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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 

Contact: Joe Morse
Monday, March 2, 2009 

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                            NEW YORK TROUT SALES INCREASE 

New York trout producers sold a total of 160,000 pounds of trout valued at 
$841,000 during the 12 months ending December 31, 2008, according to Stephen 
Ropel, Director of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York 
Field office. Total production pounds, including food-size fish, stockers, 
and fingerlings, was up 119 percent from a year ago while total sales were 
96 percent above last year. 

The 2008 output included 98,000 pounds of food-size trout averaging $4.60 per 
pound in value, 58,000 pounds of stocker trout averaging $6.05 per pound, and 
4,000 pounds of fingerlings averaging $448.00 per 1,000 fish. 

Food-size fish averaged 1.0 pound in weight, while stockers averaged 0.4 pound. 
Total weight of food-size trout sold was up 163 percent from 2007. Total weight 
of stocker trout was up 66 percent. 

The total value of fish sales received by trout growers in the United States 
totaled 79.7 million dollars for 2008, a decrease of 9 percent from 2007. Idaho 
accounted for 44 percent of the total value of fish sold. The number of trout 
12 inches and longer sold during 2008 totaled 40.4 million fish, down 31 
percent from the previous year. The average price per pound was $1.38, up 19 
cents from 2007. The value of sales for the 2008 marketing year was 72.4 million 
dollars, down 9 percent from 2007. For trout 12 inches or longer 58 percent 
were sold to processors and 24 percent were sold to fee and recreational 
fishing establishments. The number of 6"-12" trout sold during 2008 totaled 
4.61 million fish, a decrease of 15 percent from 2007. The average price per 
pound was $3.02 during 2008, unchanged from the 2007 price. The total value of 
sales was 5.78 million dollars during 2008, an 11 percent decrease from the 
previous year. The major sales outlets for 6"-12" trout were to fee and 
recreational fishing establishments accounting for 39 percent of total sales, 
followed by government with 24 percent. The number of 1"- 6" trout sold during 
2008 totaled 9.53 million, a 6 percent decrease from the previous year. The 
average value per 1,000 fish was $157 during 2008, down from $178 in 2007. 
The total value of sales was 1.50 million dollars, down 17 percent from last 
year's total. 

Trout distributed for restoration, conservation, and recreational purposes, 
primarily by State and Federal hatcheries, included 8.6 million 12" or longer 
fish, 63.9 million 6"-12" fish, and 94.7 million 1"-6" fish. The estimated 
value of fish distributed totaled 103 million dollars, down 9 percent from 2007. 

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3-2-09