Mississippi Seafood Importing
Seafood importing involves establishments that buy seafood products from countries of origin outside the United States.
Sales and Employment Contributions
Sales are the gross sales by businesses within the economic region affected by an activity. The total sales contribution consists of direct, indirect, and induced sales. Employment or job contributions are estimated as a mix of both full-time and part-time jobs. The total employment contribution is the sum of direct, indirect, and induced jobs.
The economic contributions of Mississippi seafood importation since 2007 are shown below. Seafood importing created total sales contributions amounting to $3.7 million since 2026. Seafood importing also generated 12 jobs in Mississippi in the same period.
The average productivity of workers in seafood importing in Mississippi can be measured by dividing total sales contributions by total job contributions. During the past five years, seafood importation generated average productivity of more than $326,000 per worker yearly.
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RAYMOND, Miss. -- For Mississippi’s commercial fishermen, stress is part of daily life, but the typical stressors they face have been intensifying for more than 10 years.
LAPLACE, La.
While the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is closing the Bonnet Carré Spillway this week, economic impacts of its months-long opening are expected to be felt in the seafood industry for years to come.
