Mississippi Seafood Wholesaling

Seafood wholesaling corresponds to "fish and seafood merchant wholesalers." It includes secondary wholesale and processing of seafood products.

An online directory of Mississippi seafood wholesalers is posted on the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources.

An online directory of registered seafood businesses is available on the Mississippi MarketMaker. An online list of seafood-related businesses is shown when you type "seafood" in the search box.

Economic Contributions

Seafood wholesaling generated economic activities and provided jobs in the state economy. Output or 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. The economic contributions of Mississippi seafood wholesaling in 2023 are shown in Fig. 1. The industry has generated $11.5 million in annual sales contributions in 2023.

Employment or job contributions are estimated as a mix of full-time and part-time jobs. The total employment contribution is the sum of direct, indirect, and induced jobs. The industry created 125 jobs in 2023.

Value-added contribution measures an industry's contribution to the gross domestic product. It is the difference between an Industry's total output and the costs of its intermediate inputs (IMPLAN, 2026). The value-added contribution of seafood wholesaling reached $5.1 million.

The income contribution of seafood wholesaling reached $4.0 million. Labor income consists of all forms of employment income, including employee compensation (wages, salaries, and benefits), as well as proprietor income (IMPLAN, 2026).

The average productivity of workers in seafood wholesaling in Mississippi can be measured by dividing total sales contributions by job contributions. During the past five years, seafood wholesaling generated an average productivity of $104,000 per worker per year.

Demographic Characteristics

The demographic characteristics of Mississippi seafood wholesaling jobs are shown below. Most of the workers are over 45. The racial breakdown of workers is mostly White, African American, Hispanic, and Asian. Most of the workers are male.