Top 10 Consumed Seafoods

Top 10 U.S. Consumption by Species Chart

Raw data from National Marine Fisheries Service.

U.S. Per-Capita Consumption By Species in Pounds

	2011		2010		2009
	Species	Lbs	Species	Lbs	Species	Lbs
1	Shrimp	4.2	Shrimp	4.0	Shrimp	4.10
2	Canned Tuna	2.6	Canned Tuna	2.7	Canned Tuna	2.5
3	Salmon	1.952	Salmon	1.999	Salmon	2.04
4	Pollock	1.312	Tilapia	1.450	Pollock	1.454
5	Tilapia	1.287	Pollock	1.192	Tilapia	1.208
6	Pangasius	0.628	Catfish	0.800	Catfish	0.849
7	Catfish	0.559	Crab	0.573	Crab	0.594
8	Crab	0.518	Cod	0.463	Cod	0.419
9	Cod	0.501	Pangasius	0.405	Clams	0.413
10	Clams	0.331	Clams	0.341	Pangasius	0.356
Total All Species		15.0		15.8		15.8
	2008		2007		2006
	Species	Lbs	Species	Lbs	Species	Lbs
1	Shrimp	4.10	Shrimp	4.10	Shrimp	4.40
2	Canned Tuna	2.80	Canned Tuna	2.70	Canned Tuna	2.90
3	Salmon	1.84	Salmon	2.364	Salmon	2.026
4	Pollock	1.34	Pollock	1.730	Pollock	1.639
5	Tilapia	1.19	Tilapia	1.142	Tilapia	0.996
6	Catfish	0.92	Catfish	0.876	Catfish	0.969
7	Crab	0.61	Crab	0.679	Crab	0.664
8	Cod	0.44	Cod	0.465	Cod	0.505
9	Flatfish	0.43	Clams	0.449	Clams	0.440
10	Clams	0.42	Flatfish	0.319	Scallops	0.305
Total All Species		16.0		16.3		16.5
	2005		2004		2003
	Species	Lbs	Species	Lbs	Species	Lbs
1	Shrimp	4.10	Shrimp	4.2	Shrimp	4.0
2	Canned Tuna	3.10	Canned Tuna	3.3	Canned Tuna	3.4
3	Salmon	2.430	Salmon	2.154	Salmon	2.219
4	Pollock	1.468	Pollock	1.277	Pollock	1.706
5	Catfish	1.025	Catfish	1.091	Catfish	*1.137
6	Tilapia	0.848	Tilapia	0.696	Cod	0.644
7	Crab	0.643	Crab	0.626	Crabs	0.609
8	Cod	0.572	Cod	0.603	Clams	0.541
9	Clams	0.435	Clams	0.471	Tilapia	0.525
10	Flatfish	0.366	Flatfish	0.332	Scallops	0.330
Total All Species		16.2		16.6		16.3

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