U.S. Aquafeed Additives Market Size & Outlook, 2022-2030

Feed acidifiers was the largest segment with a revenue share of 12.15% in 2022. Horizon Databook has segmented the U.S. aquafeed additives market based on anti-parisitic, feed acidifiers, prebiotics, essential oil & natural extracts, palatants covering the revenue growth of each sub-segment from 2017 to 2030.

The rising seafood consumption has led to the growth of the aquaculture industry in the U.S. Marine aquaculture includes shrimp and salmon, sea bream, sea bass, barramundi and molluscan shellfish (mussels, oysters, & clams). The country’s freshwater aquaculture majorly constitutes catfish and also includes bass, tilapia, and trout.

Freshwater aquaculture is mainly carried out on land in manmade systems such as recirculating aquaculture systems as well as ponds. Most of the catfish in the U.S. is farmed in Mississippi followed by Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas. 

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) regulates the aquaculture processes in the region. It is the authorizing system for wastewater discharges and follows the federal Clean Water Act. Furthermore, NPDES sets permeable limits for the types and amounts of pollutants that municipalities and industries can release into the country’s waterways.