Aq 2 (2-09) Trout Production National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released February 27, 2009, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Trout Production" call Bruce Boess at (202) 720-4447, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Trout Value of Sales Decreased 9 Percent from 2007 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, a 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. Distributed Trout 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. Trout Losses Total losses of all trout intended for sale were 26.3 million fish during 2008. The top three categories were 87 percent lost to disease, 5 percent lost to drought, and 4 percent lost to predators. Special Notes The number of operations by State will no longer be published on an annual basis. State level numbers will only be published in conjunction with the Census of Agriculture every five years. The number of operations at the U.S. level will continue to be published on an annual basis. Operations for 2008 were revised at the U.S. and State level based on the Census of Agriculture. No new information is available to revise operations data for prior years. State level numbers for percent sold by point of first sale and trout lost by cause have been discontinued. Distributed trout eggs by region and the United States have also been discontinued for 2008. Trout: Number of Operations Selling and/or Distributing Fish and/or Eggs, by State and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Selling Trout :Distributing Trout 1/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 2/ : 2008 3/ : 2007 2/ : 2008 3/ : 2007 2/ : 2008 3/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AR : 5 5 CA : 43 19 32 CO : 36 14 24 GA : 15 11 6 ID : 52 29 24 MI : 38 31 7 MO : 12 6 6 NY : 47 32 24 NC : 71 59 12 OR : 57 20 38 PA : 229 59 173 UT : 25 13 13 VA : 35 22 13 WA : 113 14 99 WV : 23 15 10 WI : 67 45 26 : Oth Sts 4/: 256 136 126 : US : 1,124 1,018 525 463 638 584 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Trout distributed for restoration, conservation, or recreational purposes. 2/ Revised. 3/ State level number of operations will only be published every five years in conjunction with the Census of Agriculture. 4/ Other States include State estimates not listed and States supressed due to disclosure. Trout: Value of Fish Sold and Distributed, by State (excluding eggs), and United States (excluding and including eggs), 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total Value of Fish Sold :Total Value of Distributed Fish State :------------------------------------------------------------------ : 2007 1/ : 2008 : 2007 1/ : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Dollars : AR : * * CA : 5,985 8,318 11,711 15,268 CO : 2,557 621 4,684 6,733 GA : 378 547 * * ID : 46,631 35,321 6,939 7,271 MI : 848 1,027 1,220 1,078 MO : 2,131 2,245 1,761 1,823 NY : 430 841 * * NC : 6,632 7,135 1,071 1,279 OR : 1,114 952 4,664 4,252 PA : 5,212 5,427 23,237 14,691 UT : 436 535 * * VA : 1,411 1,605 1,910 1,876 WA : 5,329 5,805 9,064 9,154 WV : 359 777 * * WI : 1,590 1,421 2,895 2,650 : Oth Sts 2/ : 6,813 7,132 43,411 36,518 : US 3/ : 87,856 79,709 112,567 102,593 : US 4/ : 95,476 86,356 115,180 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 1/ Revised. 2/ Other States include State estimates not listed and States supressed due to disclosure. 3/ Excludes value of eggs. 4/ Includes value of eggs. Beginning in 2008, total value of distributed fish will no longer be published. Trout Sales by Size Category, by State and United States, 2007-2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : Live Weight : Sales Size Category : Number of Fish :----------------------------------------------------------------------- and State : : : Total : Average : Total : Average Price : : : : : per Fish : : : per Pound :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :2007 1/ : 2008 :2007 1/ : 2008 :2007 1/ : 2008 :2007 1/ : 2008 :2007 1/ : 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : ---- 1,000 ---- 1,000 