Analysis
NAICS 11411 is the 2022 NAICS industry for fishing, part of 1141 (Fishing). Census lists 56 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 2,503 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 4,581 people at an average annual payroll of $88,205 per employee (76th percentile of national industries). 94% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.
Across its national industries Census lists 56 index entries; typical ones are anchovy fishing, clam digging and frog fishing.
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 3 more detailed codes. The largest by establishments is 114111 (Finfish Fishing) with 1,436.
Its more detailed codes are 114111 Finfish Fishing (1,436 establishments), 114112 Shellfish Fishing (940 establishments) and 114119 Other Marine Fishing (127 establishments).
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the commercial catching or taking of finfish, shellfish, or miscellaneous marine products from a natural habitat, such as the catching of bluefish, eels, salmon, tuna, clams, crabs, lobsters, mussels, oysters, shrimp, frogs, sea urchins, and turtles.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
Index entries (56)
- Anchovy fishing
- Clam digging
- Frog fishing