Fisheries of the United States, 2022

Each year NOAA Fisheries compiles key fisheries statistics from the previous year into an annual snapshot documenting fishing’s importance to the nation. According to the Fisheries of the United States, 2022 report, U.S. commercial fishermen landed 8.4 billion pounds valued at $5.9 billion in 2022.

In our recreational fisheries, U.S. anglers took more than 200 million trips in 2022. These recreational anglers caught an estimated 1.1 billion fish and released 61 percent of those caught.

For more information, click on the links below or download the entire report:

• Commercial Landings Queries
• Recreational Fisheries Queries
• U.S. Foreign Trade