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Oysters
YEAR

POUNDS (WHOLE WEIGHT) MEATS

BUSHELS VALUE ($)
1972
470,112
88,868
$344,217
1973
548,351
103,658
$446,485
1974
558,821
105,637
$435,804
1975
424,831
80,308
$329,794
1976
333,315
63,009
$292,058
1977
365,714
69,133
$353,581
1978
449,544
84,980
$547,783
1979
665,439
125,792
$925,964
1980
723,099
136,692
$987,958
1981
550,502
104,065
$730,293
1982
611,998
115,690
$908,676
1983
724,509
136,958
$1,124,147
1984
724,557
136,967
$1,207,277
1985
545,439
103,108
$1,037,153
1986
745,548
140,935
$1,452,056
1987
1,425,584
269,487
$2,875,406
1988
913,100
172,609
$2,162,931
1989
529,858
100,162
$1,575,634
1990
328,850
62,164
$1,160,171
1991
319,040
60,310
$1,229,293
1992
293,956
55,568
$1,172,397
1993
223,993
42,343
$843,617
1994
183,704
34,727
$632,634
1995
220,661
41,713
$815,070
1996
210,931
39,874
$793,123
1997
218,970
41,393
$888,963
1998
224,214
42,385
$925,559
1999
216,858
40,994
$922,910
2000
203,427
38,455
$804,212
2001
258,086
48,788
$1,068,352
2002
243,775
46,082
$991,004
2003
261,043
49,347
$1,017,887
2004
367,961
69,558
$1,551,870
2005
378,014
71,458
$1,682,646
2006
447,889
84,667
$2,234,558
2007
441,431
83,446
$2,244,707
2008
465,563
88,008
$2,036,491
2009
573,630
108,437
$2,655,463