Aq 2 (1-10) Catfish Production Washington, D.C. Released January 29, 2010, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Catfish Production" call Chris Hawthorn at (202) 720-0585, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Catfish Value of Sales Down 9 Percent from 2008 Catfish growers in the U.S. had sales of 373 million dollars during 2009, down 9 percent from 410 million dollars the previous year. The top four States (Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas) accounted for 93 percent of the U.S. total sales. The U.S. sales total of all foodsize fish decreased by 10 percent from 2008 to 352 million dollars in 2009. Fingerling and fry sales totaled 13 million dollars, an increase of 7 percent from 2008. Sales of stockers totaled 7 million dollars in 2009, compared to 8 million dollars in 2008. By point of first sale, direct sales to processors accounted for 94 percent of total foodsize fish sales compared with 95 percent from the previous year. Direct sales to other producers accounted for 87 percent of stocker sales compared with 89 percent in 2008. Water Surface Acres Down 22 Percent from January 1, 2009 The water surface acres being used for catfish production as of January 1, 2010 totaled 115 thousand acres, down 22 percent from the 147 thousand acres used a year earlier. Of the total acres, 3 thousand are to be renovated during the period of January 1 to June 30, 2010. An additional 140 acres are under construction or expected to be constructed and in use by July 1, 2010. During the period of July 1 through December 31, 2009, the area taken out of production totaled 10 thousand acres. As of January 1, 2010, foodsize fish were produced on 97 thousand acres, fingerling-producing acres totaled 14 thousand, and 2 thousand acres were being used for broodfish production. Inventory Numbers Catfish producers had 544 thousand broodfish on hand January 1, 2010, down 23 percent from January 1, 2009. Large foodsize fish on hand totaled 9 million on January 1, 2010, an 8 percent decrease from a year ago. The number of medium foodsize fish decreased 13 percent to 92 million, while small foodsize fish numbers decreased 13 percent to 169 million. Large stockers on hand January 1, 2010, at 152 million fish, were down 41 percent from the previous year. Small stocker numbers decreased 35 percent to 213 million. There were 430 million fingerlings on hand January 1, 2010, down 41 percent from January 1, 2009. Catfish: Number of Operations and Water Surface Acres Used for Production, 2009-2010, and Total Sales, 2008-2009, by State and United States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of : Water Surface Acres : : Operations : Used for Production : Total Sales State : on Jan 1 :During Jan 1 - Jun 30: :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 2009 1/ : 2010 1/ : 2009 : 2010 : 2008 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- Number --- ------ Acres ----- 1,000 Dollars : AL : 22,100 19,800 93,254 90,688 AR : 25,000 19,200 64,263 44,914 CA : 2,400 1,500 7,913 8,074 LA : 6,300 1,800 11,883 8,395 MS : 80,200 64,000 206,288 196,787 NC : 2,200 1,900 7,221 5,495 TX : 3,800 2,900 13,212 12,644 : Oth Sts 2/ : 4,900 3,700 5,964 5,570 : US : 1,306 994 146,900 114,800 409,998 372,567 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ State level number of operations will only be published every five years in conjunction with the Census of Agriculture. 