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NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Shirley A. Estes
Virginia Marine Products Board
Phone: 757-874-3474
E-mail: sestes@vaseafood.org

LANDINGS AND VALUE OF TOP 20 VIRGINIA SPECIES 2004

SPECIES DOCKSIDE VALUE ($) LANDINGS (POUNDS)
SEA SCALLOPS 92,670,861 19,486,098
BLUE CRABS 49,750,225 28,293,083
SUMMER FLOUNDER 5,488,987 4,128,371
STRIPED BASS 3,336,280 1,973,363
CROAKER 2,796,054 8,623,413
SPOT 2,469,916 3,387,742
MENHADEN 2,114,113 6,181,531
CLAMS 1,746,400 359,219
BLACK SEA BASS 1,116,291 482,069
OYSTERS 868,673 219,103
CATFISH 643,110 1,885,626
DOG FISH 572,792 850,310
MONK FISH 541,680 525,844
CONCH (WHELK) 390,629 223,961
TROUT (GREY) 231,478 327,945
SQUID 214,769 1,275,713
EEL 192,850 141,428
PORGY 189,556 414,995
BUTTERFISH 121,257 153,239
BLUEFISH 102,884 415,058

2004 U.S. COMMERCIAL LANDINGS FIGURES

STATE POUNDS DOLLARS
ALASKA 5,355,000 1,171,900
LOUISIANA 1,095,000 274,000,000
VIRGINIA 482,000 160,000,000

PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION . U.S. per capita consumption of fish and shellfish was 16.6 pounds (edible meat) in 2004.

Source: Virginia Marine Resources Commission, United States Department of Commerce - National Marine Fisheries Service.

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