HDR1012000170131003961500 Trout Production Released September 27, 1996, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Trout Production" call Dan Boostrom at (202) 720-3244, 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@NASS.USDA.GOV. Trout Sales Decrease 3 Percent Total value of all sales received by trout growers in the 15 selected States totaled $72.0 million during the 12 month period from September 1, 1995 through August 31, 1996. This was a decrease of 3 percent from the $73.9 million in sales during the same period a year ago. Growers sold a total of 57.4 million pounds of trout valued at $66.0 million this year. Ag 3 (9-96) Foodsize Sales Number of foodsize trout sold during September 1, 1995 through August 31, 1996 totaled 56.5 million pounds, down 6 percent from the previous year. The value of sales for the 1996 marketing year was $56.9 million, down 6 percent from the $60.8 million of foodsize sales during the 1995 marketing year. The average value per pound was $1.06 during 1996, down from the $1.09 per pound during 1995. The major outlet for foodsize trout sales was to processors with 67 percent of total live weight sales. Fee and recreational fishing establishments, at 19 percent, were the next largest followed by restaurants and retailers with 5 percent. Stocker Sales Number of stocker trout sold was 7.58 million fish during September 1, 1995 through August 31, 1996, down 15 percent from the 8.89 million fish sold during the previous year. The total live weight pounds of stockers sold during 1996 was 3.48 million, up 23 percent from the 2.83 million pounds sold during 1995. The average value per pound was $2.13 during 1996, down $.15 from the 1995 price. The total value of stocker sales was $7.42 million from September 1, 1995 through August 31, 1996, up 15 percent from the $6.46 million in sales during the previous year. The major sales outlet for stocker trout was to fee and recreational fishing establishments with 49 percent of the total live weight sales, followed by 20 percent of sales to other producers and live haulers and government with 11 percent each. Fingerling Sales Number of fingerlings sold during September 1, 1995 through August 31, 1996 totaled 9.67 million trout compared with 7.91 million trout during the previous year. Total pounds sold was 288 thousand pounds during 1996, compared with 175 thousand pounds during 1995. The average value per pound was $5.80 during the 1996 marketing year, compared with $6.67 per pound in 1995. The total value of fingerling sales was $1.67 million, up 43 percent from last year's $1.17 million in sales. Trout Egg Sales Trout egg sales during September 1, 1995 through August 31, 1996 totaled 452 million eggs, up 9 percent from 414 million eggs sold during the previous year. The average value per 1,000 eggs during 1996 was $13.14, down from $13.35 during 1995. The total value of trout egg sales during 1996 was $5.94 million, up 7 percent from the $5.53 million in egg sales during the previous year. Losses of Fish Total losses of all trout was 27.4 million fish or 5.13 million pounds during September 1, 1995 through August 31, 1996. Of the total number lost, 71 percent were lost due to disease, followed by predators with 24 percent lost. Trout: Number of Operations by State, September 1, 1995-96 Total Sales by State, September 1,- August 31, 1995-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Operations : Total Sales :----------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Sep 1 : Sep 1 - Aug 31 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- Number ------ ----- 1,000 Dollars ---- : CA : 19 15 5,352 4,882 CO : 33 36 2,269 2,420 ID : 33 33 33,197 32,232 MI : 51 45 1,850 2,055 MO : 12 10 1,964 2,023 NY : 27 29 579 1,015 NC : 57 54 6,664 7,137 OR : 23 19 810 625 PA : 36 41 5,147 5,219 UT : 18 18 3,596 2,489 VA : 38 33 2,199 2,222 WA : 27 27 1,693 847 WI : 48 47 1,950 1,821 : Oth : Sts 1/ : 15 16 1,241 1,046 : Total 2/: 437 423 73,949 71,972 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes