Economic Contributions of the Mississippi and Alabama Seafood Industry

Economic Sectors

1. The commercial harvesting sector corresponds to economic sectors 114111 or “finfish fishing” and 114112 or “shellfish fishing” in the North American Industrial Classification System. 
2. The seafood processing sector primarily corresponds to code 311711 or “seafood canning” and code 311712 or “fresh and frozen seafood processing” in the North American Industrial Classification System. 
3. The seafood wholesaling sector corresponds to NAICS codes 424460 or “fish and seafood merchant wholesalers” in the North American Industrial Classification System.
4. The fish and seafood markets sector corresponds to NAICS code 445220 or “fish and seafood markets” in the North American Industrial Classification System.
5. The eating and drinking places sector includes “full-service restaurants” and limited-service restaurants” in the North American Industrial Classification System.

Economic Contributions

The NOAA Fisheries Economic Model generates estimates for four types of impacts - employment, income, the total value added, and output. The income, the total value added, and output impacts are expressed in dollars for the year specified by the user. Employment impacts are expressed in terms of a mix of both full-time and part-time jobs.

The total economic impact is the sum of direct, indirect and induced impacts. Indirect impacts result from changes in economic activity of other industrial sectors which supply goods or services to the sector being evaluated. Induced impacts are the result of personal consumption expenditures by industry employees.

The economic contributions of the Mississippi and Alabama seafood industry since 2006 are shown in the figures below.

Source of data: NOAA Fisheries.