Source: Patrick Whittle, WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL, 11/1/17


The federal government says American fisheries grew by a little more than 2 percent in value last year, even with fishermen bringing slightly less fish to shore. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says in a report released Wednesday that U.S. commercial fishermen brought 9.6 billion pounds of seafood to land last year. That's a decrease of 1.5 percent from 2015.

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