Hawaii Aquaculture - Annual Release - 09-08-2022

United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service

Pacific Region – Hawaii
Aquaculture
The Pacific Region Includes the States of CA, HI and NV
In Cooperation with the Hawaii Departments of Agriculture
Pacific Regional Office · Hawaii · 300 Ala Moana Blvd Suite 7-118 · Honolulu, HI 96850
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Released: September 8, 2022

Hawaii 2021 Aquaculture Sales Reach Record High $79.7 Million

Hawaii 2021 aquaculture sales totaled a record $79.7 million, up 20% from 2020, according to USDA, National
Agricultural Statistics Service. Algae contributed $36.7 million and accounted for 46% of the total sales.
Ornamentals accounted for $3.62 million of total sales. The “Other” category comprised the remaining 49% of
total sales at $39.3 million. Some producers reported continued issues due to the pandemic, but overall
industry seems to have recovered. The peak number of hired workers on the payroll was 408 for 2021, as
reported by the producers.
Hawaii Aquaculture: Workers and Value, 2012-2021
Crop
year

2012
2013 2
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018 2
2019
2020 3
2021

Value 1

Peak
number
of workers

Shellfish

number

1,000 dollars

Finfish
1,000 dollars

Algae

Ornamental

1,000 dollars

1,000 dollars

Other

Total

1,000 dollars

1,000 dollars

(NA)

(D)

(D)

28,420

(D)

27,320

55,740

(NA)
406
500
462

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

(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

369
352
408

(D)
(D)
(D)

(D)
(D)
(D)

32,652
32,753
36,716

2,643
3,561
3,616

43,176
30,288
39,338

78,471
66,602
79,670

(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations and accounted for in "Other".
(NA) Data not available.
1 Value by species includes production sold by weight along with the value for seed stock, brood stock, fingerlings, and other.
2 2013 and 2018 Census of Aquaculture numbers not comparable.
3 Data revised.

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