Seafood Wholesaling
Mississippi Seafood Wholesaling
Seafood wholesaling corresponds to “fish and seafood merchant wholesalers.” It includes secondary wholesale and processing of seafood products.
An online list of Mississippi seafood wholesalers is posted on the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources website.
An online directory of registered seafood businesses is available on the Mississippi MarketMaker website.
Sales and Employment Contributions
The economic contributions of Mississippi seafood wholesaling since 2006 are shown below. Observe the significant drops in the magnitude of the economic contributions of the industry resulting from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.
Output or sales are businesses' gross sales within the economic region affected by an activity. The total sales impact or contribution consists of direct, indirect, and induced sales. The industry generated an average of more than nine million dollars in sales contribution per year from 2014 to 2018.
Employment or job impacts or contributions are estimated as a mix of both full-time and part-time jobs. The total employment impact or contribution is the sum of direct, indirect, and induced jobs. The industry created an average of 90 jobs per year during the past decade.
The average productivity of workers in the seafood wholesaling in Mississippi can be measured by dividing total sales contributions by job contributions. During the past five years, seafood wholesaling generated average productivity of $104,000 per worker per year.
Mississippi MarketMaker
Seafood Wholesaling in the United States and Gulf of Mexico Region.
Know Your Local Seafood Wholesalers!
Economic Contribution of Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers in Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Seafood Wholesaling Employment and Incomes in the Gulf of Mexico and the United States.
Publications
News
RAYMOND, Miss. -- For Mississippi’s commercial fishermen, stress is part of daily life, but the typical stressors they face have been intensifying for more than 10 years.
Environmental disasters, global markets, strict fishing regulations and the increasing average age of working fishers is bearing down on the industry, threatening its long-term viability.
All of these factors have Ryan Bradley concerned for the future of the Mississippi fishing industry. So, he is taking action to help fishers stay in the industry and draw young people to the business.
LAPLACE, La. -- Heavy rainfall and snowmelt from the Midwest in 2019 led to three major firsts in the Bonnet Carré Spillway’s history, resulting in a massive influx of fresh water that caused adverse effects on marine life and seafood industries across the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
While the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is closing the Bonnet Carré Spillway this week, economic impacts of its months-long opening are expected to be felt in the seafood industry for years to come.
ELLISVILLE, Miss. -- Mississippi State University representatives met with agricultural clients in Ellisville recently to discuss research and education needs for 2018. More than 115 individuals attended this year's event.
BILOXI, Miss. -- Mississippi State University researchers and Extension Service agents heard suggestions from Coastal area agricultural producers and industry leaders about the research and education they need from the university in 2017.
The MSU Coastal Research and Extension Center Producer Advisory Council meeting was held on Feb. 28 in Biloxi. The annual meeting helps the university allocate time and resources to the most important issues facing Mississippi's agricultural producers and related industries.
