We’re eating more shrimp and other seafood than ever. Is it due to the surging popularity of sushi restaurants, or perhaps cheaper prices at the markets? Hard to tell, but we do know that in 2003, Americans consumed 16.3 pounds of seafood per person. That broke the previous record of 16.2 pounds, in 1987. Shrimp topped the menu—some 4 pounds eaten per person last year. Next was canned tuna (3.4 pounds) and salmon (2.219 pounds).

Imported seafood accounted for 78 percent of 2003 consumption, and the shift toward non-domestic supply is eating away at landings revenues for some U.S. fishing ports, according to the commercial fishing industry’s National Fisheries Institute.

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