About the Fishing in Maine Market Research Report
What’s Included in the Fishing in Maine Market Research Report
Definition of the Fishing in Maine?
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 Maine?
The Fishing in Maine includes catching finfish, catching shellfish and catching other marine species. Related terms covered in the Fishing in Maine 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 Maine
Benchmark the Fishing in Maine industry performance with all ME county and national performance.
Fishing in Maine
#3 in Highest Revenue 10.5% 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 Maine
See how key industry drivers, such as population, net migration, median houshold income, producer price index: seafood, demand from fish and seafood wholesaling and trade-weighted index are impacting Fishing in Maine
Maine Economic Indicators
Population
Net Migration
Median Houshold Income
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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 Maine
Access proprietary data on county in the Fishing in Maine, such as Knox County, Hancock County and Lincoln County. Data includes figures on revenue, establishments, employees and wages by counties.
Key Statistics of the Fishing industry in Maine
Download 18 years of historical data and 5 years of projected performance.