2/ Other States include State estimates not shown and States suppressed due to disclosure. Catfish: Water Surface Acre Usage, by State and United States, 2008-2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Acres Intended for Utilization During January 1- June 30 : Acres Taken Out :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: of Production : : : : : : : Currently Under : During : : : : : : : or Scheduled for: : July 1- State : Foodsize : Fingerlings : Broodfish :-----------------------------------: December 31 : : : : : : : Renovation :New Construction : : :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2008 : 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Acres : AL : 21,100 19,200 480 380 320 120 180 120 85 30 1,000 370 AR : 21,300 16,600 2,800 2,200 250 250 700 570 2,500 2,200 CA : 1,700 1,100 290 190 100 80 140 70 320 * * * LA : 4,900 1,700 480 50 640 10 1,300 2,800 MS : 64,000 52,000 12,100 9,700 1,400 1,300 2,800 2,100 50 6,700 3,500 NC : 2,000 1,600 160 200 70 50 150 90 * * 55 40 TX : 3,100 2,600 420 190 220 70 205 85 75 50 550 135 : Oth Sts 1/: 2,500 1,900 1,700 1,300 340 370 200 65 40 10 660 840 : US : 120,600 96,700 18,430 14,210 2,700 2,240 5,015 3,110 520 140 12,765 9,885 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 1/ Other States include State estimates not shown and States suppressed due to disclosure. Catfish: Inventory by Size Category, by State and United States, January 1, 2009-2010 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Live Weight Size Category : Number of Fish :------------------------------------------- and State : : : Total : Average :----------------------------------------------------------------- : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ----- -- 1,000 Pounds -- Pounds per Fish : Large Foodsize : AL : 2,200 2,400 7,750 8,500 3.5 3.5 AR : 1,290 1,190 4,550 4,300 3.5 3.6 CA : * 100 * 340 * 3.4 LA : 430 380 1,490 1,300 3.5 3.4 MS : 4,290 3,800 15,200 12,900 3.5 3.4 NC : 260 230 825 740 3.2 3.2 TX : 530 340 1,760 1,190 3.3 3.5 : Oth Sts 1/ : 316 130 1,121 442 3.5 3.4 : US : 9,316 8,570 32,696 29,712 3.5 3.5 : Medium Foodsize : AL : 23,500 30,400 50,000 56,400 2.1 1.9 AR : 14,300 11,300 28,100 21,700 2.0 1.9 CA : * 270 * 540 * 2.0 LA : 3,210 830 7,000 1,670 2.2 2.0 MS : 57,100 42,700 111,300 82,800 1.9 1.9 NC : 1,570 1,900 3,050 4,000 1.9 2.1 TX : 4,140 3,440 8,050 6,700 1.9 1.9 : Oth Sts 1/ : 1,790 750 3,380 1,440 1.9 1.9 : US : 105,610 91,590 210,880 175,250 2.0 1.9 : Small Foodsize : AL : 37,400 42,500 39,300 44,800 1.1 1.1 AR : 29,300 19,400 30,900 19,700 1.1 1.0 CA : 890 1,980 943 1,790 1.1 0.9 LA : 2,820 1,300 2,800 1,220 1.0 0.9 MS : 114,000 94,000 119,500 93,500 1.0 1.0 NC : 2,540 3,040 2,850 3,850 1.1 1.3 TX : 5,170 5,190 4,500 5,050 0.9 1.0 : Oth Sts 1/ : 1,750 1,210 1,630 1,010 0.9 0.8 : US : 193,870 168,620 202,423 170,920 1.0 1.0 : Total Foodsize : AL : 63,100 75,300 97,050 109,700 AR : 44,890 31,890 63,550 45,700 CA : 1,624 2,350 2,593 2,670 LA : 6,460 2,510 11,290 4,190 MS : 175,390 140,500 246,000 189,200 NC : 4,370 5,170 6,725 8,590 TX : 9,840 8,970 14,310 12,940 : Oth Sts 1/ : 3,122 2,090 4,481 2,892 : US : 308,796 268,780 445,999 375,882 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 1/ Other States include State estimates not shown and States suppressed due to disclosure. Catfish: Inventory by Size Category, by State and United States, January 1, 2009-2010 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Live Weight Size Category : Number of Fish :------------------------------------------- and State : : : Total : Average :----------------------------------------------------------------- : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 1/ : 2010 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ----- -- 1,000 Pounds -- Pounds per 1,000 Fish : Large Stockers : AL : 40,700 21,000 16,900 10,200 415 486 AR : 27,500 19,100 11,400 7,550 415 395 CA : * * * * * * LA : 2,820 * 1,120 * 397 * MS : 179,000 103,000 67,900 44,200 379 429 NC : 4,870 5,070 2,800 3,150 575 621 TX : * * * * * * : Oth Sts 2/ : 3,750 4,020 1,216 1,395 324 347 : US : 258,640 152,190 101,336 66,495 392 437 : Small Stockers : AL : 32,600 25,700 3,200 2,900 98.2 112.8 AR : 38,100 33,100 4,650 3,250 122.0 98.2 CA : * 890 * 120 * 134.8 LA : 4,580 * 475 * 103.7 * MS : 234,000 144,000 24,600 14,100 105.1 97.9 NC : 11,400 350 1,640 38 143.9 108.6 TX : * * * * * * : Oth Sts 2/ : 6,749 9,140 670 808 99.3 88.4 : US : 327,429 213,180 