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The United States is one of the world's largest exporters
of seafood products and the world's second largest seafood
importer. Data on the domestic wild seafood harvest and
imports and exports of seafood products are compiled by
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's
National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries), an
agency of the Department of Commerce.
While the United States is a major seafood exporter,
its exports of aquaculture products are relatively small:
some farm-raised trout and salmon chiefly to Canada and
Mexico and oysters and clams to Canada. The catfish industry
has been attempting to develop export markets in Europe
but has met with only limited success. The ornamental
fish industry exports its products to a number of countries,
but the United States is a net importer of ornamental
fish.
On the other hand, the United States is a major importer
of farm-raised seafood products. The largest categories
of imported aquaculture products are shrimp, salmon, and
tilapia.
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