Expanding globalization of markets continues to put pressure on US aquaculture producers. One opportunity to enhance the bottom line for US producers of aquaculture products is to consider vertical integration of value-add processing. This allows for opportunities such as market differentiation, more appealing options to US consumers for “easy/ready-to-eat/cook” products, and to benefit from value-add process margins. Importantly, value-added processing also presents opportunities to ensure and highlight product reliability, safety, and consistent high quality, factors that are essential for gaining and maintaining consumer trust/branding. This presentation will discuss such opportunities for various sectors of US aquaculture, including examples of currently available value-add products from US aquacultured products.