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

	2010		2009		2008
	Species	Lbs	Species	Lbs	Species	Lbs
1	Shrimp	4.0	Shrimp	4.10	Shrimp	4.10
2	Canned Tuna	2.7	Canned Tuna	2.5	Canned Tuna	2.80
3	Salmon	1.999	Salmon	2.04	Salmon	1.84
4	Tilapia	1.450	Pollock	1.454	Pollock	1.34
5	Pollock	1.192	Tilapia	1.208	Tilapia	1.19
6	Catfish	0.800	Catfish	0.849	Catfish	0.92
7	Crab	0.573	Crab	0.594	Crab	0.61
8	Cod	0.463	Cod	0.419	Cod	0.44
9	Pangasius	0.405	Clams	0.413	Flatfish	0.43
10	Clams	0.341	Pangasius	0.356	Clams	0.42
Total All Species		15.8		15.8		16.0
	2007		2006		2005
	Species	Lbs	Species	Lbs	Species	Lbs
1	Shrimp	4.10	Shrimp	4.40	Shrimp	4.10
2	Canned Tuna	2.70	Canned Tuna	2.90	Canned Tuna	3.10
3	Salmon	2.364	Salmon	2.026	Salmon	2.430
4	Pollock	1.730	Pollock	1.639	Pollock	1.468
5	Tilapia	1.142	Tilapia	0.996	Catfish	1.025
6	Catfish	0.876	Catfish	0.969	Tilapia	0.848
7	Crab	0.679	Crab	0.664	Crab	0.643
8	Cod	0.465	Cod	0.505	Cod	0.572
9	Clams	0.449	Clams	0.440	Clams	0.435
10	Flatfish	0.319	Scallops	0.305	Flatfish	0.366
Total All Species		16.3		16.5		16.2
	2004		2003		2002
	Species	Lbs	Species	Lbs	Species	Lbs
1	Shrimp	4.2	Shrimp	4.0	Shrimp	3.7
2	Canned Tuna	3.3	Canned Tuna	3.4	Canned Tuna	3.1
3	Salmon	2.154	Salmon	2.219	Salmon	2.021
4	Pollock	1.277	Pollock	1.706	Pollock	1.557
5	Catfish	1.091	Catfish	*1.137	Catfish	1.103
6	Tilapia	0.696	Cod	0.644	Cod	0.658
7	Crab	0.626	Crabs	0.609	Clams	0.568
8	Cod	0.603	Clams	0.541	Crabs	0.545
9	Clams	0.471	Tilapia	0.525	Flatfish	0.401
10	Flatfish	0.332	Scallops	0.330	Tilapia	0.317
Total All Species		16.6		16.3		15.6

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