Sentences with phrase «commercial seafood industry»

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The U.S commercial fishing and seafood industry (including imports) generated $ 144 billion in sales in 2015, a 6 % decline from the previous year, and supported 1.2 million jobs, a 15 % decline from 2014, although this is still above the 5 year average.

However, the problem remains that commercial fishermen (who supply ordinary consumers with seafood) operate under different rules than the deep - pocketed recreational fishing sector; the latter too often have the ears of legislators, who tend to favor wealthier constituents and state tourism industries.