Hawaii Aquaculture - Release - 09-28-2016

United States Department of Agriculture

Hawaii Aquaculture
Annual Release
September 28, 2016
In Cooperation with the Hawaii Department of Agriculture
Hawaii Field Office · 300 Ala Moana Blvd Suite 7-118· Honolulu, HI 96850 · 1-(800)-804-9514 · www.nass.usda.gov

2015 Aquaculture Value Totals $76.2 Million
Hawaii aquaculture sales totaled
$76.2 million in 2015, according to
USDA’s National Agricultural
Statistics Service, down 3 percent
from 2014’s record year. Algae
contributed $33.8 million and
accounted for 44.3 percent of the
sales. The “Other” category
includes the remaining value of
sales, or 55.7 percent of
aquaculture sales. In recent
years, aquaculture sales have
been increasing steadily. In 2015,
the peak number of hired workers
on the payroll was 406, as
reported by the producers.

AQUACULTURE
Value of Sales, State of Hawaii, 2000-2015
90
80
70

Millions

60
50
40
30
20
10
0

Year

* 2013 value was collected by the Census of Aquaculture (www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2012/Online_Resources/Aquaculture)

Hawaii Aquaculture: Farms, Production and Value, 2011-2015

Crop year

Farms

Peak
number
of
workers

----- number -----

2011
2012
20132
2014
2015

Production
Shellfish

Finfish

----1,000 pounds ----

Value
Shellfish

Finfish

Algae

Ornamental

Other 1

Total

------------------------------------------1,000 dollars--------------------------------------------

70
70

NA
NA

55
(D)

315
(D)

413
(D)

1,493
(D)

25,230
28,420

2,514
(D)

10,320
27,320

39,970
55,740

NA
NA

NA
406

(D)
(D)

(D)
(D)

(D)
(D)

(D)
(D)

33,086
33,808

(D)
(D)

45,155
42,426

78,241
76,234

(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data and accounted for in “Other” for 2012, 2014, and 2015.
1
Items not sold by weight which includes number count for example seed stock, brood stock, fingerlings, and disclosures for 2008-2011.
2
2013 Census of Aquaculture numbers not comparable.