35,235 21,216 107.6 99.5 : Total Stockers : AL : 73,300 46,700 20,100 13,100 AR : 65,600 52,200 16,050 10,800 CA : 5,030 1,490 1,084 450 LA : 7,400 * 1,595 * MS : 413,000 247,000 92,500 58,300 NC : 16,270 5,420 4,440 3,188 TX : 99 980 12 140 : Oth Sts 2/ : 5,370 11,580 790 1,733 : US : 586,069 365,370 136,571 87,711 : Fingerlings : AL : 78,800 23,400 3,150 1,250 40.0 53.4 AR : 74,700 44,200 3,000 1,700 40.2 38.5 CA : 4,500 5,160 129 190 28.7 36.8 LA : 7,710 * 289 * 37.5 * MS : 511,000 323,000 14,100 10,500 27.6 32.5 NC : 5,530 8,000 139 230 25.1 28.8 TX : 25,100 10,300 1,190 490 47.4 47.6 : Oth Sts 2/ : 21,000 15,530 683 685 32.5 44.1 : US : 728,340 429,590 22,680 15,045 31.1 35.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 1/ Revised. 2/ Other States include State estimates not shown and States suppressed due to disclosure. Catfish: Inventory by Size Category, by State and United States, January 1, 2009-2010 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Live Weight Size Category : Number of Fish :------------------------------------------- and State : : : Total : Average :----------------------------------------------------------------- : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 --- 1,000 Pounds Pounds per Fish : Broodfish : AL : 39 10 197 73 5.1 7.3 AR : 70 50 352 212 5.0 4.2 CA : 19 17 89 90 4.7 5.3 LA : * * * MS : 420 350 2,150 1,900 5.1 5.4 NC : 10 11 63 75 6.3 6.8 TX : 86 20 424 120 4.9 6.0 : Oth Sts 1/ : 60 86 265 478 4.4 5.6 : US : 704 544 3,540 2,948 5.0 5.4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 1/ Other States include State estimates not shown and States suppressed due to disclosure. Catfish: Sales by Size Category, by State and United States, 2008-2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : Live Weight : Sales : Number of Fish :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Size Category : : : Total : Average : Total : Average price and State : : : : : : : : : per pound :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : ----- 1,000 ----- 1,000 Pounds Pounds per fish 1,000 Dollars --- Dollars -- : Foodsize : AL : 82,600 66,600 131,600 128,900 1.6 1.9 92,120 90,230 0.70 0.70 AR : 51,100 31,200 83,700 58,100 1.6 1.9 62,775 42,994 0.75 0.74 CA : 2,220 2,550 3,150 3,400 1.4 1.3 7,592 7,820 2.41 2.30 LA : 7,420 4,660 15,400 11,500 2.1 2.5 11,827 8,395 0.77 0.73 MS : 143,000 146,000 252,370 249,000 1.8 1.7 191,801 181,770 0.76 0.73 NC : 4,040 3,120 8,050 6,150 2.0 2.0 6,843 5,166 0.85 0.84 TX : 11,100 10,500 16,900 16,100 1.5 1.5 12,844 12,558 0.76 0.78 : Oth Sts 1/ : 2,530 1,680 3,750 2,800 1.5 1.7 3,488 3,080 0.93 1.10 : US : 304,010 266,310 514,920 475,950 1.7 1.8 389,290 352,013 0.76 0.74 : : ----- 1,000 ----- 1,000 Pounds Pounds per 1,000 fish 1,000 Dollars --- Dollars -- : Stockers : AL : 3,700 500 262 280 71 560 472 202 1.80 0.72 AR : * * * * * * * * * * CA : 135 76 563 219 2.88 LA : MS : 60,200 40,000 6,000 4,500 100 113 6,060 4,635 1.01 1.03 NC : * * * * * * * * * * TX : * 130 * 20 * 154 * 22 * 1.08 : Oth Sts 1/ : 10,440 17,790 1,574 2,657 151 149 1,587 2,626 1.01 0.99 : US : 74,475 58,420 7,912 7,457 106 128 8,338 7,485 1.05 1.00 : Fingerlings & Fry : AL : 11,100 3,800 210 95 18.9 25.0 582 253 2.77 2.66 AR : 52,300 29,100 453 272 8.7 9.3 761 541 1.68 1.99 CA : 370 1,300 16 73 43.2 56.2 65 222 4.08 3.04 LA : 1,540 31 20.1 56 1.80 MS : 207,000 202,000 5,800 7,100 28.0 35.1 8,352 10,295 1.44 1.45 NC : 3,540 3,200 200 190 56.5 59.4 356 329 1.78 1.73 TX : 3,170 1,270 167 65 52.7 51.2 212 62 1.27 0.96 : Oth Sts 1/ : 20,900 14,700 544 481 26.0 32.7 1,692 1,193 3.11 2.48 : US : 299,920 255,370 7,421 8,276 24.7 32.4 12,076 12,895 1.63 1.