History of Aquaculture in the United States…and Florida

Aquaculture began in China

Grass carp

Common carpBighead carp

Silver carp

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

6.Indonesia

7. Bangladesh

8. Vietnam

9. N. Korea

30,044 2,035 1,315 949 777 690 620 613 482 479

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

10. United States

Aquaculture harvest by region in the world, 1996

U. S. aquaculture began in the late 1800s and early 1900s in federal fish hatcheries.

Rainbow trout

bluegill

Largemouth bass

Pacific salmon

Channel Catfish

Channel Catfish

Channel Catfish

scale

Channel Catfish

Mississippi accounts for 65 % of farmed catfish

600,000,000 lbs processed in 2001

Rainbow trout

Rainbow trout

Rainbow trout

Rainbow troutWorld Production of Rainbow Trout in 1999: 502,300,000 lbs

U.S. annual production: 56,900,000 lbs in 20019 % of total finfish production in U. S.

1. Idaho 39,500,000 0.87

2. 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

State Production, lb Price/lb

Red Swamp Crawfish

Red Swamp Crawfish

Female carrying eggs

Size variety in ponds

Crawfish burrow

Red Swamp Crawfish

Louisiana

Red Swamp Crawfish199836,100,000 lbs90% of crawfish in the U. S.

Tilapia

Nile Tilapia

Red Tilapia

Tilapia

TilapiaMono-sex male tilapia populations can be produced by:

1. Visual selection

2. Hybridization

3. Sex-reversal

4. Genetic manipulation

Male Populations

Over 1,980,000,000 lbs of farmed tilapia are harvest world-wide

yearly.

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

Tilapia

Atlantic Salmon

Atlantic Salmon

Atlantic Salmon

Atlantic SalmonWorld 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

White bass

Striped bass

Hybrid striped bass

Hybrid striped bass

Hybrid striped bass

Hybrid striped bass

U. S. harvest - 2000

Weight – 11,237,000 lbs

Oysters

OystersWild oyster seed collected on substrate

Hatchery produced oyster seed

OystersHarvest from beds on ocean floor

Cultured oyster harvest

canned

Oysters Wild and farmed harvest of oyster meat in the U. S. in 1999 was 279,914,000 lbs.

Meat is 10 % of the whole oyster weight

Bait MinnowsGolden Shiner Fathead minnow

Arkansas

Nearly 1,600 bait minnow farms are in operation in the United States.

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.

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

Ornamental fishes

Florida

Tampa

800 varieties of freshwater fishes worth $43.2 million in 1999

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