About the Fishing in Virginia Market Research Report
What’s Included in the Fishing in Virginia Market Research Report
Definition of the Fishing in Virginia?
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 Virginia?
The Fishing in Virginia includes catching finfish, catching shellfish and catching other marine species. Related terms covered in the Fishing in Virginia 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 Virginia
Benchmark the Fishing in Virginia industry performance with all VA county and national performance.
Fishing in Virginia
#6 in Highest Revenue 3.7% 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 Virginia
See how key industry drivers, such as population, median houshold income, new business formation, producer price index: seafood, demand from fish and seafood wholesaling and trade-weighted index are impacting Fishing in Virginia
Virginia Economic Indicators
Population
Median Houshold Income
New Business Formation
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US Key External Drivers
Producer Price Index: Seafood
Demand from fish and seafood wholesaling
Trade-weighted index
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County Data of the Fishing industry in Virginia
Access proprietary data on county in the Fishing in Virginia, such as Newport News City, Virginia Beach City and Northampton County. Data includes figures on revenue, establishments, employees and wages by counties.
Key Statistics of the Fishing industry in Virginia
Download 18 years of historical data and 5 years of projected performance.
