CATFISH February 27, 2002 Florida Agricultural Statistics Service | 1222 Woodward Street | Orlando, Florida 32803 | 407 / 648-6013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FLORIDA There were 45 catfish operations in Florida on January 1, 2002. Total water surface area was 880 acres, an increase of 200 acres from 2001. Most of the acreage was for foodsize fish (700 acres) and fingerlings (125 acres). Total sales in Florida in 2001 were $1,327,000. The majority of the sales were to processors. UNITED STATES Catfish growers in the 13 selected States had sales of 443 million dollars during 2001, down 12 percent from the previous year. The top four States (Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, and Louisiana) accounted for 95 percent of the U. S. total sales. Nationwide sales of all foodsize fish decreased 12 percent from 2000 to 410 million dollars. Fingerlings and fry sales totaled 23.8 million dollars, an increase of 2 percent from 2000. Sales of stockers totaled 8.42 million dollars in 2001, up 10 percent from the previous year. By point of first sale, direct sales to processors accounted for 94 percent of the total sales of foodsize fish while 87 percent of the stocker sales were to other producers. Remaining sales were for recreational use, to live haulers, or for retail, government, or other uses. The water surface acres being used for catfish production as of January 1, 2002, totaled 196,590 acres, up slightly from the 195,820 acres used a year earlier. Of the total acres, 5,535 are to be renovated during the period of January 1, 2002 to June 30, 2002. An additional 2,725 acres are under construction or expected to be constructed and in use by July 1, 2002. During the period of July 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001, the area taken out of production totaled 3,945 acres. As of January 1, 2002, acres used for foodfish production were 158,970, fingerling producing acres totaled 27,900, and 5,046 acres were being used for broodfish. Catfish producers had 1.17 million broodfish on hand January 1, 2002, down 12 percent from January 1, 2001. Large foodsize fish (over 3 pounds per fish) on hand totaled 10.7 million on January 1, 2002, up 56 percent from a year ago. The number of medium foodsize (1.50 pounds to 3 pounds per fish) increased 20 percent to 106 million, and small foodsize fish (0.75 pound to 1.50 pounds per fish) numbers increased 20 percent to 287 million. Large stockers (over 180 pounds to 750 pounds per 1000 fish) on hand January 1, 2002, at 311 million fish, were down 14 percent from the previous year. Small stocker (over 60 pounds to 180 pounds per 1000 fish) numbers decreased 24 percent to 365 million. There were 1.07 billion fingerlings on hand January 1, 2002, up 4 percent from January 1, 2001. CATFISH: Water Surface Acres Utilization of Acres Jan 1, 2001 & 2002, and Acres Taken Out of Production Jul 1-Dec 31, 2001, by State Water surface acres Utilization of acres, 2001 Taken out of State Jan 1 Jan 1 Reno- New Used for pro- con- brood- duction in 2001 2002 vated struction fish 2000 AL 24,400 25,900 200 820 720 430 AR 36,000 38,000 750 * 700 1,100 FL 680 880 * 25 51 * LA 13,300 12,100 590 130 220 1,000 MS 112,700 111,500 3,700 1,400 3,000 1,200 MO 2,090 1,800 45 15 45 25 Oth 1/ 6,650 6,410 250 335 310 190 Total 195,820 196,590 5,535 2,725 5,046 3,945 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 2001 2002 2000 2001 Thousand dollars AL 270 240 81,617 69,965 AR 185 195 65,737 65,306 FL 38 45 1,296 1,327 LA 80 70 32,976 26,207 MS 400 395 300,303 260,852 MO 45 40 3,117 2,840 Oth 1/ 259 264 16,354 16,983 Total 1,277 1,209 501,400 443,480 1/ Includes CA, KY, NC, OK, SC, TN, and TX. *Included in other states to avoid disclosure. CATFISH: Inventory and live weight of broodfish, January 1 