Pounds -- Pounds -- 1,000 Dollars -- Dollars -- : Fish 12" or Longer: AR : CA : 1,810 2,290 2,150 2,950 1.2 1.3 5,504 7,877 2.56 2.67 CO : 760 * 682 * 0.9 * 2,230 * 3.27 * GA : * 174 * 206 * 1.2 * 441 * 2.14 ID : 45,400 27,600 49,900 35,400 1.1 1.3 46,407 35,046 0.93 0.99 MI : 240 300 236 296 1.0 1.0 675 864 2.86 2.92 MO : * * * * * * * * * * NY : 45 103 36 98 0.8 1.0 179 451 4.97 4.60 NC : 4,020 3,820 4,400 3,550 1.1 0.9 5,500 6,390 1.25 1.80 OR : * * * * * * * * * * PA : 1,080 1,340 1,410 1,460 1.3 1.1 4,033 4,336 2.86 2.97 UT : 101 109 111 124 1.1 1.1 350 433 3.15 3.49 VA : 590 640 586 634 1.0 1.0 1,272 1,433 2.17 2.26 WA : 1,210 1,040 3,900 3,700 3.2 3.6 4,212 4,921 1.08 1.33 WV : 184 305 202 450 1.1 1.5 335 775 1.66 1.72 WI : 480 480 432 446 0.9 0.9 1,464 1,244 3.39 2.79 : Oth Sts 2/ : 2,754 2,200 2,865 3,096 1.0 1.4 7,362 8,221 2.57 2.66 : US : 58,674 40,401 66,910 52,410 1.1 1.3 79,523 72,432 1.19 1.38 : Fish 6" - 12" : AR : CA : 490 * 148 * 0.3 * 435 * 2.94 * CO : * * * * * * * * * * GA : * * * * * * * * * * ID : * * * * * * * * * * MI : * * * * * * * * * * MO : * * * * * * * * * * NY : 88 136 35 58 0.4 0.4 210 351 6.00 6.05 NC : 790 420 395 204 0.5 0.5 679 396 1.72 1.94 OR : 155 250 62 78 0.4 0.3 208 253 3.35 3.24 PA : 410 540 204 202 0.5 0.4 1,040 891 5.10 4.41 UT : * * * * * * * * * * VA : * * * * * * * * * * WA : 620 670 187 248 0.3 0.4 561 630 3.00 2.54 WV : * * * * * * * * * * WI : 100 * 30 * 0.3 * 95 * 3.16 * : Oth Sts 2/ : 2,758 2,592 1,100 1,122 0.4 0.4 3,294 3,256 2.99 2.90 : US : 5,411 4,608 2,161 1,912 0.4 0.4 6,522 5,777 3.02 3.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Trout: Sales by Size Category, by State and United States, 2007-2008 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : Live Weight : Sales Size Category : Number of Fish :----------------------------------------------------------------------- and State : : : Total : Average : Total : Average Price : : : : : per 1,000 Fish : : : per 1,000 Fish :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :2007 1/ : 2008 :2007 1/ : 2008 :2007 1/ : 2008 :2007 1/ : 2008 :2007 1/ : 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : ---- 1,000 --- 1,000 Pounds --- Pounds -- 1,000 Dollars Dollars : Fish 1" - 6" : AR : CA : 330 * 11 * 33.3 * 46 * 140 * CO : * * * * * * * * * * GA : * * * * * ID : * * * * * * * * * * MI : * * * * * * * * * * MO : * * * * * * * * * * NY : 65 88 2 4 30.8 45.5 41 39 626 448 NC : 3,510 3,360 114 48 32.5 14.3 453 349 129 104 OR : * * * * * * * * * * PA : 400 540 21 6 52.5 11.1 139 200 348 370 UT : * * * * * * * * * * VA : * * * * * * * * * * WA : 2,750 980 94 36 34.2 36.7 556 254 202 259 WV : * * * * * * * * * * WI : 156 * 6 * 38.5 * 31 * 199 * : Oth Sts 2/ : 2,936 4,557 148 103 50.4 22.6 545 658 186 144 : US : 10,147 9,525 396 197 39.0 20.7 1,811 1,500 178 157 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 1/ Revised. 2/ Other States include State estimates not shown and States suppressed due to disclosure. Trout Eggs: Sales by State, Region, and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Average Price : : : Number of Eggs : per 1,000 Eggs : Total Sales Region 1/ :----------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 2/ : 2008 : 2007 2/ : 2008 : 2007 2/ : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ----- ---- Dollars --- 1,000 Dollars : Northeast : 551 599 21.80 23.40 12 14 South and : Central : 806 570 19.90 24.60 16 14 West : 398,057 363,813 19.10 18.20 7,592 6,619 WA : 389,000 356,000 19.20 18.30 7,469 6,515 : US : 399,414 364,982 19.10 18.20 7,620 6,647 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Regional listing on page 9. 2/ Revised. Trout: Percent Sold by Point of First Sale, United States, 2007-2008 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 12" or Longer : 6" - 12" Category :------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 3/ : 2008 : 2007 3/ : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Live Haulers : 5.2 5.9 12.3 8.2 Fee and Recreational Fishing : 17.0 23.5 43.9 38.8 Other Producers : 3.4 2.2 15.8 12.4 Government : 1.6 0.7 12.4 24.3 Direct to Consumers : 3.5 3.5 12.0 8.4 Processors : 64.4 58.4 0.8 1.4 Restaurant and Retail : 4.4 5.4 0.8 2.9 Other : 0.5 0.3 2.1 3.