Seafood Importing
Mississippi Seafood Importing
Seafood importing involves establishments that buy seafood products from counties 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 impact or contribution consists of direct, indirect, and induced sales.
Employment or job impacts or contributions are estimated as a mix of both full-time and part-time jobs. The total employment impact or contribution is the sum of direct, indirect, and induced jobs.
The economic contributions of Mississippi seafood importation since 2007 are shown below. Observe the significant drops in the magnitude of the industry's economic contributions during the economic recession and recent years.
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 $319,000 per worker per year.
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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.
Environmental disasters, global markets, strict fishing regulations and the increasing average age of working fishers is bearing down on the industry, threatening its long-term viability.
All of these factors have Ryan Bradley concerned for the future of the Mississippi fishing industry. So, he is taking action to help fishers stay in the industry and draw young people to the business.
LAPLACE, La. -- Heavy rainfall and snowmelt from the Midwest in 2019 led to three major firsts in the Bonnet Carré Spillway’s history, resulting in a massive influx of fresh water that caused adverse effects on marine life and seafood industries across the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
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.
ELLISVILLE, Miss. -- Mississippi State University representatives met with agricultural clients in Ellisville recently to discuss research and education needs for 2018. More than 115 individuals attended this year's event.
BILOXI, Miss. -- Mississippi State University researchers and Extension Service agents heard suggestions from Coastal area agricultural producers and industry leaders about the research and education they need from the university in 2017.
The MSU Coastal Research and Extension Center Producer Advisory Council meeting was held on Feb. 28 in Biloxi. The annual meeting helps the university allocate time and resources to the most important issues facing Mississippi's agricultural producers and related industries.
