America's $60 Billion Seafood Industry Celebrates National Seafood Month in October (Fish Radio)
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Fish Radio with Laine Welch] October 1, 2015
This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Is your town celebrating seafood month? I’ll tell you more after this
October is National Seafood Month – a distinction proclaimed by Congress more than a quarter century ago to recognize one of our nation’s oldest industries.
Government figures show that nationwide, the seafood industry contributes $60 billion to the U.S. economy each year.
Pacific salmon, sea scallops, shrimp and lobster contributed the most to total revenue. For poundage, Alaska pollock, menhaden and Pacific salmon accounted for more than half of the US fish landed...
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