NOAA Fisheries released three of its flagship reports on U.S. fisheries, showing commercial fishermen landed 7.7 billion pounds of seafood worth $4.9 billion in 2024, while the number of stocks subject to overfishing fell to an all-time low in 2025.

The agency released its 2025 Status of Stocks report alongside the 2024 Fisheries of the United States and 2024 Fisheries Economics of the United States reports, providing a broad look at the biological and economic health of U.S. fisheries.

According to NOAA Fisheries, U.S. commercial fisheries supported 1 million jobs in 2024 and generated $175 billion in sales, $44 billion in income and $70 billion in value-added impacts nationwide. Combined, the commercial fishing, seafood and recreational fishing industries generated $321 billion in sales and supported 1.7 million jobs.

On the resource side, NOAA reported that the number of stocks subject to overfishing dropped from 23 to 15 in 2025, the lowest level recorded. Of the 372 stocks with a known overfishing status, 96 percent were not subject to overfishing.

The number of stocks considered overfished remained unchanged at 42. Of the 265 stocks with a known overfished status, 84 percent were not overfished.

NOAA tracks 522 stocks or stock complexes and conducted 173 stock assessments during fiscal year 2025. Atlantic blue marlin was removed from the overfishing list for the first time since 1998, while California quillback rockfish was added to the rebuilt list.

That brings the number of stocks rebuilt since 2000 to 52.

The reports also highlight the United States' continued reliance on the global seafood market. Americans consumed an average of 18.4 pounds of seafood per person, while the country imported $25 billion worth of edible seafood products and exported $4.4 billion in 2024.

U.S. aquaculture operations produced 561 million pounds of farmed seafood valued at $1.3 billion.

NOAA said the reports will help inform efforts to increase domestic seafood production, address unfair trade practices and improve the competitiveness of the U.S. seafood industry.

The agency's recreational fishing figures showed that sector supported 685,000 jobs in 2024, generated $146 billion in sales impacts and contributed $78.9 billion in value-added impacts nationwide.

NOAA said the three reports provide a foundation for tracking the condition of U.S. fisheries and their economic contribution while informing fisheries management and business decisions across the seafood sector.