The US Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Research Service, released the 2023 Census of Aquaculture December 16, 2024. For Census purposes, an aquaculture farm is defined as any place from which $1,000 or more of aquaculture products were produced and sold or distributed for restoration, conservation, enhancement, or recreation during the 2023 census year. 

• Total sales of aquaculture products in 2023 were $1.9 billion, an increase of 26% from 2018.  
• In 2023, there were 3,453 aquaculture farms with sales in the United States, up 18% from 2018. 
• Five states – Mississippi, Washington, Louisiana, Florida and Alabama – accounted for 55% of aquaculture sales and 49% of aquaculture farms in 2023. 
• Food fish and mollusks were the largest product categories for sales, with catfish and oysters the top species.