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 1/ Other States include State estimates not shown and States suppressed due to disclosure. Catfish: Sales by Size Category, by State and United States, 2008-2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : Live Weight : Sales Size Category : Number of Fish :----------------------------------------------------------------------- and State : : : Total : Average : Total : Average price : : : : : : : : per pound :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : -- 1,000 -- 1,000 Pounds Pounds per Fish 1,000 Dollars -- Dollars -- : Broodfish : AL : 7 * 36 * 5.1 * 80 * 2.21 * AR : * * * * * * * * * * CA : * 2 * 13 * 6.5 * 32 * 2.46 LA : * * * * * MS : 39 25 112 100 2.9 4.0 75 87 0.67 0.87 NC : * * * * * * * * * * TX : * 1 * 2 * 2.0 * 2 * 1.17 : Oth Sts 1/ : 29 15 138 69 4.8 4.6 139 53 1.01 0.77 : US : 75 43 286 184 3.8 4.3 294 174 1.03 0.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 1/ Other States include State estimates not shown and States suppressed due to disclosure. Catfish: Foodsize and Stockers Percent Sold by Point of First Sale, by State and United States, 2008-2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Fee-Fishing and : : : Size Category: Processor :Recreational Use : Live Haulers : Retail : Other and State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :2008 1/ : 2009 :2008 1/ : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 :2008 1/ : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Foodsize : AL : 97 95 * 1 1 1 * 1 2 2 AR : 96 95 * * 3 5 * * * * CA : 10 13 11 22 73 53 6 12 LA : 98 95 1 5 * MS : 100 99 * * * * 1 NC : 96 95 * * * * * * 1 3 TX : 83 83 1 1 10 15 6 1 : Oth Sts 2/ : 20 21 33 43 30 24 12 4 6 8 : US 3/ : 95.3 93.9 0.6 1.1 1.6 2.1 1.6 1.5 0.9 1.4 : :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Other : Fee-Fishing and : : : : Producers :Recreational Use : Live Haulers : Government : Other :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Stockers : AL : 96 97 1 1 2 1 1 1 AR : 62 89 * 11 * CA : * * 7 * * LA : MS : 100 99 * * 1 NC : * * * * TX : 95 88 5 * * : Oth Sts 2/ : 29 40 4 1 58 57 4 1 4 1 : US 3/ : 89.0 86.9 0.8 0.2 8.9 11.9 0.6 0.2 0.7 0.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations or data are less than 0.5 percent. 1/ Revised. 2/ Other States include State estimates not shown and States suppressed due to disclosure. 3/ Sum of US Point of First Sale by outlet may not add to 100 percent. Terms and Definitions Used for Catfish Production Estimates Broodfish - Fish kept for egg production, including males. Broodfish produce the fertilized eggs, which go to hatcheries. The most desirable size is 3 to 10 pounds or 4 to 6 years of age. Fingerlings - Fish weighing 2 to 60 pounds per 1,000 fish or 2 to 6 inches in length. Foodsize (large) - Fish weighing over 3 pounds. Foodsize (medium) - Fish weighing over one and one-half pounds to 3 pounds. Foodsize (small) - Fish weighing over three-fourths of a pound to one and one-half pounds. Fry - Fish weighing less than 2 pounds per 1,000 fish or less than 2 inches in length. Stockers (large) - Fish weighing over 180 pounds to 750 pounds per 1,000 fish. Stockers (small) - Fish weighing over 60 pounds to 180 pounds per 1,000 fish or over 6 inches in length. Reliability of Catfish Production Estimates Survey Procedures: Data for catfish production are collected from all known producers in the seven published states and a sample of producers from the remaining states. Individual NASS field offices maintain a list of all known catfish producers and use known sources of producers to update their lists. Operators are mailed a questionnaire as close as possible to January 1 and given adequate time to respond by mail. Those that do not respond by mail are telephoned or possibly enumerated in person during the middle of January. Estimation Procedures: Sound statistical methodology is employed to derive the estimates from reported data. All data are analyzed for unusual values. Data from each operation are compared to their own past operating profile and to trends from similar operations. Data for missing operations were estimated based on similar operations or historical data. 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