United States Joint Subcommittee on Aquaculture


United States Joint Subcommittee on Aquaculture

Aquaculture
Economics and Statistics Report

2005 Fish Production by U.S. Public Aquaculture Facilities

In October 2006, the Aquatic Animal Drug Approval Partnership (AADAP) initiated a revision of the Public Aquaculture Production Database. In coordination with the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies’ (AFWA) Drug Approval Working Group (a subcommittee of the AFWA’s Fisheries and Water Resources Policy Committee), AADAP sent a letter to all Federal, State and Tribal agencies responsible for fish production and aquatic resource management. The letter requested their assistance by providing to AADAP their most recent full-year fish production data (2005). The current database comprises fish production information from 50 states, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service and 19 Native American Tribes.

View the 2005 Database

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has compiled the latest statistics on United States Aquaculture production and is available at the following URL:

2005 Census of Aquaculture

A .pdf version of full document can be accessed at the following URL:

http://www.nass.usda.gov/Census_of_Agriculture/2002/Aquaculture/AQUACEN.pdf

1998 Census of Aquaculture

USDA Economic Research Service Aquaculture Report
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Catfish Report
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Trout Report

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service's (NASS) publication, 2002 Census of Agriculture, reports 6,653 aquatic farms and $1,132,524,000 in sales.

2002 Agriculture Census Aquaculture Summary (Word)
2002 Agriculture Census Aquaculture Summary Demographics (Excel)

Value of Aquaculture Sold as Percent of Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2002: See link below

http://www.nass.usda.gov/research/atlas02/pdf/02-M032-RGBChor-largetext.pdf

Table 2. in Volume 1 can be found at:

http://www.nass.usda.gov/census/census02/volume1/us/index1.htm

(More-detailed information can be found by opening the 2002 Census of Agriculture document and searching on "aquaculture")

The information listed below is an excerpt from the 2004 edition of the NOAA Fisheries' publication Fisheries of the United States

ESTIMATED U.S. AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION, 1998 - 2004
Species	1998			1999
	Thousand	Metric	Thousand	Thousand	Metric	Thousand
	pounds	tons	dollars	pounds	tons	dollars
Finfish:
Baitfish	16,389	7,434	57,392	16,389	7,434	57,392
Catfish	564,355	255,990	419,094	596,628	270,629	438,936
Salmon	32,017	14,523	62,694	39,114	17,742	76,778
Striped bass	9,385	4,257	24,128	9,734	4,415	21,927
Tilapia	18,191	8,251	27,287	17,750	8,051	26,625
Trout	55,103	24,995	59,710	60,283	27,344	64,954

Shellfish:
Clams	9,735	4,416	29,612	10,683	4,846	42,051
Crawfish	37,945	17,212	23,649	42,889	19,454	28,267
Mussels	527	239	2,801	531	241	799
Oysters	18,157	8,236	47,951	18,662	8,465	55,635
Shrimp	4,409	2,000	17,637	4,625	2,098	13,706
					0
Miscellaneous	23,495	10,657	166,688	24,334	11,038	160,010
Totals	789,708	358,209	938,643	841,622	381,757	987,080

Species	2000			2001
	Thousand	Metric	Thousand	Thousand	Metric	Thousand
	pounds	tons	dollars	pounds	tons	dollars
Finfish:
Baitfish	13,954	6,329	45,790	13,954	6,329	45,790
Catfish	593,603	269,257	445,919	597,108	270,846	386,329
Salmon	49,372	22,395	99,208	45,787	20,769	72,019
Striped bass	11,237	5,097	29,513	10,903	4,946	28,520
Tilapia	20,000	9,072	30,000	17,600	7,983	30,000
Trout	59,164	26,837	63,690	56,908	25,813	64,482

Shellfish:
Clams	9,929	4,504	32,595	9,975	4,525	35,404
Crawfish	17,025	7,722	27,626	30,527	13,847	40,545
Mussels	424	192	525	669	303	1,169
Oysters	16,822	7,630	42,419	16,818	7,629	39,886
Shrimp	4,782	2,169	14,559	7,953	3,607	27,808
		0
Miscellaneous	26,207	11,887	140,989	10,741	4,872	162,714
Totals	822,519	373,092	972,833	818,943	371,470	934,666

Species	2002			2003
	Thousand	Metric	Thousand	Thousand	Metric	Thousand
	pounds	tons	dollars	pounds	tons	dollars
Finfish:
Baitfish	13,954	6,329	45,790	13,954	6,329	45,790
Catfish	630,601	286,039	358,082	661,504	300,056	384,305
Salmon	28,073	12,734	27,756	35,967	16,315	54,706
Striped bass	10,490	4,758	27,879	11,447	5,192	30,423
Tilapia	19,841	9,000	35,715	19,841	9,000	37,699
Trout	54,451	24,699	58,334	50,716	23,005	55,361

Shellfish:
Clams	9,861	4,473	41,809	10,790	4,894	53,966
Crawfish	61,343	27,825	50,358	73,851	33,498	48,515
Mussels	1,382	627	3,186	645	293	3,521
Oysters	18,547	8,413	53,505	20,440	9,272	63,574
Shrimp	8,994	4,080	27,588	10,200	4,627	19,891

Miscellaneous	9,755	4,425	152,025	16,949	7,688	163,222
Totals	867,291	393,401	882,027	926,304	420,169	960,973

NOTE:--Table may not add due to rounding. Clams, oysters and mussels are reported as meat weights (excludes shell) while all
other species such as shrimp and finfishes are reported as whole (live) weights. Some clam and oyster production
are reported with U.S. commercial landings. Weights and values represent the final sales of products to processors and dealers.
The "Miscellaneous" includes ornamental/tropical fish, alligators, algae, aquatic plants, eels, scallops, crabs, and others. The high value
and low production of "Miscellaneous" occurs because production value, but not weight, are reported for many species such as
ornamental fishes.

Source:--Fisheries Statistics and Economics Division, F/ST1, NMFS.