66 Aquaculture Production
Description: Oyster production: number of oysters harvested from aquaculture.
Indicator family:
Contributor(s): Christopher Schillaci, Maine DMR, NH DES, MA DMF, RI CRMC, MD DNR
Affiliations: NOAA
66.1 Introduction to Indicator
Aquaculture can produce seafood as well as other products. Here we summarize available data on aquaculture production from Northeast US states.
66.2 Key Results and Visualizations
Overall oyster production is increasing and production per area is also improving. Aquaculture reporting is state specific and because of this can be difficult to collate in a meaningful way. However, this is improving year to year as aquaculture increases across the coast. The data included here only holds oyster numbers at this time.
66.3 Indicator statistics
Spatial scale: Mid Atlantic and New England
Temporal scale: Annual
Synthesis Theme:
66.4 Implications
Aquaculture production contributes to overall seafood production in the Northeast US. This indicator provides only a portion of aquaculture production in the region, but increases in this portion are apparent.
66.5 Get the data
Point of contact: Chris Schillaci <christopher.schillaci@noaa.gov>
ecodata name: ecodata::aquaculture
Variable definitions
Pieces: number of oysters produced (all regions)
Shellfish lease Acres: area used for shellfish production (New England states only), acres
Production/Acre: Pieces divided by Shellfish lease acres (New England states only)
Indicator Category:
66.7 Accessibility and Constraints
No response
tech-doc link https://noaa-edab.github.io/tech-doc/aquaculture.html