| 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 |
| NC Division of Marine Fisheries - 3441 Arendell Street - Morehead City, NC 28557 - 252-726-7021 or 800-682-2632 |