HDR1012000170130928951500Trout Production HDR2012000170130928951500Trout Production Narrative Released September 28, 1995, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Trout Production" call Jim Brewster at (202) 720-8784, office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. For assistance with general agricultural statistics, information about NASS, its products or services, contact the NASS Information Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or E-mail: NASS@AG.GOV. This summary relates to September 1, 1994 thru August 31, 1995 and revised estimates for September 1, 1993 thru August 31, 1994. Trout Sales Increase 13 Percent Trout growers in the 15 selected States total value of sales was $73.9 million during the 12 month period from September 1, 1994 through August 31, 1995. This was an increase of 13 percent from the $65.1 million in sales during the same period a year ago. Growers sold a total of 58.4 million pounds of trout valued at $68.3 million this year. Aq 3 (9-95) Foodsize Sales Sales of foodsize trout during September 1, 1994 through August 31, 1995 totaled 55.4 million pounds, up 6 percent from the previous year. The value of sales for the 1995 marketing year was $60.7 million, up 15 percent from the $52.7 million of foodsize sales during the 1994 marketing year. The average value per pound was $1.10 during 1995, up from the $1.01 per pound during 1994. The major outlet for foodsize trout sales was to processors with 68 percent of total live weight sales. Fee and recreational fishing establishments, at 17 percent, were the next largest followed by restaurants and retailers with 5 percent. Stocker Sales Stocker trout sales totaled 8.89 million fish during September 1, 1994 through August 31, 1995, up 30 percent from the 6.85 million fish sold during the previous year. The total live weight pounds of stockers sold during 1995 was 2.83 million, down 4 percent from the 2.95 million pounds sold during 1994. The average value per pound was $2.28 during 1995, unchanged from the 1994 price. The total value of stocker sales was $6.46 million from September 1, 1994 through August 31, 1995, down 4 percent from the $6.73 million in sales during the previous year. The major sales outlet for stocker trout was to fee and recreational fishing establishments with 45 percent of the total live weight sales, followed by 25 percent of sales to other producers and 14 percent to live haulers. Fingerling Sales Sales of fingerlings during September 1, 1994 through August 31, 1995 totaled 7.81 million trout compared with 6.69 million trout during the previous year. Total pounds sold was 175,000 pounds during 1995, compared with 195,000 pounds during 1994. The average value per pound was $6.38 during the 1995 marketing year, compared with $5.06 per pound in 1994. The total value of fingerling sales was $1.12 million, up 13 percent from last year's $986 thousand in sales. Trout Egg Sales Trout egg sales during September 1, 1994 through August 31, 1995 totaled 414 million eggs, up 12 percent from 370 million eggs sold during the previous year. The average value per 1,000 eggs during 1995 was $13.35, up from $12.76 during 1994. The total value of trout egg sales during 1995 was $5.53 million, up 17 percent from the $4.72 million in egg sales during the previous year. Losses of Fish Total losses of all trout was 39.1 million fish or 4.24 million pounds during September 1, 1994 through August 31, 1995. Of the total number lost, 81 percent were lost due to disease, followed by predators with 16 percent lost. HDR2012000170130928951500Number of Operations by State Trout: Number of Operations by State, September 1, 1994-95 Total Sales by State, September 1,- August 31, 1994-95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - : Number