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August 2026

Fish and seafood price index

The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures the change in what households pay for fish and seafood. The figures below are for the month of August 2026.

380.833index level, August 2026
+6.45%change over 12 months
+0.04%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024349.629-0.01%
September 2024349.340-0.08%
October 2024347.013-0.67%
November 2024348.166+0.33%
December 2024348.827+0.19%
January 2025351.718+0.83%
February 2025352.505+0.22%
March 2025347.681-1.37%
April 2025352.313+1.33%
May 2025355.433+0.89%
June 2025356.657+0.34%
July 2025355.725-0.26%
August 2025357.750+0.57%
September 2025356.659-0.30%
November 2025366.348not available
December 2025364.196-0.59%
January 2026369.697+1.51%
February 2026370.314+0.17%
March 2026368.514-0.49%
April 2026374.201+1.54%
May 2026378.696+1.20%
June 2026378.994+0.08%
July 2026380.667+0.44%
August 2026380.833+0.04%

What an index is

Each index is a price level for one kind of food, scaled so that the average for 1982–84 equals 100. Because the starting point is arbitrary, read an index by its change over time, not by comparing the level of one item against another.

A change of +6.45% over 12 months means the index stood at 357.750 in August 2025 and moved to 380.833 in August 2026. Where a month has no value, the table says not available; no figure here is estimated.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted. Data month: August 2026. Record: series CUUR0000SEFG, item code SEFG.