GA and TN. 2/ Value of egg sales included only in total. Trout: Number, Weight, and Value of Foodsize, and State. September 1,- August 31, 1995-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Pounds : Value : Average Value : Sold : Sold : of Sales : per Pound State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------- 1,000 ------------- 1,000 Dollars -- Dollars -- : CA : 2,186 2,033 2,345 2,284 4,738 4,248 2.02 1.86 CO : 850 520 778 543 1,651 1,315 2.12 2.42 ID : 45,000 43,000 40,000 40,000 32,600 32,000 .82 .80 MI : 580 605 555 570 1,300 1,330 2.34 2.33 MO : 789 989 725 728 1,560 1,707 2.15 2.34 NY : 62 110 61 99 254 378 4.16 3.82 NC : 4,872 4,051 5,059 4,308 5,926 5,009 1.17 1.16 OR : 340 225 270 217 550 475 2.04 2.19 PA : 1,375 1,495 1,378 1,553 3,205 3,739 2.33 2.41 UT : 1,586 1,144 1,792 1,205 3,230 2,077 1.80 1.72 VA : 1,097 965 979 935 1,946 1,862 1.99 1.99 WA : 447 278 651 240 1,435 484 2.20 2.02 WI : 518 579 484 493 1,508 1,564 3.12 3.17 : Oth : Sts 1/ : 484 522 532 429 894 754 1.68 1.76 : Total : 60,186 56,516 55,609 53,604 60,797 56,942 1.09 1.06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes GA and TN. Trout: Number, Weight, and Value of Stocker Sales, by State September 1,- August 31, 1995-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Pounds : Value : Average Value : Sold : Sold : of Sales : per Pound State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------- 1,000 ------------ 1,000 Dollars -- Dollars -- : CA : 380 502 185 286 443 559 2.39 1.95 CO : 723 806 257 433 560 1,021 2.18 2.36 ID : 2,883 700 352 155 510 232 1.45 1.50 MI : 520 620 150 240 350 525 2.33 2.19 MO : 678 555 234 196 404 316 1.73 1.61 NY : 130 262 61 130 281 591 4.61 4.55 NC : 596 1,530 255 845 574 1,376 2.25 1.63 OR : 340 145 130 38 230 100 1.77 2.63 PA : 1,377 1,126 624 506 1,890 1,401 3.03 2.77 UT : 285 336 179 231 346 402 1.93 1.74 VA : 214 233 117 149 196 284 1.68 1.91 WA : 316 473 67 122 186 281 2.78 2.30 WI : 334 211 135 96 342 225 2.53 2.34 : Oth : Sts 1/ : 117 83 81 52 147 108 1.81 2.08 : Total : 8,893 7,582 2,827 3,479 6,459 7,421 2.28 2.13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes GA and TN. Trout: Number, Weight, and Value of Finglerling Sales by State, September 1,- August 31, 1995-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Pounds : Value : Average Value : Sold : Sold : of Sales : per Pound State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 ------------ 1,000 Dollars --- Dollars -- : CA : 676 374 18 4 171 75 9.50 18.75 CO : 334 360 11 13 58 84 5.27 6.46 ID : 1,763 * 27 * 87 * 3.22 * MI : 700 700 18 18 200 200 11.11 11.11 NY : 166 174 4 4 44 46 11.00 11.50 NC : 2,165 3,279 29 113 164 752 5.66 6.65 OR : 130 310 3 3 30 50 10.00 16.67 PA : 269 582 8 15 52 79 6.50 5.27 UT : 70 31 4 2 20 10 5.00 5.00 VA : 293 382 10 14 57 76 5.70 5.43 WA : 384 331 13 10 72 82 5.54 8.20 WI : 342 315 9 8 100 32 11.11 4.00 : Oth : Sts 1/ : 613 2,828 21 84 113 184 5.38 2.19 : Total : 7,905 9,666 175 288 1,168 1,670 6.67 5.80 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Included in "Other States." 1/ GA, MO, and TN. Trout: Number and Value of Egg Sales by Region, September 1 - August 31, 1995-96 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Value : Average Value Region : Sold : of Sales : per 1,000 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ------ 1,000 Dollars ---- Dollars --- : N East : 627 562 10 10 15.95 17.79 So & Cent : 573 425 10 6 17.45 14.12 West : 412,579 450,961 5,505 5,923 13.34 13.13 : Total : 413,779 451,948 5,525 5,939 13.35 13.14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Trout: Foodsize Percent Sold by Outlet Type, September 1, 1995 - August 31, 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Other : : Direct : : : State : Live :Fee/rec : Produ- : Govt. : to : Proc- : Rest & : Other :Haulers :Fishing : cers : :Consumer: essors : Retail : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : CA : 2 92 6 CO : 15 80 2 1 1 1 ID : 1 1 98 MI : 20 45 5 * 5 * 15 MO : * 59 13 * * * * NY : 4 38 3 1 23 30 1 NC : 10 2 5 1 77 5 OR : 23 * * * PA : 4 35 6 6 13 * 6 * UT : 26 3 51 20 VA : 9 34 19 4 18 16 WA : 7 56 16 5 3 3 2 8 WI : 3 20 2 5 8 48 14 : Oth : Sts 1/ : 3 8 4 3 2 57 19 4 : Wt. Avg : 3 19 2 1 2 67 5 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Included with "Other States." 