Hawaii Aquaculture - Annual Release - 10-05-2018

United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service

Hawaii Aquaculture
Annual Release
Hawaii Department of Agriculture
Cooperating with the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Pacific Regional Office Hawaii · 300 Ala Moana Blvd Suite 7-118· Honolulu, HI 96850 · 1-(800)-804-9514· Fax 1-(844)-332-7146 · www.nass.usda.gov/hi
Released: October 5, 2018

Hawaii 2017 Aquaculture Sales Total $76.4 Million
Hawaii Aquaculture
Value of Sales, 2000-2017
90
80
70
60

Millions

Hawaii 2017 aquaculture sales
totaled $76.4 million and are
slightly up from the previous year,
according to USDA, National
Agricultural Statistics Service.
Algae contributed $35.2 million
and accounted for 46 percent of
the total sales. The “Other”
category comprised the remaining
54 percent. Aquaculture sales
continued to hold steady after a
record high in 2014. The peak
number of hired workers on the
payroll was 462 for 2017, as
reported by the producers.

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, Workers, and Value, 2013-2017

Crop
year

Farms

Peak
number of
workers

Value
Shellfish

----- number -----

Finfish

Algae

Ornamental

Other

Total

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

2013 1
2014
2015
2016
2017

NA
NA
NA
NA

NA
406
500
462

(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)

(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data and accounted for in “Other”.
1
2013 Census of Aquaculture numbers not comparable.

(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)

33,086
33,808
34,349
35,190

(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)

45,155
42,426
41,361
41,177

78,241
76,234
75,710
76,367