Analysis
NAICS 114 is the 2022 subsector for fishing, hunting and trapping, part of 11 (Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting). Census lists 62 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 2,949 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 6,615 people at an average annual payroll of $75,216 per employee (62nd percentile of national industries). 91% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.
By establishments it ranks 3rd of the 3 codes at this level within Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, with 13% of them.
Across its national industries Census lists 62 index entries; typical ones are anchovy fishing, clam digging, frog fishing and animal trapping, commercial.
Its goods appear in 508 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 0304 (fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced)…), 0302 (fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other…) and 0303 (fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
It splits into 2 more detailed codes. The largest by establishments is 1141 (Fishing) with 2,503.
Official definition
Industries in the Fishing, Hunting and Trapping subsector harvest fish and other wild animals from their natural habitats and are dependent upon a continued supply of the natural resource. The harvesting of fish is the predominant economic activity of this subsector and it usually requires specialized vessels that, by the nature of their size, configuration and equipment, are not suitable for any other type of production, such as transportation.
Hunting and trapping activities utilize a wide variety of production processes and are classified in the same subsector as fishing because the availability of resources and the constraints imposed, such as conservation requirements and proper habitat maintenance, are similar.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Index entries (62)
- Anchovy fishing
- Clam digging
- Frog fishing
- Animal trapping, commercial