Return to the Table of Contents for Publications ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CATFISH March 5, 2001 Florida Agricultural Statistics Service | 1222 Woodward Street | Orlando, Florida 32803 | 407 / 648-6013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FLORIDA There were 38 catfish operations in Florida on January 1, 2001. Total water surface area was 680 acres, an increase of 290 acres from 2000. Most of the acreage was for foodsize fish (320 acres) and fingerlings (50 acres). Total sales in Florida in 2000 were $1,296,000. The majority of the sales (85 percent) from the operation were to processors. UNITED STATES Catfish growers in the 13 major producing States had sales of 501 million dollars during 2000, up two percent from the previous year. The top four States, Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas, and Louisiana accounted for 96 percent of the U.S. total sales. Nationwide sales of all foodsize fish increased one percent from 1999 to 469 million dollars. Fingerlings and fry sales totaled 23.4 million dollars, an increase of 24 percent from 1999. Sales of stockers totaled 7.65 million dollars in 2000, more than double the 3.65 million dollars sold the previous year. By point of first sale, direct sales to processors accounted for 95 percent of the total sales of foodsize fish while 87 percent of the stocker sales were to other producers. The remainder were sold for recreational use, to live haulers, for retail, government, or other uses. The water surface acres being used for catfish production as of January 1, 2001, totaled 190,320 acres, up two percent from a year earlier. Of the total acres, 6,085 are to be renovated during the period of January 1, 2001 to June 30, 2001. An additional 5,065 acres are under construction or expected to be constructed and in use by July 1, 2001. During the period of July 1, 2000 through December 31, 2000 4,510 acres were taken out of production. As of January 1, 2001, 156,855 acres were being used for foodfish production, 24,580 acres were being used for fingerling production, and 5,615 acres were being used for broodfish. Catfish producers had 1.33 million broodfish on hand January 1, 2001, down 4 percent from January 1,2000. Large foodsize fish (over 3 pounds per fish) on hand totaled 6.87 million on January 1, 2001, up 18 percent in comparable states from a year ago. The number of medium foodsize (1.50 pounds to 3 pounds per fish) increased 14 percent to 87.9 million, and small foodsize fish (0.75 pound to 1.50 pounds per fish) numbers increased 20 percent to 240 million. The number of large stockers (over 180 pounds to 750 pounds per 1000 fish) on hand January 1, 2001, at 349 million, were down two percent from the previous year. Small stocker over 60 pounds to 180 pounds per 1000 fish) numbers increased 4 percent to 450 million. There were 1.02 billion fingerlings on hand January 1, 2001, down three percent from January 1, 2000. CATFISH: Utilization of Water Surface Acres Jan 1-Jun 30, 2000, and Acres Taken Out of Production Jul 1-Dec 31, 2000, by State Water surface acres Utilization of acres, 2001 Taken out of State Jan 1 Jan 1 Reno- New Used for pro- con- duction in 2000 2001 vated struction brood- fish 2000 AL 22,100 24,400 410 230 560 210 AR 33,000 30,500 950 550 800 500 FL 390 680 * * * 40 LA 13,500 13,300 930 540 260 740 MS 110,000 112,700 3,100 1,900 3,900 1,800 MO 1,860 2,090 * * 45 * Oth 1/ 6,480 6,650 700 660 340 460 Total 187,330 190,320 6,090 3,880 5,905 3,750 1/ Includes CA, KY, NC, OK, SC, TN, and TX. *Included in other states to avoid disclosure. CATFISH: Number of operations and annual sales Number of operations Annual sales State January 1 January 1 2000 2001 1999 2000 Thousand dollars AL 260 270 71,124 81,617 AR 170 160 70,587 65,737 FL 22 38 1,110 1,296 LA 94 80 32,434 32,976 MS 405 400 294,876 300,303 MO 40 45 2,854 3,117 Oth 1/ 261 259 16,306 16,354 Total 1,252 1,252 489,291 501,400 1/ Includes CA, KY, NC, OK, SC, TN, and TX. *Included in other