Trout

Virginia’s 2001 commercial trout production was valued at more than 1.3 million dollars. 
This is down 20 percent from 2000’s 1.64 million dollars.  This drop in production was due
to a decline in operations, and death loss due to disease, theft/vandalism, chemicals, 
drought, floods and predators.  Virginia ranks 9th nationally in value of trout sold (excluding
 eggs).

Foodsize trout sold totaled 630,000 pounds, down 17 percent from 2000’s 758,000 pounds.  The
average value per pound for foodsize trout declined 11 cents from 2000 to $1.93.  Foodsize trout 
account for 92 percent of Virginia’s trout sales.

Recreational and fee fishing was the biggest sales outlet for foodsize trout.  There were
307,000 trout lost in 2001 that were intended for sale making up 87,000 pounds.  Disease, 
drought, and predators were the top killers of Virginia trout, accounting for 94 percent of the 
losses.


Trout Sales, 2000-2001

Type			Number of Fish	Total Pounds Sold	Total Value of Sales	Average Value/Pound	
			 2000 1/  2001	2000 1/	    2001	2000 1/	     2001	2000 1/	   2001	
			-thousand-	-thousand -              -thousand dollars-	-dollars-	
 
Foodsize 2/		750	   676	    758	    630		1,546	1,215	         2.04	1.93	
Stocker 3/		*	    *	      *	      *		*	*		  *	*		
Fingerlings4/ 5/	*	    *	      *	      *		*	*	          *	*		
Total 			*	    *	      *	      *		1,644	1,318	          *     *	


Trout Regional and U.S. Egg Sales, 2000-2001

Region 1/		Number of Eggs	 Total Value of Sales	Average Value /000 Eggs
	 		2000 	   2001	  2000 	    2001	2000 	2001
			-thousand-	-thousand dollars-	-dollars-				
 North East		1,127	  1,100	      31      25	27.50	22.70	
 South & Central	940	    593	      19      11	20.20	18.50	
 West			284,770	336,530	   3,979   5,077	14.00	15.10	
 U.S. Total		286,837	338,223	   4,029   5,113	14.00	15.10	

1/ Regions are defined as follows - North East: CT, MA, ME, PA & WV, SOUTH: AR, GA, NC, TN,& VA; 
CENTRAL; MI, MO, & WI; WEST:CA, CO, ID, OR, UT AND WA.