Thursday, September 27, 2012

Shrimp continues to be the most popular seafood for Americans


Shrimp was once again the most popular seafood for Americans in 2011.

Shrimp has topped the most popular seafood list for years – last year Americans ate 4.2 pounds of shrimp apiece.

That’s up from 4 pounds each in 2010.

Number two on the list was canned tuna – we ate about 2.6 pounds per American last year.

Salmon rounded out the top three.

Other popular seafoods in 2011 included Alaska Pollock, Tilapia, catfish, crab, cod and clams.

The federal government recently reported that the overall seafood volume was 4.6 billion pounds pounds. 
The data also showed American seafood companies exported a record 3.3 billion pounds of seafood last year valued at $5.4 billion dollars.


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