2022 NAICS national industry in sector 31-33 Manufacturing
311710 Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging
NAICS 311710 is the US industry code for seafood product preparation and packaging. It covers establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) canning seafood (including soup); (2) smoking, salting, and drying seafood; (3) eviscerating fresh fish by removing heads, fins, scales, bones, and entrails; (4) shucking and packing fresh shellfish; (5) processing marine fats and oils; and (6) freezing seafood.
- Code
- 311710 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging
- Part of
- Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging
- SBA small business limit
- Up to 750 employees
- Closest UK SIC
- 03110, 10200 (details)
Changes coming. The NAICS 2027 revision applies to data from 1 January 2027, and SBA proposed new size standards on 20 August 2026. The values on this page are the ones in force today; we update this page when the official files change.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) canning seafood (including soup); (2) smoking, salting, and drying seafood; (3) eviscerating fresh fish by removing heads, fins, scales, bones, and entrails; (4) shucking and packing fresh shellfish; (5) processing marine fats and oils; and (6) freezing seafood. Establishments known as "floating factory ships" that are engaged in the gathering and processing of seafood into canned seafood products are included in this industry.
Activities listed under 311710
The Census index assigns these 27 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Cannery, seafood
- Canning, fish, crustacea, and mollusks
- Chowders, seafood, manufacturing
- Cod liver oil extraction, crude, processing
- Curing fish and seafood
- Dinners, frozen seafood, manufacturing
- Drying fish and seafood
- Fish and marine animal oils processing
- Fish egg bait canning
- Fish freezing (e.g., blocks, fillets, ready-to-serve products)
- Fish manufacturing
- Fish meal processing
- Fish, curing, drying, pickling, salting, and smoking
- Floating factory ships, seafood processing
- Freezing fish (e.g., blocks, fillets, ready-to-serve products)
- Picking crab meat
- Seafood and seafood products canning
- Seafood and seafood products curing
- Seafood and seafood products manufacturing
- Seafood dinners, frozen, manufacturing
- Seaweed processing (e.g., dulse)
- Shellfish and shellfish products canning
- Shellfish and shellfish products manufacturing
- Shellfish curing
- Shucking and packing fresh shellfish
- Soups, seafood, manufacturing
- Surimi manufacturing
SBA size standard for 311710
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 311710, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 750 employees. Check your business.
Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.
Closest UK SIC 2007 codes
There is no official one-to-one link between NAICS and UK SIC. These codes share the same international class (ISIC Rev. 4: 0311, 1010, 1020, 1040, 1075, 1079), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.
Data last changed November 14, 2026. How this page is built.