The Fisheries of the United States report is NOAA Fisheries’ annual snapshot of the nation’s fishing and seafood industries. According to the latest Fisheries of the United States report, U.S. commercial fishermen landed 7.7 billion pounds valued at $4.9 billion in 2024.
In our recreational fisheries, U.S. anglers took nearly 194 million trips in 2024. These recreational anglers caught an estimated 1 billion fish and released 68 percent of those caught.
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