Per Capita Consumption 



U.S. Consumption 



Annual per capita consumption of seafood products represents the pounds of edible meat consumed from 

 domestically-caught and imported tish and shellfish adjusted for and exports, divided by the civilian population 

 of the United States as of July 1 of each year. 



U.S. ANNUAL PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF COMMERCIAL FISH AND SHELLFISH, 1910-2004 



( 1 ) Resident population for 1 91 and 1 920 and civilian resident population for 1 930 to date. 



(2) Fresh and frozen fish consumption for 1910 and 1920 is estimated. Beginning in 1973, data include consumption of cultivated catfish, 



(3) Canned fish consumption for 1920 is estimated. Beginning in 1921, it is based on production reports, packer stocks, and foreign trade 

 statistics for individual years. 



(4) Cured fish consumption for 1910 and 1920 is estimated. 



(5) The use of beginning and ending inventories w/as discontiued as of 2003. 

 •Record years: Canned--5.8, 1936: Cured--4.0, 1909. 



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