The USDA NASS
New York Field Office
"Fact Finders for Agriculture"
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Released March 1, 2004
NEW YORK TROUT SALES UP
New York trout producers sold a total of 224,000 pounds of trout valued at $797,000 during the 12 months ending December 31, 2003. This production, which includes foodsize fish, stockers, and fingerlings, was up 56 percent from the production total of a year earlier. Value of production was up 41 percent from a year ago.
The 2003 output included 169,000 pounds of foodsize trout averaging $2.88 per pound in value, 53,000 pounds of
stocker trout averaging $5.45 per pound, and 2,000 pounds of fingerlings. Foodsize fish averaged 1.1 pounds in
weight, while stockers averaged .40 pounds. Poundage of foodsize trout sold was up 88 percent from 2002, and
stocker poundage was up 10 percent.
TROUT: Sales by Number, Liveweight, and Value, 2002 and 2003
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Item |
Unit |
New York |
Pennsylvania |
United States | |||
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2002 |
2003 |
2002 |
2003 |
2002 |
2003 | ||
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Foodsize Trout Sold |
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Number of head |
(000) |
90 |
160 |
1,360 |
1,380 |
50,191 |
45,941 |
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Liveweight pounds |
(000) |
90 |
169 |
1,360 |
1,460 |
54,401 |
50,716 |
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Total dollar value |
(000) |
327 |
487 |
3,876 |
3,796 |
58,492 |
55,361 |
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Avg. wt./fish |
lb. |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
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Avg. price/lb. |
$ |
3.63 |
2.88 |
2.85 |
2.60 |
1.08 |
1.09 |
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Stocker Trout Sold |
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Number of head |
(000) |
120 |
145 |
600 |
500 |
7,386 |
6,328 |
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Liveweight pounds |
(000) |
48 |
53 |
236 |
211 |
2,185 |
2,271 |
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Total dollar value |
(000) |
198 |
289 |
873 |
802 |
5,523 |
5,661 |
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Avg. wt./fish |
lb. |
.40 |
.40 |
.40 |
.40 |
.30 |
.40 |
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Avg. price/lb. |
$ |
4.13 |
5.45 |
3.70 |
3.80 |
2.53 |
2.49 |
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Fingerling Trout Sold |
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Number of head |
(000) |
180 |
70 |
420 |
270 |
9,163 |
7,337 |
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Liveweight pounds |
(000) |
6 |
2 |
17 |
8 |
174 |
182 |
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Total dollar value |
(000) |
42 |
21 |
116 |
80 |
1,474 |
1,233 |
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Total Trout Sold |
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Number of head |
(000) |
390 |
375 |
2,170 |
2,150 |
66,537 |
59,606 |
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Liveweight pounds |
(000) |
144 |
224 |
1,638 |
1,679 |
56,781 |
53,169 |
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Total dollar value |
(000) |
567 |
797 |
4,562 |
4,678 |
65,151 |
62,255 |
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Avg. wt./fish |
lb. |
.37 |
.60 |
.75 |
.78 |
.85 |
.89 |
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Avg. price/lb. |
$ |
3.94 |
3.56 |
2.79 |
2.79 |
1.15 |
1.17 |
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Number of producers 1/ |
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39 |
40 |
51 |
57 |
378 |
545 |
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1/ Number of producers is for January 1, 2003 and January 1, 2004. | |||||||
Approximately 12 percent of New York's foodsize trout went to restaurants and other retailers. People
engaged in fee fishing or recreational establishments accounted for 19 percent, while 48 percent was bought
by live haulers. Other sales accounted for 5 percent of total sales. Fee fishing and recreational
establishments took 25 percent of the stocker trout sold during 2003, while other producers took 10 percent
and live haulers took 30 percent.
Pennsylvania trout sales for 2003 amounted to 1.679 million pounds, up 3 percent from 2002. Foodsize trout sales of 1.46 million pounds were up 8 percent from last year, while stocker sales, at 211,000 pounds, decreased 11 percent. Foodsize trout in the Keystone State averaged $2.60 per pound, while stockers averaged $3.80 per pound.
Trout growers in the United States sold a total of 53.2 million pounds of trout valued at $62.3 million during 2003, compared with 56.8 million pounds of trout valued at $65.2 million a year earlier. Foodsize fish accounted for 95 percent of the total pounds sold, with an average live weight of 1.10 pounds and an average value of $1.09 per pound. Stocker trout averaged .40 pounds live weight, with an average value of $2.49 per pound. U.S. growers sold 68 percent of their foodsize trout to processors, while fee fishing and recreational establishments took 54 percent of the stocker trout.
TROUT: Foodsize and Stocker Sales by Outlet, Percent of Total Sold, 2002 and 2003
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Sales Outlet |
Foodsize |
Stocker | ||||||
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New York |
United States |
New York |
United States | |||||
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2002 |
2003 |
2002 |
2003 |
2002 |
2003 |
2002 |
2003 | |
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Percent |
Percent | ||||||
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Live Haulers |
0 |
48 |
0.9 |
1.4 |
13 |
30 |
5.0 |
5.2 |
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Fee & Recreation |
26 |
19 |
20.3 |
19.5 |
39 |
25 |
54.5 |
54.2 |
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Other Producers |
0 |
0 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
8 |
10 |
14.4 |
12.0 |
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Government Agencies |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
1.9 |
0 |
0 |
11.8 |
13.8 |
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Direct to Consumers |
37 |
16 |
2.3 |
3.2 |
7 |
1/ |
5.7 |
5.2 |
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Processors |
0 |
0 |
69.1 |
68.4 |
0 |
0 |
0.1 |
0 |
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Restaurant or Retailers |
4 |
12 |
3.7 |
2.8 |
4 |
1/ |
3.8 |
6.0 |
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Other |
33 |
5 |
0.5 |
1.1 |
29 |
26 |
4.7 |
3.6 |
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TOTAL SALES |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
TROUT: Losses by Cause, Total Number Lost and Percent of Total, 2002 and 2003
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Cause of Loss |
New York |
United States | ||||||
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No. Lost (000) |
Percent of Total |
No. Lost (000) |
Percent of Total |
No. Lost (000) |
Percent of Total |
No. Lost (000) |
Percent of Total | |
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2002 |
2003 |
2002 |
2003 | |||||
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Disease |
74 |
57 |
160 |
36 |
29,143 |
83.3 |
23,833 |
81.7 |
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Theft/Vandalism |
1/ |
1/ |
1/ |
1/ |
134 |
0.4 |
316 |
1.1 |
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Chemical Contamination |
1/ |
1/ |
0 |
0 |
16 |
0.1 |
4 |
0 |
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Drought |
12 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
1,443 |
4.1 |
578 |
2.0 |
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Flood |
0 |
0 |
1/ |
1/ |
51 |
0.1 |
254 |
0.9 |
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Predators |
18 |
14 |
265 |
59 |
2,716 |
7.8 |
3,816 |
13.1 |
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Other |
1/ |
1/ |
1/ |
1/ |
1,465 |
4.2 |
367 |
1.2 |
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TOTAL LOSSES |
130 |
100 |
450 |
100 |
34,968 |
100 |
29,168 |
100 |
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1/ Less than one percent or not disclosed | ||||||||
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