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NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Mike Hutt, Excutive Director
Virginia Marine Products Board
Phone: 757-874-3474
E-mail: mhutt@vaseafood.org

LANDINGS AND VALUE OF TOP 20 VIRGINIA SPECIES 2009

SPECIES DOCKSIDE
VALUE ($)
LANDINGS
(POUNDS)
SEA SCALLOPS 63,353,006 10,136,481
BLUE CRABS 25,038,993 28,715,711
CROAKER 8,129.078 8,613,260
STRIPED BASS 4,588,925 2.280,747
SPOT 3,785,800 3,565,855
FLOUNDER 3,512,547 2,006,642
CATFISH 1,687,740 2,143,730
OYSTERS 1,627,296 388,728
WHELK 926,911 706,344
DOGFISH 701,612 1,505,733
CLAM 657,197 101,516
BLACK SEA BASS 491,770 163,273
MENHADEN 462,743 7,320,715
RAY, COWNOSE 451,898 225,949
EEL 353,337 179,563
DRUM (BLACK & RED) 278,198 96,801
BLUEFISH 273,247 457,714
HORSESHOE CRAB 229,294 375,092
SKATE 209,920 311,156
PERCH 190,547 173,032

AQUACULTURE LANDINGS

SPECIES DOCKSIDE
VALUE ($)
LANDINGS
(POUNDS)
CLAMS 13,753,729 1,662,553
OYSTERS 2,170,067 498,703

2009 U.S. COMMERCIAL LANDINGS FIGURES

STATE POUNDS DOLLARS
ALASKA 4,064,032 1,333,536,000
LOUISIANA 1,000,815 280,691,000
VIRGINIA 417,449 154,375,000


PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION: U.S. per capita consumption of fish and shellfish was 15.8 pounds (edible meat) in 2009.

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

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