History of Aquaculture in the

United Statesand Florida

Aquaculture began in China

Silver carp

Bighead carp
Common carp

Grass carp

World Seafood Production in 2000:

Finfish and shellfish = 130.4 million metric
tons ( mmt )
Finfish, shellfish and plants = 141.8 mmt
World aquaculture production in 2000:
45.7 mmt total aquaculture including:
35.6 mmt of fish and shellfish and 8.5 mmt of cultured seaweed.

26 % of fish and shell fish harvested due to aquaculture

Table 1. World Fish, Shellfish and Seaweed Culture, by country in 1999 (MT x 1000)
1.
China

2.
India

3.
Japan

4.
Philippines

5.
S. Korea

30,044

2,035

1,315

949

777

6.
7.
Indonesia Bangladesh

690

620

8.
Vietnam

9.
N. Korea

10.
United States

613

482

479

Aquaculture harvest by region in the world, 1996

U. S. aquaculture began in the late 1800s and early

1900s in federal fish hatcheries.
Pacific salmon
Rainbow trout

bluegill

Largemouth bass

Channel Catfish

Channel Catfish

Channel Catfish

scale

Channel Catfish

600,000,000 lbs
processed in 2001
Mississippi
accounts
for 65 % of
farmed
catfish

Rainbow trout

Rainbow trout

Rainbow trout

Rainbow trout
WorldProductionofRainbowTroutin1999:502,300,000lbs

U.S.annualproduction:56,900,000lbsin2001
9%oftotalfinfishproductioninU.S.
State
1.

Idaho

2.

Production,lb

Price/lb

39,500,000

0.87

N.Carolina

4,550,000

1.30

3.

Washington

2,590,000

1.00

4.

California

2,500,000

2.05

5.

Pennsylvania

1,640,000

2.50

Red Swamp Crawfish

Red Swamp Crawfish

Female carrying eggs

Size variety in ponds

Crawfish burrow

Red Swamp Crawfish

Red Swamp Crawfish

1998
36,100,000 lbs
90% of crawfish in the U. S.

Louisiana

Tilapia
RedTilapia

NileTilapia

Tilapia

Tilapia
Monosexmaletilapiapopulationscan
beproducedby:
1.Visualselection
2.Hybridization
3.Sexreversal
4.Geneticmanipulation

MalePopulations

Tilapia

U. S. tilapia
Production 2000:
18,191,000 lbs

Over1,980,000,000lbs
offarmedtilapiaare
harvestworldwide
yearly.

Atlantic Salmon

Atlantic Salmon

Atlantic Salmon

Atlantic Salmon
World Harvest of
Farmed Salmon in 1999
is: 1,760,000,000 lbs

Maine is the leading U. S.

producer at 79,000,000 lbs

Hybrid striped bass

Striped bass

White bass

Hybrid striped bass

Hybrid striped bass

Hybrid striped bass

Hybrid striped bass

U. S. harvest - 2000
Weight 11,237,000 lbs

Oysters

Oysters
Wild oyster
seed
collected
on
substrate

Hatchery produced oyster seed

Oysters
Harvest from beds on ocean floor

Cultured oyster harvest

canned

Oysters
Meat is 10 %
of the whole
oyster weight

Wild and farmed harvest of oyster meat in

the U. S. in 1999 was 279,914,000 lbs.

Bait Minnows
Golden Shiner

Fathead minnow

Nearly 1,600 bait minnow farms are in operation in the

United States.
Arkansas

15,480,000 lb with
a value of 57
million dollars
produced in 1999

The largest bait farm in the U.S. has about 2,500 acres
of water and produces about 3 million pounds per
year.
Arkansas is the leading baitfish-producing state,
accounting for about half of the nation's supply.
Minnesota, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and
Missouri each have over 1,000 acres devoted to bait
fish farming.

Ornamental fishes

Florida
800 varieties of
freshwater fishes
worth $43.2 million
in 1999

Tampa

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