of Operations : Total Sales 1/ :----------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Sep 1 : Sep 1 - Aug 31 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - : ------- Number ------ ----- 1,000 Dollars ---- : CA : 18 19 4,586 5,511 CO : 27 33 2,274 2,269 ID : 35 33 30,174 33,197 MI : 57 51 2,315 1,850 MO : 12 12 1,564 2,015 NY : 35 27 734 579 NC : 65 56 4,438 6,464 OR : 23 23 970 810 PA : 38 36 5,417 5,147 UT : 12 18 2,348 3,596 VA : 59 38 2,203 2,199 WA : 24 27 979 1,693 WI : 45 48 1,269 1,950 : Oth : Sts 2/ : 16 13 1,104 1,044 : Total : 466 434 65,097 73,850 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 1/ Value of egg sales included only in total. 2/ Includes GA and TN. HDR2012000170130928951500Number, Weight, and Value Trout: Number, Weight, and Value of Foodsize, and State. September 1,- August 31, 1994-95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - : Number : Pounds : Value : Average Value : Sold : Sold : of Sales : per Pound State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - : ------------- 1,000 ------------- 1,000 Dollars -- Dollars -- : CA : 2,305 2,242 2,302 2,388 4,177 4,949 1.81 2.07 CO : 614 850 524 778 1,104 1,651 2.11 2.12 ID : 46,000 45,000 40,000 40,000 30,000 32,600 .75 .82 MI : 700 580 610 555 1,420 1,300 2.33 2.34 MO : 556 789 570 725 1,226 1,560 2.15 2.15 NY : 77 62 73 61 298 254 4.08 4.16 NC : 2,938 4,672 3,019 4,859 3,827 5,726 1.27 1.18 OR : 435 340 390 270 770 550 1.97 2.04 PA : 1,441 1,375 1,485 1,378 3,742 3,205 2.52 2.33 UT : 1,248 1,586 1,261 1,792 2,118 3,230 1.68 1.80 VA : 1,100 1,097 992 979 1,971 1,946 1.99 1.99 WA : 230 447 225 651 436 1,435 1.94 2.20 WI : 361 518 283 484 817 1,508 2.89 3.12 : Oth : Sts 1/ : 264 459 341 508 753 835 2.21 1.64 : Total : 58,269 60,017 52,075 55,428 52,659 60,749 1.01 1.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 1/ Includes GA and TN. Trout: Number, Weight, and Value of Stocker Sales, by State September 1,- August 31, 1994-95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - : Number : Pounds : Value : Average Value : Sold : Sold : of Sales : per Pound State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - : ------------- 1,000 ------------ 1,000 Dollars -- Dollars -- : CA : 399 380 243 185 350 443 1.44 2.39 CO : 1,015 723 486 257 1,076 560 2.21 2.18 ID : 509 2,883 86 352 113 510 1.31 1.45 MI : 680 520 300 150 670 350 2.23 2.33 MO : 561 678 183 234 322 404 1.76 1.73 NY : 206 130 87 61 389 281 4.47 4.61 NC : 588 596 207 255 487 574 2.35 2.25 OR : 290 340 90 130 170 230 1.89 1.77 PA : 1,168 1,377 564 624 1,568 1,890 2.78 3.03 TN : 233 285 135 179 227 346 1.68 1.93 UT : 197 214 91 117 175 196 1.92 1.68 VA : 459 316 186 67 433 186 2.33 2.78 WA : 379 334 178 135 407 342 2.29 2.53 WI : : Oth : 170 117 115 81 343 147 2.98 1.81 Sts 1/ : : 6,854 8,893 2,951 2,827 6,730 6,459 2.28 2.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 1/ Includes GA and TN. Trout: Number, Weight, and Value of Finglerling Sales by State, September 1,- August 31, 1994-95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - : Number : Pounds : Value : Average Value : Sold : Sold : of Sales : per Pound State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - : ------------ 1,000 ------------ 1,000 Dollars --- Dollars -- : CA : 418 576 10 18 59 119 5.90 6.61 CO : 621 334 17 11 94 58 5.53 5.27 ID : * 1,763 * 27 * 87 * 3.22 MI : 740 700 32 18 225 200 7.03 11.11 NY : 192 166 4 4 47 44 11.75 11.00 NC : 1,638 2,165 27 29 124 164 4.59 5.66 OR : 135 130 3 3 30 30 10.00 10.00 PA : 423 269 19 8 107 52 5.63 6.50 UT : 20 70 1 4 3 20 3.00 5.00 VA : 319 293 11 10 57 57 5.18 5.70 WA : 511 384 19 13 110 72 5.79 5.54 WI : 142 342 7 9 45 100 6.43 11.11 : Oth : Sts 1/ : 1,529 613 45 21 85 113 1.89 5.38 : Total : 6,688 7,805 195 175 986 1,116 5.06 6.