America's Blue Economy Worth Nearly $373 Billion

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(Credit: Courtesy of NOAA and BEA )

America’s marine economy, including goods and services, contributed about $373 billion to the nation’s gross domestic product in 2018 and grew faster than the nation’s economy as a whole, according to the marine economy statistics released today by two Department of Commerce agencies.1

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See NOAA Press Release, 6.2.2020:  https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/marine-economy-in-2018-grew-faster-than-us-overall

“These prototype statistics are the most comprehensive and accurate produced to date, thanks to the addition of newer, more inclusive data sets. The economic statistics validate previous estimates of the value of the marine economy. The data, report and other materials are available at https://www.bea.gov/data/special-topics/ocean-economy  Send any comments or questions to OceanEconomy@noaa.gov. “

Note 1: Taken directly from NOAA Press Release, dated 6.2.2020