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Excludes distributed fish. 2/ Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. 3/ Revised. Trout Lost, Intented for Sale: Number and Pounds by Cause, United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 1/ : 2008 :------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Pounds : Number : Pounds Category : Lost : Lost : Lost : Lost -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : Diease : 28,108 4,469 22,760 3,719 Theft : 30 25 26 34 Chemicals : 24 13 23 4 Drought : 1,425 776 1,428 610 Flood : 96 70 164 143 Predators : 2,730 915 1,181 610 Other : 466 314 706 366 Total : 32,879 6,582 26,288 5,486 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. Trout Lost, Intended for Sale: Number and Pounds by State and United States, 2007-2008 ----------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 1/ : 2008 :----------------------------------------------- : Number : Pounds : Number : Pounds State : Lost : Lost : Lost : Lost ----------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AR : CA : 215 125 194 157 CO : 296 28 63 15 GA : 90 44 20 10 ID : 27,744 4,038 21,936 3,505 MI : 82 39 144 75 MO : 336 43 305 37 NY : 33 6 48 26 NC : 1,659 1,266 1,807 668 OR : 55 6 100 27 PA : 553 300 334 161 UT : 256 75 50 19 VA : 803 246 293 74 WA : 96 109 124 148 WV : 59 26 85 45 WI : 171 50 349 75 : Oth Sts 2/: 431 181 436 444 : US : 32,879 6,582 26,288 5,486 ----------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Other States include State estimates not shown and States suppressed due to disclosure. Distributed Trout by Size Category, by State and United States, 2007-2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : Live Weight : Sales Size Category : Number of Fish :----------------------------------------------------------------------- and State : : : Total : Average : Total : Average Value : : : : : Pounds per Fish : : : per Pound :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :2007 1/ : 2008 :2007 1/ : 2008 :2007 1/ : 2008 :2007 1/ : 2008 :2007 1/ : 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : ---- 1,000 ---- 1,000 Pounds -- Pounds -- 1,000 Dollars -- Dollars -- : Fish 12" or Longer: AR : * * * * * * * * * * CA : 3,270 * 3,250 * 1.0 * 5,818 * 1.79 * CO : * * * * * * * * * * GA : * * * * * * * * * * ID : * * * * * * * * * * MI : * * * * * * * * * * MO : * * * * * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * * * * * NC : 340 500 342 407 1.0 0.8 530 842 1.55 2.07 OR : * * * * * * * * * * PA : 17 240 20 244 1.2 1.0 76 764 3.79 3.13 UT : * * * * * * * * * * VA : 660 750 463 580 0.7 0.8 1,134 1,293 2.45 2.23 WA : 152 157 182 159 1.2 1.0 637 557 3.50 3.50 WV : * * * * * * * * * * WI : 15 7 33 14 2.2 2.0 142 38 4.29 2.69 : Oth Sts 2/ : 3,904 6,934 3,437 6,175 0.8 0.8 10,921 17,629 3.18 2.85 : US : 8,358 8,588 7,727 7,579 0.9 0.8 19,258 21,123 2.49 2.79 : Fish 6" - 12" : AR : * * * * * * * * * * CA : 7,310 8,310 2,200 2,650 0.3 0.3 5,786 7,897 2.63 2.98 CO : 3,870 3,380 1,550 1,310 0.4 0.4 4,201 3,720 2.71 2.84 GA : * * * * * * * * * * ID : * * * * * * * * * * MI : * * * * * * * * * * MO : * * * * * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * * * * * NC : * * * * * * * * * * OR : 2,740 2,880 1,100 1,020 0.4 0.4 4,477 4,080 4.07 4.00 PA : 9,180 5,480 4,600 2,550 0.5 0.5 21,712 13,005 4.72 5.10 UT : * * * * * * * * * * VA : * * * * * * * * * * WA : 10,500 11,000 2,100 2,250 0.2 0.2 7,602 7,808 3.62 3.47 WV : * * * * * * * * * * WI : 5,490 2,690 549 404 0.1 0.2 2,141 1,273 3.90 3.15 : Oth Sts 2/ : 32,840 30,110 10,557 9,363 0.3 0.3 33,260 30,649 3.15 3.27 : US : 71,930 63,850 22,656 19,547 0.3 0.3 79,179 68,432 3.49 3.