Return to the Table of Contents for Publications ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CATFISH February 21, 2003 Florida Agricultural Statistics Service | 1222 Woodward Street | Orlando, Florida 32803 | 407 / 648-6013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FLORIDA There were 34 catfish operations in Florida on January 1, 2003. Total water surface area was 660 acres, a decrease of 220 acres from 2002. Most of the acreage was for foodsize fish (590 acres) and fingerlings (45 acres). Total sales in Florida in 2002 were $756,000. The majority of the sales were to processors. UNITED STATES Catfish growers in the 13 selected States had sales of 410 million dollars during 2002, down 8 percent from the previous year. The top four States (Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, and Louisiana) accounted for 96 percent of the U. S. total sales. Nationwide sales of all foodsize fish decreased 8 percent from 2001 to 378 million dollars. Fingerlings and fry sales totaled 17.3 million dollars, a decrease of 27 percent from 2001. Sales of stockers totaled 12.6 million dollars in 2002, up 50 percent from the previous year. By point of first sale, direct sales to processors accounted for 95 percent of the total sales of foodsize fish while 86 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, 2003, totaled 187 thousand acres, down 5 percent from the 197 thousand acres used a year earlier. Of the total acres, 5.44 thousand are to be renovated during the period of January 1, 2003 to June 30, 2003. An additional 1.23 thousand acres are under construction or expected to be constructed and in use by July 1, 2003. During the period of July 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002, the area taken out of production totaled 7.95 thousand acres. As of January 1, 2003, foodfish were produced on 152 thousand acres, fingerling producing acres totaled 25.1 thousand, and 4.83 thousand acres were being used for broodfish. Catfish producers had 1.30 million broodfish on hand January 1, 2003, up 11 percent from January 1, 2002. Large foodsize fish (over 3 pounds per fish) on hand totaled 11.1 million on January 1, 2003, up 3 percent from a year ago. The number of medium foodsize (1.50 pounds to 3 pounds per fish) increased 20 percent to 128 million, while small foodsize fish (0.75 pound to 1.50 pounds per fish) numbers decreased 11 percent to 255 million. Large stockers (over 180 pounds to 750 pounds per 1000 fish) on hand January 1, 2003, at 319 million fish, were up 3 percent from the previous year. Small stocker (over 60 pounds to 180 pounds per 1000 fish) numbers increased 25 percent to 456 million. There were 990 million fingerlings on hand January 1, 2003, down 7 percent from January 1, 2002. CATFISH: Water Surface Acres Utilization of Acres Jan 1, 2002 & 2003, and Acres Taken Out of Production Jul 1-Dec 31, 2002, by State Water surface acres Utilization of acres, 2002 Taken out of State New Used for pro- Jan 1 Jan 1 Reno- con- brood- duction in 2002 2003 vated struction fish 2001 AL 25,900 25,500 460 180 630 830 AR 38,000 34,000 800 * 650 1,000 FL 880 660 * * 15 * LA 12,100 9,900 530 35 170 1,350 MS 111,500 109,000 3,300 650 3,000 4,400 MO 1,800 1,400 90 65 55 55 Oth 1/ 6,580 6,285 263 295 310 315 Total 196,760 186,745 5,443 1,225 4,830 7,950 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 2002 2003 2001 2002 Thousand dollars AL 240 231 69,965 76,045 AR 195 155 65,306 56,380 FL 45 34 1,327 756 LA 70 57 26,207 15,812 MS 395 405 260,852 243,226 MO 40 31 2,840 1,070 Oth 1/ 251 242 17,184 16,539 Total 1,236 1,155 