There were 46 catfish operations in Florida on January 1, 2005.
Total water surface area was 650 acres, a decrease of 60 acres from
2004. Most of the acreage was for foodsize fish (630 acres) and
fingerlings (35 acres). Total sales in Florida in 2004 were $1,139,000.
The majority of the sales were to processors.
Catfish growers in the 11 selected States had sales of
480 million dollars during 2004, up 13 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 increased 14 percent from 2003 to 451 million dollars.
Fingerlings and fry sales totaled 22.2 million dollars, an increase of
4 percent from 2003. Sales of stockers totaled 6.26 million dollars in
2004, a 1 percent decrease 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 93 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, 2005, totaled 174 thousand acres, down 2 percent from the
178 thousand acres used a year earlier. Of the total acres,
5.50 thousand are to be renovated during the period of January 1 to
June 30, 2005. An additional 796 acres are under construction or
expected to be constructed and in use by July 1, 2005. During the
period of July 1 through December 31, 2004, the area taken out of
production totaled 9.55 thousand acres. As of January 1, 2005,
foodfish were produced on 145 thousand acres, fingerling producing
acres totaled 21.5 thousand, and 3.93 thousand acres were being used
for broodfish.
Catfish producers had 1.03 million broodfish on hand
January 1, 2005, down 6 percent from January 1, 2004. Large foodsize
fish (over 3 pounds per fish) on hand totaled 10.4 million on
January 1, 2005, down just slightly from a year ago. The number of
medium foodsize (1.50 to 3 pounds per fish) decreased 11 percent to
93.7 million, while small foodsize fish (0.75 pound to 1.50 pounds per
fish) numbers decreased 1 percent to 240 million. Large stockers
(over 180 to 750 pounds per 1000 fish) on hand January 1, 2005, at
269 million fish, were down 6 percent from the previous year. Small
stocker (over 60 to 180 pounds per 1000 fish) numbers decreased
32 percent to 387 million. There were 704 million fingerlings on hand
January 1, 2005, down 3 percent from January 1, 2004.
| Catfish: Inventory and live weight of broodfish, January 1 | ||||
| State | Total number of fish | Live weight of fish | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2005 | 2004 | 2005 | |
| Thousands | ||||
| AL | 80 | 100 | 440 | 500 |
| AR | 125 | 110 | 600 | 540 |
| FL | 15 | 16 | 80 | 85 |
| LA | 22 | * | 138 | * |
| MS | 750 | 680 | 3,600 | 3,300 |
| Oth 1/ | 106 | 128 | 509 | 650 |
| Total | 1,098 | 1,034 | 5,367 | 5,075 |
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1/ Includes CA, GA, IL, KY, MO, NC, SC, and TX. *Included in other states
to avoid disclosure. |
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| Catfish: Inventory and live weight of all foodsizes, January 1 | ||||
| State | Total number of fish | Live weight of fish | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2005 | 2004 | 2005 | |
| Thousands | ||||
| AL | 71,640 | 66,000 | 96,450 | 89,300 |
| AR | 73,440 | 61,930 | 97,600 | 83,730 |
| FL | 1,230 | 745 | 2,040 | 1,310 |
| LA | 14,780 | 15,910 | 24,950 | 22,100 |
| MS | 181,800 | 185,000 | 251,000 | 245,400 |
| Oth 1/ | 13,949 | 14,500 | 21,928 | 21,325 |
| Total | 356,839 | 344,085 | 493,968 | 463,165 |
| 1/ Includes CA, GA, IL, KY, MO, NC, SC, and TX. | ||||
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Catfish: Inventory and live weight of total stockers, January 1 1/ |
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| State | Total number of fish | Live weight of fish | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2005 | 2004 | 2005 | |
| Thousands | ||||
| AL | 258,100 | 155,400 | 38,100 | 31,100 |
| AR | 132,600 | 95,400 | 32,550 | 21,550 |
| LA | 21,340 | 10,040 | 4,510 | 2,337 |
| MS | 428,000 | 382,000 | 89,600 | 91,400 |
| Oth 2/ | 15,482 | 12,240 | 3,335 | 2,281 |
| Total | 855,522 | 655,080 | 168,095 | 148,668 |
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1/ Total stockers: Over 60 lbs to 750 lbs/ 1,000 fish. 2/ Includes CA, FL, GA, IL, KY, MO, NC, SC, and TX. |
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Catfish: Water Surface Acres Utilization of Acres January 1, 2004 and 2005 and acres taken out of production July 1-December 31, 2004, and number of operations and annual sales, by State |
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| State | Water surface acres | Utilization of acres, 2005 | Taken out of Produc- tion in 2004 | Number January 1 operations | Annual sales | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 1 2004 |
