Agricultural Statistics - Catfish & Trout

**Catfish Sold**
Year	Number Sold	Pounds Sold	Price per Pound	Value of Sales
Year	Thousands		Dollars	Thousand Dollars
2004	3,810	7,150	0.69	4,934
2005	4,640	8,150	0.74	6,031
2006	4,790	8,600	0.81	6,966
2007	3,850	8,100	0.81	6,561
2008	4,040	8,050	0.85	6,843

**Catfish Sales**
State	Water Surface Acres January 1 - June 30		Total Sales All Sizes
	2007¹	2008	2007¹	2008
	Number		Thousand Dollars
Alabama	22,200	22,100	95,782	93,254
Arkansas	31,400	25,000	78,110	64,263
California	2,300	2,400	12,603	7,913
Louisiana	6,400	6,300	11,769	11,883
Mississippi	90,300	80,200	229,385	206,288
North Carolina	2,100	2,200	7,099	7,221
Texas	3,800	3,800	12,152	13,212
Other States ²	4,600	4,900	7,693	5,964
United States	163,100	146,900	454,593	409,998

¹Revised.
² Other states include State estimates not shown and States suppressed due to disclosure.

**Trout Sold**
Year	Number Sold ¹	Pounds Sold	Price per Pound	Value of Sales
Year	Thousands		Dollars	Thousand Dollars
2004	3,510	3,940	1.38	5,437
2005	3,530	4,130	1.38	5,699
2006	3,890	4,350	1.47	6,395
2007	4,020	4,400	1.25	5,500
2008	3,820	3,550	1.80	6,390

¹Twelve inches or longer

**Trout Sales**
State	Total Value of Fish Sold		Total Value of Distributed Fish
	2007¹	2008	2007¹	2008
	Thousand Dollars		Thousand Dollars
Arkansas	-	-	*	*
California	5,985	8,318	11,711	15,268
Colorado	2,557	621	4,684	6,733
Georgia	378	547	*	*
Idaho	46,631	35,321	6,939	7,271
Michigan	848	1,027	1,220	1,078
Missouri	2,131	2,245	1,761	1,823
New York	430	841	*	*
North Carolina	6,632	7,135	1,071	1,279
Oregon	1,114	952	4,664	4,252
Pennsylvania	5,212	5,427	23,237	14,691
Utah	436	535	*	*
Virginia	1,411	1,605	1,910	1,876
Washington	5,329	5,805	9,064	9,154
West Virginia	359	777	*	*
Wisconsin	1,590	1,421	2,895	2,650
Other States ²	6,813	7,132	43,411	36,518
United States³	87,856	79,709	112,567	102,593
United States ⁴	95,476	86,356	115,180	**

*Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations.
¹Revised.
²Other States include State estimates not listed and States suppressed due to disclosure.
³Excludes value of eggs
⁴Includes value of eggs.
**Beginning in 2008, total value of distributed fish will no longer be published

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Last update April 15, 2009

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