March 11, 2013 — Louisiana seafood ranked 10th in the U.S. in terms of total economic impact generated from seafood sales in 2011, according to a National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service report released on Thursday (March 7).
Economic impact includes variables such as employment, labor income and sales – including imported seafood sales – not only for commercial fishers but also for processors, suppliers, grocers and restaurants.
While Louisiana seafood's economic impact wasn't near the top of the national, Louisiana came in second behind Alaska in terms local seafood poundage landed per state. Louisiana fisheries came in second by catching nearly 1.3 billion pounds of seafood in 2011; Alaska's fisheries produced about 5.3 billion.