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Included in "Other States." 1/ GA, MO, and TN. Trout: Number and Value of Egg Sales by Region, September 1 - August 31, 1994-95 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - : Number : Value : Average Value Region : Sold : of Sales : per 1,000 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - : ------ 1,000 ------ 1,000 Dollars ---- Dollars --- : N East : 888 627 12 10 13.51 15.95 So & Cent : 614 573 12 11 19.54 19.20 West : 368,615 412,579 4,698 5,505 12.75 13.34 : Total : 370,117 413,779 4,722 5,526 12.76 13.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 1/ Data published at the regional level to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 2/ Regions are defined as follows - N East: PA and NY; SO & Cent: GA, MI, MO, NC, TN, VA, and WI; West: CA, CO, ID, OR, UT, and WA. HDR2012000170130928951500Foodsize Percent Sold by Outlet Type Trout: Foodsize Percent Sold by Outlet Type, September 1, 1994 - August 31, 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - : : : Other : : Direct : : : State : Live :Fee/rec : Produ- : Govt. : to : Proc- : Rest & : Other :Haulers :Fishing : cers : :Consumer: essors : Retail : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - : Percent : CA : 13 84 3 CO : 29 60 5 2 3 1 ID : 99 1 MI : 15 50 * 5 * * * MO : * 56 16 * * 8 * NY : 7 49 1 2 14 8 18 1 NC : 6 1 2 80 11 OR : 17 83 PA : 2 50 * * 2 * 5 UT : 5 4 9 59 2 21 VA : 9 47 6 1 22 15 WA : 1 2 4 64 8 8 13 WI : 7 12 5 15 3 55 3 : Oth : Sts 1/ : 2 23 9 3 5 26 11 4 : Wt. Avg : 3 17 2 0 3 68 5 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Included with "Other States." 1/ GA and TN. Trout: Stockers Percent Sold by Outlet Type, September 1, 1994 - August 31, 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - : : : : : State : Live : Fee/rec : Other : Govt. : Other : Haulers : Fishing : Producers : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - : Percent : CA : 2 89 1 8 CO : 21 58 2 18 1 ID : 1 59 38 2 MI : * 38 18 * 27 MO : * 21 40 * NY : 7 52 11 5 25 NC : 20 22 1 57 OR : 44 56 PA : * 44 * 1 * UT : 70 22 8 VA : 6 46 47 1 WA : 9 32 4 1 54 WI : 25 18 52 5 : Oth : Sts 1/ : 19 32 17 4 : Wt. Avg : 14 45 25 9 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Included with "Other States." 1/ GA and TN. HDR2012000170130928951500Trout Lost Trout Lost: Number, Pounds, and Percent Lost by Cause, September 1, 1994 - August 31, 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - : Total : Disease : Theft :----------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Number : Pounds : Number : Pounds : % of : Number : Pounds : % of : Lost : Lost : Lost : Lost :Total # : Lost : Lost :Total # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - : ------------- 1,000 ------------ Percent -- 1,000 -- Percent : CA : 1,167 118 * * * 4 3 CO : 471 114 183 21 39 2 1 ID : 32,825 2,759 29,000 1,750 88 * * * MI : 178 115 41 5 23 4 4 2 MO : 195 52 * * * * * * NY : 184 16 44 1 24 NC : 1,775 299 1,379 184 78 7 7 OR : 206 47 14 1 7 10 9 5 PA : 998 358 * * * 15 9 2 UT : 258 131 16 16 6 VA : 351 70 147 22 42 4 3 1 WA : 122 36 12 2 10 3 2 2 WI : 255 69 65 1 25 2 2 1 : Oth : Sts 1/ : 71 59 630 43 34 12 14 1 : Total : 39,056 4,243 31,515 2,030 81 79 70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Included with "other" losses. 