Tuna fish, in the form of canned tuna, is a staple of the U.S. diet and is the largest of the canned fish markets by both weight and value. Today’s market size is the production in 2010 of canned tuna in the United States.

Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2010
Market size: 395.4 million pounds at an estimated wholesale value of $723.8 million dollars
Source: “Fisheries of the United States–2010,” August 2011, page 42, available online from the National Marine Fisheries Service website, here.
Original source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Science and Technology, National Marine Fisheries Service, USDA
Posted on November 6, 2012