—(2.2
a decrease of 6 percent compared with 2003. miUion metric tons) valued at $11.3 billion in 200'1 an
increase of 44.3 million pounds and $235.9 million
The2004U.S.marinerecreationalfinfishcatch(including compared with 2003. Imports of—nonedible (i.e., indus-
fish kept and fish released (discarded)) on the Adantic, trial) products were $11.6 billion an increase of $1.4
Gulf, and Pacific coasts was an estimated440.7 miLhon billion compared with 2003.
fishtakenon an estimated81.6miUion fishingtrips. Tlie
harvest (fish kept or released dead) was estimated at
197.1 milUon fish weighing 254.4 nxiLhon pounds.
Reviem
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Total export value of edible an—d nonedible fishery PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
products was $13.6 billion in 2004 anincrease of$1.6 U.S. consumption offisher\' products was 16.6 pounds
billion compared with 2003. United States firms ex- ofedible meat per person in 2004, up 0.3 pound from
ported 2.9 billion pounds (1.3 niillion—metric tons) of the 2003 per capita consumption of 16.3 pounds.
edible products valued at $3.7 billion an increase of
492.5millionpoundsand $440.0millioncomparedwith CONSUMER EXPENDITURES
2003. Exports of nonedible products were valued at U.S. consumers spent an estimated $61.9 billion tor
$9.9 billion, $1.2 billion more than 2003. fishery products in 2004. The 2004 total includes $42.8
SUPPLY billion m expenditures at food ser\ace establishments
(restaurants, carry-outs, caterers, etc.); $18.9 billion in
The U.S. supply of edible fisher}- products (domestic retail sales for home consumption; and $213.3 million
landings plus imports, round weight equivalent, minus forindustrial fishproducts.Byproducingandmarketing
exports)—was 11.2billionpounds(5.1 millionmetrictons) a variety of fishen,- products for domestic and foreign
in 2004 a decrease of634.0 million pounds compared markets,thecommercialmannefisliingindustr}-contrib-
with2003. The supplyofindustrial fisher}-products—was uted $31.6 bilUon (in value added) to the U.S. Gross
1.0 billion pounds (458,283 metric tons) in 2004 a National Product.
decrease of289.7 million pounds compared with 2003.
Other Important 'Facts
Volume of U. S. Domestic Finfish and Shellfish Landings
1970-2004
Pounds
(Billions)
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000
n D
Shellfish Finfish
Value of U.S. Domestic Finfish and Shellfish Landings
1970-2004
Dollars (Billions)
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000
nShellfish DFinfish
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Other Important J^%atciilp
Alaskaledallstatesinvolumewithlandingsof5.4billionpounds, followedbyLouisiana, 1.1 billionpounds;Virginia,
481.6 million pounds; Washington, 454.7 million pounds; and California, 378.6 million pounds.
Alaska led all statesinvalue oflandings with $1.2 billion, followed by, Massachusetts, $326.1 million; Maine, $315.8
million; Louisiana, $274.4 million; and Washington, $175.1
Dutch Harbor-Unalaska, Alaska, was the leading LIS. port in quandt)- ofcommercial fishen,' landings, followed by:
Reedville, Virginia; Empire-Venice, Louisiana; Kodiak, Alaska; and Intracoastal Cit)', Louisiana.
New Bedford, Massachusetts was the leading U.S. port in terms ofvalue, followed by; Dutch Harbor-Unalaska,
Alaska; Hampton Roads Area, Virginia; Kodiak, Alaska; Cape May-Wildwood, NewJersey; and Empire-Venice,
Louisiana.
Tuna landings by U.S.-flagvessels atports outside the condnental UnitedStates amounted to 164.5 miUion pounds.
Major U.S. Domestic Species Landed in 2004
Ranked By Quantity and Value
(Numbers in thousands)
Rank
Review^
Important Species
ALASKA POLLOCK AND OTHER with 2003. The Pacific tlshen,- accounted for all but
PACIFIC TRAWL FISH 25,000 pounds of the 2004 total halibut catch. The
U.S.landingsofPacifictxawlfish(Pacificcod,flounders, average exvessel price per pound in 2004 was $2.23
hake. Pacific ocean perch, Alaska poUock, and rock- compared widi $2.17 in 2003.
fishe—s) were 4.8 billion pounds valued at $514.3 mil- SEA HERRING
m
lion anincreaseof3percent quantir\'andanincrease
22 percent in value compared with 2l)03. U.S. commercial landings of sea herr—ing were 255.9
miUion pounds valued at $29.1 miUion a decrease of
Landings ofAlaska pollock stayed the same (3.4 billion 30.9millionpounds (11 percent),butanincreaseof$3.1
pounds) but an increase of 387.8 million pounds over million (12 percent) compared with 2003. Landings of
their 1999 - 2003 5 - year average.—Landings of Pacific Adanticseahe—rringwere 180.7 millionpoundsvaluedat
cod were 586.7 million pounds an increase of 3 $14.3 miUion a decrease of 31.9 million pounds (15
percent from 567.5 miUionpoundsin2003. Pacifichake percent), and $1.3 miUion (8 percent) compared with
(wliiting) landings were 474.5 miUion pounds (up 53 2003.
percent) valued at $21.8 million (up 27 percent) com-
pared to 2003. Landings ofrockfisheswere31.1 million LandingsofPacificsea—herringwere75.3millionpounds
pounds (down 13 percent) and valued at $14.5 miUion valued at $14.9 million an increase of946,000 pounds
(down 8 percent) compared to 2003. (1 percent),and$4.4million (42percent) comparedwith
2003. Alaska landings accounted for 94 percent of the
Pacific—coast with 70.8 million pounds valued at $13.7
million an increase of 1.9 million pounds (3 percent),
and 4.7 thousand doUars (53percent) compared with
Trend in Commercial Landings, 1995 - 2004 2003.
Alaska Pollock, Other Pacific Trawl Fish
Trend in Commercial Landings, 1995 - 2004
Milhon S Atlantic Sea Herring
-r- 600
500
400 MMilan lbs
350
300 300
200 250
100 200
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1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 100
sa Pounds -^Deflated Value 50
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 20O3 2004
ANCHOVIES Pounds -•-Deflated Value
—
U.S. landings ofanchovies were 15.7 million pounds
an increase of 11.4 million pounds (268 percent) com-
paredwith 2003. One percent ofall landings were used
JACK MACKEREL
for animal food or reducdon and 99 percentwere used
for bait. The U.S. imports all edible anchovies. CaUfomia accounted tor 85 percent, Oregon for 10
percent, andWashington 5 percent ofdieU.S. landings
HALIBUT
ofjackmackerelin 2004.To—tallandingswere 2.7 million
U.S. landings ofAtlantic and Pacific halibut were 79.2 pounds valued at $275,000 an increase of2.2 million
mill—ion pounds (round weight) valued at $176.9 mil- pounds (424 percent), and $202,000 (277 percent)
lion adecreaseof326,000pounds(lessthan 1 percent), compared with 2003. The 2004 average ex\'essel price
and an increase of $4.7 million (3 percent) compared per pound was 10 cents.