1/ GA and TN. Trout Lost: Number, Pounds, and Percent by Cause, September 1, 1994 - August 31, 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - : Chemicals : Drought : Flood :------------------------------------------------------------------------ State :Number :Pounds : % of :Number :Pounds : % of :Number :Pounds : % of : Lost : Lost : Tot. # : Lost : Lost :Tot. # : Lost : Lost :Tot. # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - : 1,000 Percent 1,000 Percent -- 1,000 -- Percent : CA : * * * CO : 5 2 1 11 6 2 6 1 1 ID : * * * MI : * * * * * * MO : * * * * * * NY : 93 6 51 NC : 60 27 3 216 60 12 OR : 14 1 7 80 1 39 PA : * * * 13 6 1 * * * UT : 67 30 26 9 6 3 5 2 2 VA : 3 2 1 121 17 34 WA : 7 5 6 WI : 26 1 10 : Oth : Sts 1/: 48 28 3 11 20 151 85 8 : Total : 120 60 214 74 1 612 172 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Included with "other" losses. 1/ GA and TN. Trout Lost: Number, Pounds, and Percent by Cause, September 1, 1994 - August 31, 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - : Predators : Other :----------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Number : Pounds : % of : Number : Pounds : % of : Lost : Lost : Tot. # : Lost : Lost : Tot. # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - : ----- 1,000 ----- Percent ---- 1,000 ---- Percent : CA : * * * * * * CO : 219 60 46 45 23 10 ID : 3,800 1,000 12 21 2 MI : 115 82 65 16 22 9 MO : 58 27 30 8 1 4 NY : 20 7 11 27 2 15 NC : 23 8 1 90 13 5 OR : 88 35 43 PA : 456 260 46 25 12 3 UT : 109 31 42 52 46 20 VA : 63 22 18 13 4 4 WA : 47 17 39 53 10 43 WI : 149 63 58 13 2 5 : Oth : Sts 1/ : 993 68 53 13 20 1 : Total : 6,140 1,680 16 376 157 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Included with "other" losses. 1/ GA and TN. HDR2012000170130928951500Trout Estimates Trout Estimates Survey Procedures: All known commercial trout producers in the 15 selected States were contacted between September 1 and September 18, 1995. Prior to the survey period, a list of all commercial operations was created in each of the 15 states. Information was collected by mail return, telephone interviews, and/or by personal interview. Great care is exercised to ensure that all operations are accounted for in the estimates. Reliability: 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 inaccessible operations are accounted for through the expansion of the reported data or by imputation based on individual historical data. Survey data are subject to non-sampling errors such as omissions and mistakes in reporting and in processing the data. While these errors cannot be measured directly, they are minimized by carefully reviewing all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. Revision Policy: Estimates for the previous year are subject to revision when current estimates are made. Revisions are the result of late or corrected data. Terms and Definitions Terms Used for Sales: Foodsize: Fish that are grown commercially for food, usually ranging from 3/4 to 1 1/2 pounds and over 12 inches in length. Stockers: Fish usually 6 to 12 inches in length and less than 3/4 pound. Fingerlings: Fish usually from 1 to 6 inches long. Live Haulers: Person who buys live fish on the farm and functions as a middleman. Terms Used for Losses: Disease: Includes losses from both parasitic and bacterial caused sickness. Theft/Vandalism: The unauthorized removal of fish and/or the destruction of property causing a loss of fish by intentional acts of persons known or unknown. Chemicals: Includes losses from pesticides or herbicide poisoning. Drought: Includes losses from lack of water causing oxygen depletion. Floods: Includes losses from too much water washing the fish away. Predators: Includes losses from mink, otters, birds, and other animals. The next "Trout Production" report will be released in September 1996. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in its programs on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, and marital or familial status. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact the USDA Office of Communications at (202) 720-5881 (voice) or (202) 720-7808 (TDD). 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