states to avoid disclosure. CATFISH: Number and live weight of broodfish, January 1 Total number of fish Live weight of fish State 2000 2001 2000 2001 Thousands AL 138 155 774 890 AR 260 210 1,170 950 FL * * * * LA * * * * MS 870 860 4,100 3,950 MO * 10 * 45 Oth 1/ 109 92 551 469 Total 1,377 1,327 6,595 6,304 1/ Includes CA, KY, NC, OK, SC, TN, and TX. *Included in other states to avoid disclosure. CATFISH: Number and live weight of all foodsizes, January 1 Total number of fish Live weight of fish State 2000 2001 2000 2001 Thousands AL 39,120 46,990 49,890 60,100 AR 58,200 53,600 77,100 73,300 LA 19,270 21,040 27,950 27,350 MS 156,690 199,520 186,030 246,600 MO 1,870 2,495 2,565 3,450 Oth 1/ 7,843 10,808 12,735 16,182 Total 282,993 334,453 356,270 426,982 1/ Includes CA, FL, KY, NC, OK, SC, TN, and TX. CATFISH: Number and live weight of total stockers, January 1 1/ Total number of fish Live weight of fish State 2000 2001 2000 2001 Thousands AL 55,440 60,000 13,120 16,500 AR 126,500 95,100 22,000 18,200 LA 32,400 27,700 6,900 5,430 MS 561,500 601,400 134,200 138,300 MO 930 4,500 375 810 Oth 2/ 13,913 101,487 2,880 2,099 Total 790,683 799,187 179,475 181,339 1/ Total stockers: Over 60 lbs to 750 lbs/ 1,000 fish. 2/ Includes CA, FL, KY, NC, OK, SC, TN, and TX. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CATFISH: Number and live weight of fingerlings, January 11/ Total number of fish Total liveweight of fish State 2000 2001 2000 2001 Thousands AL 54,170 57,000 2,350 2,350 AR 131,000 167,000 5,600 3,900 FL 1,200 240 22 14 LA 36,600 39,400 1,030 1,910 MS 805,000 737,000 23,270 27,400 MO * 7,400 * 148 Oth 2/ 25,330 15,493 692 508 Total 1,053,300 1,023,533 32,964 36,230 1/ Fingerling: Over 2 lbs to 60 lbs/1,000 fish. 2/ Includes CA, GA, KS, KY, NC, OK, SC, TN, and TX. *Included in other States to avoid disclosure. CATFISH: Foodsize percent sold by outlet type, 2000 Fee/ Retail Other State Live- Rec Pro- rest. & out- haul cess fishing Fd. Stor lets AL 0 1 98 0 1 AR 1 0 93 5 1 FL 13 1 85 0 1 LA 0 0 99 0 1 MS 0 0 99 0 1 MO 80 3 0 0 17 Wt. avg. 1/ 0 .9 0 .8 95 .1 1 .9 1 .3 1/ Includes AL, CA, GA, KS, KY, NC, OK, SC, TN, and TX. CATFISH: Number, weight, and value of sales; all stockers Number sold Pounds sold Sales Average value per State pound 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 Thousands Thousand dollars Dollars AR 4,000 15,200 800 3,000 928 2,850 1.16 0.95 MS 9,670 35,800 1,070 2,920 1,081 3,037 1.01 1.04 Oth 1/ 10,463 15,302 1,465 2,188 1,644 1,763 1.13 0.75 Total 24,133 66,302 3,335 8,138 3,653 7,650 1.10 0.94 1/ Includes AL, CA, FL, GA, KS, KY, LA, MO, NC, OK, TN, SC, and TX. CATFISH: Number, weight, and value of sales; all foodsize Number sold Pounds sold Sales Average value per State pound 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 Thousands Thousand dollars Dollars AL 54,800 64,900 103,000 113,000 69,010 77,970 0.67 0.69 AR 50,000 48,000 87,500 80,000 64,750 59,200 0.74 0.74 LA 27,800 25,200 44,400 44,000 31,968 31,680 0.72 0.72 MS 283,100 271,500 385,000 380,000 281,050 281,200 0.73 0.74 MO 1,270 1,780 2,630 2,590 2,130 2,253 0.81 0.87 Oth 1/ 7,530 8,765 12,675 14,197 15,804 16,512 1.25 1.16 Total 424,500 420,145 635,205 633,787 464,712 468,815 0.73 0.74 1/ Includes CA, FL, GA, KS, KY, NC, OK, SC, TN, and TX. CATFISH: Number, weight, and value of sales; fingerlings and fry Number sold Pounds sold Sales Average value State per pound 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 Thousands Thousand dollars Dollars AL 16,200 * 695 * 1,501 * 2.16 * AR 97,000 111,000 2,250 2,100 4,613 3,570 2.05 17.0 FL * * * * * * 0 * LA 5,600 11,400 225 360 407 1,260 1.81 3.50 MS 523,300 577,800 6,200 8,130 11,222 14,878 1.81 1.83 Oth 1/ 15,790 53,140 416 1,776 1,168 3,735 3.72 2.07 Total 657,890 753,340 9,786 12,366 18,911 23,443 1.93 1.90 1/ Includes CA, GA, KS, KY, MO, NC, OK, SC, TN, and TX. *Included in other States to avoid disclosure. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Return to the Table of Contents for Publications