443,681 409,828 1/ Includes CA, KY, NC, OK, SC, TN, and TX. CATFISH: Inventory and live weight of broodfish, January 1 Total number of fish Live weight of fish State 2002 2003 2002 2003 Thousands AL 70 380 360 1,280 AR 170 120 780 590 FL 5 3 33 21 LA * 26 * 160 MS 800 700 3,800 3,300 MO * 15 * 60 Oth 1/ 131 59 580 307 Total 1,171 1,303 5,553 5,718 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 2002 2003 2002 2003 Thousands AL 66,450 82,300 88,600 110,740 AR 74,440 74,830 101,250 105,750 LA 20,740 19,800 29,080 29,700 MS 228,350 204,250 273,300 265,400 MO 2,125 3,500 2,860 * Oth 1/ 12,349 8,652 18,924 19,513 Total 404,454 393,332 514,014 531,103 1/ Includes CA, FL, KY, NC, OK, SC, TN, and TX. *Included in other states to avoid disclosure. CATFISH: Inventory and live weight of total stockers, January 1 1/ Total number of fish Live weight of fish State 2002 2003 2002 2003 Thousands AL 72,800 142,100 19,000 22,500 AR 115,300 120,200 20,450 24,850 LA 29,200 32,410 5,350 4,900 MS 447,400 464,000 105,400 109,300 MO 3,850 * 720 * Oth 2/ 7,828 16,516 1,718 3,219 Total 676,378 775,226 152,638 164,769 1/ Total stockers: Over 60 lbs to 750 lbs/ 1,000 fish. 2/ Includes CA, FL, GA, IL, KY, NC, SC, and TX. *Included in other states to avoid disclosure. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CATFISH: Inventory and live weight of fingerling, January 11/ Total number of fish Total liveweight of fish State 2002 2003 2002 2003 Thousands AL 53,000 50,800 2,400 1,720 AR 197,000 131,000 3,850 3,880 FL 5,000 3,300 47 26 LA 55,800 30,800 1,980 1,120 MS 727,000 753,000 24,500 26,200 MO * 4,040 * 90 Oth 2/ 28,600 17,223 955 639 Total 1,066,400 990,163 33,732 33,675 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 of individual operations. CATFISH: Foodsize percent sold by outlet type, 2002 State Livehaul Fee/Rec Process Retail rest. & Other fishing Fd. Stor outlets AL 0 1 96 1 2 AR 1 0 92 6 1 FL * 0 97 * * LA 0 1 97 * * MS 0 0 99 * 1 MO 63 19 * * 16 Wt.avg. 1/ 0.7 0.8 94.5 2.4 1.6 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 sold Total pounds Total sales Average value State sold per pound 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 Thousands Thousand dollars Dollars AR 18,300 12,000 2,900 1,500 2,726 1,200 0.94 0.80 MS 42,400 78,600 3,530 9,680 4,059 9,196 1.15 0.95 Oth 1/ 4,773 6,494 2,159 1,918 1,633 2,197 0.70 1.15 Total 65,473 97,094 8,589 13,098 8,418 12,593 0.98 0.96 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 Total sales Average value State sold per pound 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 Thousands Thousand dollars Dollars AL 60,000 75,000 115,000 142,000 67,850 73,840 0.59 0.52 AR 51,600 59,400 94,000 97,000 59,220 53,350 0.63 0.55 LA 29,000 18,200 40,000 26,600 24,800 15,428 0.62 0.58 MS 255,600 244,000 381,000 392,000 240,030 219,520 0.63 0.56 MO 1,010 350 2,180 765 1,984 635 0.91 0.83 Oth 1/ 9,690 8,845 15,279 15,378 16,803 15,688 -- -- Total 406,900 405,795 647,459 673,743 410,687 378,461 0.63 0.56 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 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 Thousands Thousand Dollars dollars AL 36,200 18,200 1,600 370 1,920 670 1.20 1.81 AR 123,800 64,000 1,900 900 3,249 1,440 1.71 1.60 FL 3,500 1,750 110 73 220 110 2.00 2.20 MS 805,700 417,600 10,200 10,350 16,320 13,559 1.60 1.31 Oth 1/ 38,145 16,482 796 535 2,108 1,560 2.74 2.98 Total 1,007,345 518,032 14,606 12,228 23,817 17,339 1.63 1.42 1/ Includes CA, GA, KS, KY, LA, MO, NC, OK, SC, TN, and TX. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Return to the Table of Contents for Publications