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U. S. aquaculture began in the late 1800s and early 1900s in federal fish hatcheries.
Rainbow trout
bluegill
Largemouth bass
Pacific salmon
Rainbow troutWorld Production of Rainbow Trout in 1999: 502,300,000 lbs
U.S. annual production: 56,900,000 lbs in 2001
9 % 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
Tilapia
Mono-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 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
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