1/ GA and TN. Trout: Stockers Percent Sold by Outlet Type, September 1, 1995 - August 31, 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : State : Live : Fee/rec : Other : Govt. : Other : Haulers : Fishing : Producers : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : CA : 95 5 CO : 20 58 1 17 4 ID : * 50 34 * * MI : 15 15 20 50 MO : * 13 * * NY : 13 47 12 6 22 NC : 4 57 13 26 OR : 45 48 * PA : 4 52 * 6 * UT : 1 28 71 VA : 49 50 1 WA : 29 39 6 7 19 WI : 30 49 12 9 : Oth : Sts 1/ : 15 1 49 26 9 : Wt. Avg : 11 49 20 11 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Included with "Other States." 1/ GA and TN. Trout Lost: Number, Pounds, and Percent Lost by Cause, September 1, 1995 - August 31, 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Disease : Theft :----------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Number : Pounds : Number : Pounds :Pct. of : Number : Pounds :Pct. of : Lost : Lost : Lost : Lost :Tot. No.: Lost : Lost :Tot. No. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------- 1,000 ------------ Percent --- 1,000 -- Percent : CA : 302 126 126 25 42 2 7 1 CO : 373 111 37 6 10 34 23 9 ID : 22,433 3,556 18,000 2,900 80 3 2 0 MI : 237 66 31 5 13 * * * MO : 212 51 * * * 4 2 2 NY : 212 27 50 5 24 1 1 0 NC : 935 419 590 230 63 1 1 0 OR : 338 76 * * * 2 1 1 PA : 1,241 302 * * * 15 9 1 UT : 336 143 20 1 6 12 11 3 VA : 272 66 158 18 58 2 1 1 WA : 81 43 35 3 43 2 1 2 WI : 176 72 28 1 16 7 5 4 : Oth : Sts 1/ : 206 67 489 28 24 17 15 1 : Total : 27,354 5,125 19,564 3,222 71 102 79 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Included in "Other States" with GA, TN. 1/ Losses by type (disease, theft, etc) do not add to total losses due to individual operation disclosure. Trout Lost: Number, Pounds, and Percent by Cause, September 1, 1995 - August 31, 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Chemicals : Drought : Flood :------------------------------------------------------------------------ State :Number :Pounds :Pct. of :Number :Pounds:Pct. of :Number :Pounds:Pct. of : Lost : Lost :Tot. No.: Lost : Lost :Tot. No.: Lost : Lost :Tot. No. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Percent 1,000 Percent 1,000 Percent : CA : CO : 30 7 8 5 1 1 ID : MI : * * * * * * * * * MO : * * * * * * * * * NY : 10 1 5 18 2 8 14 6 7 NC : 5 5 1 6 1 1 140 54 15 OR : * * * * * * * * * PA : * * * * * * * * * UT : VA : * * * * * * * * * WA : 1 2 1 13 21 16 WI : 1 1 : Oth : Sts 1/: 48 24 2 105 30 5 310 98 15 : Total : 63 30 0 160 42 1 483 180 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Included with "Other States". 1/ GA and TN. Trout Lost: Number, Pounds, and Percent by Cause, September 1, 1995 - August 31, 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Predators : Other :----------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Number : Pounds : Pct. of : Number : Pounds : Pct. of : Lost : Lost : Tot. No. : Lost : Lost : Tot. No. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- 1,000 ----- Percent ---- 1,000 ---- Percent : CA : 130 67 43 44 27 14 CO : 266 73 71 1 1 0 ID : 4,400 650 20 30 4 0 MI : 125 49 53 * * * MO : 70 26 33 * * * NY : 76 8 36 43 3 20 NC : 68 16 7 125 107 13 OR : * * * * * * PA : * * * 50 16 4 UT : 251 109 75 53 22 16 VA : * * * * * * WA : 23 9 29 7 7 9 WI : 127 62 72 13 4 7 : Oth : Sts 1/ : 947 237 47 133 45 7 : Total : 6,483 1,306 24 499 236 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Included with "Other States". 1/ GA and TN. Trout Estimates Survey Procedures: Over 650 commercial trout producers in the 15 selected States were contacted between September 1 and September 18, 1996. 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. 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