About the Fishing in California Market Research Report
What’s Included in the Fishing in California Market Research Report
Definition of the Fishing in California?
Operators in the Fishing industry primarily catch finfish, shellfish and miscellaneous marine products for commercial sale with little to no alteration or further processing. Aquaculture is excluded, and companies that extract the bulk of their revenue through fish processing are also excluded.
What’s included in the Fishing in California?
The Fishing in California includes catching finfish, catching shellfish and catching other marine species. Related terms covered in the Fishing in California industry report includes the depletion of natural fish stocks due to large-scale fishing activity, true fish, as opposed to mollusks and crustaceans and aquatic arthropods that include lobsters, prawn, barnacles, crabs and crayfish.
Industry Performance of the Fishing industry in California
Benchmark the Fishing in California industry performance with all CA county and national performance.
Fishing in California
#5 in Highest Revenue 4% of state's GDPRevenue (2025)
Annual Growth (2020-25)
Annual Growth (2025-30)
Fishing in the US
Revenue (2024)
Annual Growth (2019-24)
Annual Growth (2024-29)
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Key Drivers of the Fishing industry in California
See how key industry drivers, such as population, net migration, per capita disposable income, price of seafood, demand from fish and seafood wholesaling and trade-weighted index are impacting Fishing in California
California Economic Indicators
Population
Net Migration
Per Capita Disposable Income
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US Key External Drivers
Price of seafood
Demand from fish and seafood wholesaling
Trade-weighted index
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County Data of the Fishing industry in California
Access proprietary data on county in the Fishing in California, such as San Diego County, Del Norte County and Los Angeles County. Data includes figures on revenue, establishments, employees and wages by counties.
Key Statistics of the Fishing industry in California
Download 18 years of historical data and 5 years of projected performance.