January 1 2005 |
Renovated | New construction |
Used for broodfish |
2004 | 2005 | 2003 | 2004 | ||
| Thousand dollars | ||||||||||
| AL | 25,400 | 25,100 | 450 | 250 | 430 | 290 | 230 | 230 | 85,159 | 101,198 |
| AR | 34,000 | 31,500 | 980 | * | 550 | 4,800 | 161 | 153 | 59,047 | 66,618 |
| FL | 710 | 650 | 70 | * | 25 | 60 | 35 | 46 | 1,208 | 1,139 |
| LA | 8,800 | 7,600 | 400 | * | 100 | 730 | 48 | 38 | 14,505 | 14,316 |
| MS | 101,000 | 101,000 | 3,300 | 400 | 2,500 | 3,500 | 410 | 410 | 243,176 | 274,971 |
| MO | 1,370 | 1,320 | 15 | * | 25 | * | 21 | 24 | 1,954 | 1,358 |
| Oth 1/ | 6,510 | 6,420 | 285 | 146 | 295 | 165 | 242 | 257 | 19,975 | 20,575 |
| Total | 177,790 | 173,590 | 5,500 | 796 | 3,925 | 9,545 | 1,147 | 1,158 | 425,024 | 480,175 |
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1/ Includes CA, GA, IL, KY, NC, SC, and TX. * Included in other states to avoid disclosure. |
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| Catfish: Inventory and live weight of fingerling, January 11/ | ||||
| State | Total number of fish | Total liveweight of fish | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2005 | 2004 | 2005 | |
| Thousands | ||||
| AL | 52,800 | 101,000 | 1,890 | 2,200 |
| AR | 121,000 | 131,000 | 3,100 | 3,500 |
| FL | 1,120 | 720 | 12 | 25 |
| LA | 18,900 | 6,870 | 557 | 230 |
| MS | 508,000 | 439,000 | 17,800 | 14,300 |
| MO | 4,460 | 1,780 | 75 | 50 |
| Oth 2/ | 20,791 | 23,790 | 607 | 900 |
| Total | 727,071 | 704,160 | 24,041 | 21,205 |
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1/ Fingerling: Over 2 lbs to 60 lbs/1,000 fish. 2/ Includes CA, GA, IL, KY, NC, SC, and TX. |
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| Catfish: Foodsize percent sold by outlet type, 2004 | |||||
| State |
Live- haul |
Fee/Rec fishing |
Process |
Retail rest. & Fd. Store |
Other outlets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 1 | 1 | 96 | 1 | 1 |
| AR | 16 | 83 | 1 | ||
| CA | 10 | * | * | 75 | * |
| FL | 25 | 2 | 70 | 3 | |
| GA | 3 | 27 | 56 | 14 | |
| KY | 8 | 22 | 45 | * | 25 |
| LA | * | 97 | * | ||
| MS | 99 | * | |||
| MO | 63 | 21 | * | * | 10 |
| NC | 99 | 1 | |||
| TX | 7 | 7 | 65 | 14 | 7 |
| Oth Sts | 60 | 3 | 1 | 36 | |
| Wt.avg. | 3.0 | 0.6 | 93.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
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* Included in other states to avoid disclosure. |
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| Catfish: Number sold, weight, and value of sales of all foodsize | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Number sold | Total pounds sold | Total sales | Average value per pound | ||||
| 2003 | 2004 | 2003 | 2004 | 2003 | 2004 | 2003 | 2004 | |
| Thousands | Thousand dollars | Dollars | ||||||
| AL | 80,000 | 82,000 | 158,000 | 145,000 | 82,160 | 95,700 | 0 .52 | 0 .66 |
| AR | 59,400 | 158,000 | 99,700 | 103,000 | 55,832 | 63,860 | 0 .56 | 0 .62 |
| FL | 1,000 | 1,100 | 1,700 | 1,900 | 1,173 | 1,102 | 0 .69 | 0 .58 |
| LA | 19,700 | 15,800 | 26,100 | 23,000 | 14,094 | 14,260 | 0 .54 | 0 .62 |
| MS | 210,000 | 220,000 | 393,000 | 388,000 | 224,010 | 256,080 | 0 .57 | 0 .66 |
| MO | 905 | 650 | 1,700 | 1,130 | 1,462 | 904 | 0 .86 | 0 .80 |
| Oth 1/ | 10,657 | 11,770 | 19,110 | 20,120 | 18,341 | 18,967 | 0 .96 | 0 .94 |
| Total | 381,662 | 389,320 | 699,310 | 682,150 | 397,072 | 450,873 | 0 .57 | 0 .66 |
| 1/ Includes CA, GA, IL, KY, NC, SC, and TX. | ||||||||
| Catfish: Number sold, weight, and value of sales of fingerlings and fry | ||||||||
| State | Number sold | Total pounds sold | Total sales | Average value per pound | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 2004 | 2003 | 2004 | 2003 | 2004 | 2003 | 2004 | |
| Thousands | Thousand dollars | Dollars | ||||||
| AL | 83,700 | 87,000 | 3,400 | 2,500 | 2,482 | 3,800 | 0 .73 | 1 .52 |
| AR | 60,400 | 60,700 | 1,050 | 1,000 | 1,680 | 1,840 | 1 .60 | 1 .84 |
| FL | 500 | * | 24 | * | 35 | * | 1 .45 | * |
| LA | 4,380 | * | 83 | * | 100 | * | 1 .20 | * |
| MS | 552,000 | 400,000 | 12,300 | 10,200 | 15,621 | 14,892 | 1 .27 | 1 .46 |
| Oth 1/ | 13,910 | 19,960 | 446 | 657 | 1,307 | 1,102 | 3 .07 | 2 .52 |
| Total | 714,890 | 567,660 | 17,303 | 14,357 | 21,225 | 22,175 | 1 .23 | 1 .54 |
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1/ Includes CA, GA, IL, KY, MO, NC, SC, and TX. * Included in other states to avoid disclosure. |
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