Total number of fish Live weight of fish State 2001 2002 2001 2002 Thousands AL 155 70 890 360 AR 210 170 950 780 FL * 5 * 33 LA * * * * MS 860 800 3,950 3,800 MO 10 * 45 * Oth 1/ 92 126 469 576 Total 1,327 1,171 6,304 5,549 1/ Includes CA, KY, NC, OK, SC, TN, and TX. *Included in other states to avoid disclosure. CATFISH: Inventory and live weight of all foodsizes, January 1 Total number of fish Live weight of fish State 2001 2002 2001 2002 Thousands AL 46,990 66,450 60,100 88,600 AR 53,600 74,440 73,300 101,250 LA 21,040 20,740 27,350 29,080 MS 199,520 228,350 246,600 273,300 MO 2,495 2,125 3,450 2,860 Oth 1/ 10,808 11,889 16,182 18,204 Total 334,453 403,994 426,982 513,294 1/ Includes CA, FL, KY, NC, OK, SC, TN, and TX. CATFISH: Inventory and live weight of total stockers, January 1 1/ Total number of fish Live weight of fish State 2001 2002 2001 2002 Thousands AL 60,000 72,800 16,500 19,000 AR 141,200 115,300 25,200 20,450 LA 27,700 29,200 5,430 5,350 MS 601,400 447,400 138,300 105,400 MO 4,500 3,850 810 720 Oth 2/ 10,487 7,828 2,099 1,718 Total 845,287 676,378 188,339 152,638 1/ Total stockers: Over 60 lbs to 750 lbs/ 1,000 fish. 2/ Includes CA, FL, GA, IL, KY, NC, SC, and TX. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CATFISH: Inventory and live weight of fingerling, January 11/ Total number of fish Total liveweight of fish State 2001 2002 2001 2002 Thousands AL 57,000 53,000 2,350 2,400 AR 167,000 197,000 3,900 3,850 FL 240 5,000 14 47 LA 39,400 55,800 1,910 1,980 MS 737,000 727,000 27,400 24,500 MO 7,400 * 148 * Oth 2/ 15,493 28,600 508 955 Total 1,023,533 1,066,400 36,230 33,732 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, 2001 Fee/ Retail Other State Live- Rec Pro- rest. & out- haul cess fishing Fd. Stor lets AL 0 1 92 0 7 AR 0 0 96 5 1 FL 0 * 96 0 * LA 1 0 98 0 0 MS 0 0 99 0 0 MO 3 3 * 0 * Wt.avg. 1/ 0.8 0.8 94.3 1.4 2.4 1/ Includes AL, CA, GA, KS, KY, NC, OK, SC, TN, and TX. *Included in other states to avoid disclosure. CATFISH: Number sold, weight, and value of sales of all stockers Number Total pounds Total Average value State sold sold sales per pound 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 Thousands Thousand Dollars dollars AR 15,200 18,300 3,000 2,900 2,850 2,726 0.95 0.94 MS 35,800 42,400 2,920 3,530 3,037 4,059 1.04 1.15 Oth 1/ 15,302 4,773 2,188 2,159 1,763 1,633 0.75 0.70 Total 66,302 65,473 8,138 8,589 7,650 8,418 0.94 0.98 1/ Includes AL, CA, FL, GA, KS, KY, LA, MO, NC, OK, TN, SC, and TX. CATFISH: Number sold, weight, and value of sales of all foodsize Number sold Total pounds sold Total sales Average value State per pound 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 Thousands Thousand dollars Dollars AL 64,900 60,000 113,000 115,000 77,970 67,850 0.69 0.59 AR 48,000 51,600 80,000 94,000 59,200 59,220 0.74 0.63 LA 25,200 29,000 44,000 40,000 31,680 24,800 0.72 0.62 MS 271,500 255,600 380,000 381,000 281,200 240,030 0.74 0.63 MO 1,780 1,010 2,590 2,180 2,253 1,984 0.87 0.91 Oth 1/ 8,765 9,520 14,197 14,979 16,512 16,602 1.16 -- Total 420,145 406,730 633,787 647,159 468,815 410,486 0.74 0.63 1/ Includes CA, FL, GA, KS, KY, NC, OK, SC, TN, and TX. CATFISH: Number sold, weight, and value of sales of fingerlings and fry Number sold Total pounds Total sales Average value State sold per pound 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 Thousands Thousand Dollars dollars AL * 36,200 * 1,600 * 1,920 0 1.20 AR 111,000 123,800 2,100 1,900 3,570 3,249 1.70 1.71 FL * 3,500 * 110 * 220 0 2.00 LA 11,400 * 360 * 1,260 * 3.50 1.60 MS 577,800 805,700 8,130 10,200 14,878 16,320 1.83 0 Oth 1/ 53,140 38,145 1,776 796 3,735 2,108 2.07 2.74 Total 753,340 1,007,345 12,366 14,606 23,443 23,817 1.90 1.63 1/ Includes CA, GA, KS, KY, MO, NC, OK, SC, TN, and TX. *Included in other states to avoid disclosure.