Hawaii FEP - Western Pacific Fishery Council

Table 9: Hawaii’s “Export” IndustriesSugar Pineapple U.S. Military TourismYear (million $) (million $) (million $) (million $)2004 14 94 123 4,772 10,862Source: DBEDT 2006Natural resource production remains important in Hawaii, although nothing compared to theperiod of the sugar and pineapple plantations from throughout the first 60 or 70 years of theTwentieth century. Crop and livestock sales were $516.1 million in 2004, with the primarydiversified agriculture crops being flower and nursery products, $94.5 million; macadamia nuts,$40.1 million; coffee, $19.8 million; cattle, $22.1 million; milk, $20.2 million (DBEDT 2006).Aquaculture production was $28.1 million in 2004 (DBEDT 2006), although much ofaquaculture’s value to Hawaii comes from development of technology. Commercial fishing exvesselvalue was $57.5 million, not including value added by the seafood processing sector(WPacFIN 2007), lower than some earlier years due to the closure of the longline fishery forswordfish from 2000-2004.Hawaii’s commercial economy was particularly vibrant between 2000 and 2005, with a 7.5percent growth in Gross State Product in 2005 and an average of 5.8 percent annual growth ratesince 2000. Figure 11 indicates the long-term trend in Gross State Product (1970-2005), with theinflation-adjusted figures clearly showing the downturns in the early 1980s and the mid-1990s,followed by recent growth.Gross State Product$ Million60,000Millions of currentdollarsInflation-adjusted50,00040,00030,00020,00010,000019701972197419761978198019821984198619881990199219941996199820002002200414 2004 is the most recent year when complete industry statistics are available.84