US per capita consumption reached 14.6 pounds in 2014, slightly more than the 14.5 pounds recorded the year before. The small change is due to an increase in consumption of fresh and frozen seafood, said National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).
This increase offset by a decrease in the estimate of the consumption of canned seafood, which was caused by a decrease in canned salmon production in 2014. An estimated 94 percent of US seafood is imported.
The model used to calculate consumption does not take into account inventories of products on hand at the beginning and end of the year.
