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    Annual Landings





Annual Lobster Landings and Revenue

U.S. ATLANTIC ANNUAL LOBSTER LANDINGS 1950-2002

The column headed "1983 Dollars" adjusts the current year revenue for inflation, so that the buying power of the revenue for each year can be compared.


Year

Metric Tons

Pounds

$

1983 Dollars

1950

10,522.50

23,197,900

8,346,062

$ 34,630,963

1951

11,768.90

25,945,800

9,378,322

$ 36,070,469

1952

11,354.30

25,031,800

10,556,024

$ 39,834,053

1953

12,752.90

28,115,100

10,870,406

$ 40,713,131

1954

12,465.20

27,480,800

10,485,758

$ 38,980,513

1955

13,132.80

28,952,500

11,302,897

$ 42,174,989

1956

12,029.80

26,520,800

11,906,488

$ 43,773,853

1957

13,678.10

30,154,700

11,511,322

$ 40,965,559

1958

12,350.10

27,227,100

13,218,791

$ 45,739,761

1959

13,192.90

29,085,000

14,466,924

$ 49,714,515

1960

14,137.80

31,168,200

14,250,055

$ 48,142,078

1961

12,699.90

27,998,300

14,571,354

$ 48,733,625

1962

13,379.30

29,496,100

14,952,415

$ 49,511,308

1963

13,732.80

30,275,400

16,768,949

$ 54,800,487

1964

14,042.00

30,957,013

19,856,718

$ 64,053,929

1965

13,718.90

30,244,585

21,957,454

$ 69,706,203

1966

13,399.70

29,541,000

22,266,074

$ 68,722,451

1967

12,131.30

26,744,600

22,388,519

$ 67,031,494

1968

14,768.30

32,558,100

25,451,007

$ 73,135,078

1969

15,325.50

33,786,600

28,998,384

$ 79,014,670

1970

15,491.40

34,152,300

33,462,748

$ 86,244,196

1971

15,281.00

33,688,600

35,594,023

$ 87,886,477

1972

14,625.70

32,243,800

39,510,981

$ 94,523,878

1973

13,151.30

28,993,400

41,585,884

$ 93,661,901

1974

12,947.00

28,543,000

43,294,695

$ 87,818,854

1975

13,698.40

30,199,500

51,412,975

$ 95,563,151

1976

14,280.00

31,481,600

51,913,288

$ 91,236,007

1977

14,412.10

31,772,900

57,868,431

$ 95,492,460

1978

15,579.00

34,345,568

64,815,788

$ 99,410,718

1979

16,874.10

37,200,600

72,213,885

$ 99,468,161

1980

16,880.80

37,215,463

76,120,500

$ 92,379,248

1981

17,750.40

39,132,591

85,736,429

$ 94,319,504

1982

19,542.90

43,084,300

99,445,337

$103,052,163

1983

20,320.10

44,797,660

108,427,186

$108,862,637

1984

20,659.30

45,545,524

122,534,431

$117,934,967

1985

21,297.50

46,952,481

116,893,703

$108,637,270

1986

20,740.70

45,724,907

119,736,872

$109,248,971

1987

20,798.50

45,852,268

141,903,003

$124,914,615

1988

22,209.70

48,963,602

146,178,363

$123,565,818

1989

23,843.30

52,564,851

147,211,621

$118,719,049

1990

28,296.80

62,383,125

154,757,113

$118,406,360

1991

29,072.80

64,093,998

166,014,347

$121,890,123

1992

25,977.90

57,270,826

166,371,185

$118,582,455

1993

26,290.00

57,958,940

160,260,573

$110,906,971

1994

31,743.90

69,982,703

207,315,347

$139,888,898

1995

29,759.00

65,606,773

199,767,839

$131,081,259

1996

31,605.50

69,677,487

235,221,393

$149,918,033

1997

38,357.70

84,563,295

278,540,134

$173,545,255

1998

36,312.90

80,055,483

254,970,473

$156,423,603

1999

40,442.1

89,158,577

$329,500,980

?

2000

39,374.1

86,804,071

$313,766,431

?

2001

32,292.8

71,192,803

$249,509,514

?

2002

37,093.6

81,776,532

$290,329,744

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Last Updated on 9/26/04
By Richard B. Allen
2002 is the last year for which NMFS Annual Landings Statistics are available on this date.















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