PORTLAND, Maine — The volume and value of America’s commercial fishing industry fell, according to newly released federal figures, although members of the industry said the decline was to be expected following a recent spike in supply.

The catch at U.S. ports in the 50 states fell 2.6% to 8.4 billion pounds in 2022, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s “Fisheries of the United States” report, which the agency released this month. The catch was worth $5.9 billion at the docks in 2022, the most recent year with available statistics, and that was a drop of 11%.

America also ate less seafood in 2022, as per-capita consumption fell about 3% to 19.8 pounds, the report said. However, 2021 was a historically high year for seafood consumption, and the supply of available seafood surged, said Gavin Gibbons, chief strategy officer with the National Fisheries Institute in Reston, Virginia.

A dip following a record year was not unexpected, Gibbons said last week. He said there are other encouraging trends, such as that the top 10 most consumed species make up 79% of total consumption.

“This illustrates that U.S. consumers are continuing to diversify their palate. For many years those 10 choices made up closer to 90% of total consumption,” he said.

The report, which is released every year, also said imports and exports of edible seafood increased, while the U.S. seafood trade deficit increased 6% to more than $24.2 billion. The country’s top seafood trading partners for exports include Canada, China and Japan.

The amount of seafood brought to the docks in the U.S. decreased in all parts of the country, except for the Gulf of Mexico, the report said. The port with the highest volume of catch was Dutch Harbor, Alaska, for the 25th consecutive year.

The seafood species with the highest value in the country were salmon, lobster, crab, Alaska pollack and sea scallops, the report said. The top imported products were shrimp, salmon, lobster and crab; shrimp remained the most valuable import.