Aquaculture Data

Aquaculture Data Documentation

Overview

Aquaculture is the production of aquatic animals and plants under controlled conditions for all or part of their lifecycle. (See the Aquaculture Briefing Room for more information.) This data product provides statistics on domestically grown catfish and trout and U.S. imports and exports of fish and shellfish that may be products of aquaculture, such as salmon, shrimp, and oysters.

For help understanding the data, see the Documentation.

Data

Data Set Last Updated Production and Inventories Catfish: Inventory as of January 1st July 2008 Catfish: Grower and processor total sales and average prices December 2008 Catfish: Processor sales by product type Catfish: Average price received by processors by product type Trout: Grower sales February 2008 All production and inventory tables in one file:      Recent (contains latest 5-7 years of data):      Historical (provides entire time series for the data): Trade Volume and value of U.S. exports of selected fish and shellfish products February 2009 Volume and value of U.S. imports of selected fish and shellfish products U.S. Atlantic salmon imports, volume by selected sources U.S. Atlantic salmon imports, value by selected sources U.S. tilapia imports, volume by selected sources U.S. tilapia imports, value by selected sources U.S. shrimp imports, volume by selected sources U.S. shrimp imports, value by selected sources All trade tables in one file:      Recent (contains latest 6 years of data and year to date):      Historical (provides entire time series back to 1989):

Related Links

Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook —Monthly analysis of current developments in the livestock, poultry, and aquaculture industries, providing data on animal numbers, meat and egg production, prices, trade, and net returns. Aquaculture products are featured commodities at least twice a year.

2005 Census of Aquaculture—Comprehensive census of the U.S. aquaculture industry. Results detail aquaculture production by species, State, and type of production system. The number of farmers is reported per State for the various species groups.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries Service)—Data on the domestic wild seafood harvest and imports and exports of seafood products.

U.S. Trade Internet System—Monthly U.S. agricultural trade from 1989 forward. Data are available for individual countries and for products down to the level of HS-10 codes for both volume (product-weight basis) and value.