Southern Shrimp Alliance Advises Interagency Seafood Trade Task Force that It Must Address Imports
In written comments submitted on Tuesday to the Interagency Seafood Trade Task Force, the Southern Shrimp Alliance emphasized the need for any comprehensive interagency seafood trade strategy to address seafood imports into the United States. NOAA Fisheries reports that the United States ran a $16.8 billion trade deficit in edible seafood in 2018. This trade deficit in seafood has grown […]
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Shrimp Hits Record High Levels of Consumption in United States
Shrimp remains the most consumed seafood in the United States, returning in 2017 to its highest consumption level of 4.4 pounds per person according to NOAA Fisheries’ “Fisheries of the United States” report released today. While U.S. shrimp fisheries remain sustainable and well-managed, imported shrimp from poorly regulated countries dominate the U.S. marketplace with 92% market share according to the […]
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U.S. Shrimp Trade Deficit Reaches $6.4 Billion in 2017
In October of last year, NOAA Fisheries published the Fisheries of the United States for 2016. For the first time, the federal agency’s yearbook of fishery statistics highlighted the massive seafood trade deficit that the United States runs with the rest of the world. Specifically, NOAA Fisheries reported that in 2016, the United States’ seafood trade deficit with Asian nations was $6.98 […]
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NOAA’s Fisheries of the United States 2016 Highlights Massive Seafood Trade Deficits
The Office of Science and Technology of the National Marine Fisheries Service recently issued the Fisheries of the United States report for 2016. The report indicates that although the volume of shrimp landed in the Gulf of Mexico fell by 4.1% in 2016, compared to 2015, the overall value of that catch increased by 9.1%. Those trends mean that […]