This data set includes information about the diversity, catch composition, and economic value of small-scale fisheries in the United States. In includes 1,019 small-scale fishing “units” that target 350 commercially reported taxa. Additional information about the data and the methods used to compile the data set are published in A review of small-scale marine fisheries in the United States: Definitions, scale, drivers of change, and policy gaps, published in Marine Policy (2022).