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Distributed Trout by Size Category, by State and United States, 2007-2008 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : Live Weight : Sales Size Category : Number of Fish :----------------------------------------------------------------------- and State : : : Total : Average : Total : Average Value : : : : : per 1,000 Fish : : : per 1,000 Fish :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :2007 1/ : 2008 :2007 1/ : 2008 :2007 1/ : 2008 :2007 1/ : 2008 :2007 1/ : 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : ---- 1,000 ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pounds -- 1,000 Dollars Dollars : Fish 1" - 6" : AR : * * * * * * * * * * CA : 2,400 * 168 * 70.0 * 107 * 45 * CO : * * * * * * * * * * GA : * * * * * * * * * * ID : 29,700 23,300 1,200 598 40.4 25.7 3,683 3,146 124 135 MI : 2,610 2,440 101 58 38.7 23.8 133 131 51 54 MO : * * * * * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * * * * * NC : * * * * * * * * * * OR : * * * * * * * * * * PA : 4,830 2,650 203 63 42.0 23.8 1,449 922 300 348 UT : * * * * * * * * * * VA : * * * * * * * * * * WA : 7,170 11,300 264 190 36.8 16.8 825 789 115 70 WV : * * * * * * * * * * WI : 3,000 3,030 105 80 35.0 26.4 612 1,339 204 442 : Oth Sts 2/ : 32,181 52,026 1,060 1,590 32.9 30.6 7,321 6,711 227 129 : US : 81,891 94,746 3,101 2,579 37.9 27.2 14,130 13,038 173 138 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 1/ Revised. 2/ Other States include State estimates not shown and States suppressed due to disclosure. Distributed Trout Eggs by Region and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Average Value : Total Value : Number of Eggs : per 1,000 Eggs : of Sales Region 1/ :----------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 2/ : 2008 3/ : 2007 2/ : 2008 3/ : 2007 2/ : 2008 3/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 ---- --- Dollars -- 1,000 Dollars : Northeast : * * * South and : Central : * * * West : 89,998 19.20 1,725 : US 4/ : 132,236 19.80 2,614 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 1/ Regional listing on Page 9. 2/ Revised. 3/ Beginning in 2008, total value of distributed fish will no longer be published. 4/ Due to disclsoure, the sum of individual regions may not equal the total. Reliability of Trout Production Estimates Survey Procedures: Data for trout production are collected from all known producers. Individual NASS field offices maintain a list of all known trout producers and use known sources of producers to update their lists. All known trout producers 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. Care is exercised to ensure all operations are accounted for. 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. NASS field offices prepare these estimates by using a combination of survey indications and historic trends. Individual State estimates are reviewed by the Agricultural Statistics Board for 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. Reliability: Trout production estimates are based on a census of all known active producers and therefore, have no sampling variability. However, estimates are subject to errors such as omissions, duplication, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. While these errors cannot be measured directly, they are minimized through strict quality controls in the data collection process and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. Terms and Definitions Used for Trout Production Estimates 12" or Longer Fish: Grown commercially for food, usually weighing from three-fourths to one and one-half pounds. 6"- 12" Fish: Usually stockers that weigh less than three-fourths of a pound. They may be sold as foodsize fish. Fingerlings: Fish usually from 1 to 6 inches long. Live Haulers: Person who buys live fish on the farm and functions as a middleman. Chemicals: Includes losses from pesticides or herbicide poisoning. Disease: Includes losses from both parasitic and bacterial caused sickness. 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. Theft/Vandalism: The unauthorized removal of fish and/or the destruction of property causing a loss of fish by intentional acts by persons known or unknown. Regional Listing Northeast: CT, DE, MA, MD, ME, NJ, NH, NY, PA, RI, VT. 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