History of Aquaculture in the United States…and Florida

1. History of Aquaculture in the United States…and Florida

2. Silver carp Bighead carp Common carp Grass carp Aquaculture began in China

3. 6. Indonesia 1. China 2. India 3. Japan 4. Philippines 5. S. Korea 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 • Table 1. World Fish, Shellfish and Seaweed Culture, by country in 1999 (MT x 1000) 10. United States

4. Aquaculture harvest by region in the world, 1996

5. U. S. aquaculture began in the late 1800s and early 1900s in federal fish hatcheries. Pacific salmon Rainbow trout bluegill Largemouth bass

6. Channel Catfish

7. Channel Catfish

8. scale Channel Catfish

9. Channel Catfish 600,000,000 lbs processed in 2001 Mississippi accounts for 65 % of farmed catfish

10. Rainbow trout

11. Rainbow trout

12. Rainbow trout

13. Rainbow trout World 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. State Production, lb Price/lb • Idaho 39,500,000 0.87 • N. Carolina 4,550,000 1.30 • Washington 2,590,000 1.00 • California 2,500,000 2.05 • Pennsylvania 1,640,000 2.50

14. Red Swamp Crawfish

15. Red Swamp Crawfish Crawfish burrow Female carrying eggs Size variety in ponds

16. Red Swamp Crawfish

17. Red Swamp Crawfish 1998 36,100,000 lbs 90% of crawfish in the U. S. Louisiana

18. Tilapia Red Tilapia Nile Tilapia

19. Tilapia

20. Tilapia Mono-sex male tilapia populations can be produced by: 1. Visual selection 2. Hybridization 3. Sex-reversal 4. Genetic manipulation Male Populations

21. Tilapia Over 1,980,000,000 lbs of farmed tilapia are harvest world-wide yearly. U. S. tilapia Production 2000: 18,191,000 lbs

22. Atlantic Salmon

23. Atlantic Salmon

24. Atlantic Salmon

25. Atlantic Salmon Maine is the leading U. S. producer at 79,000,000 lbs World Harvest of Farmed Salmon in 1999 is:1,760,000,000 lbs

26. Hybrid striped bass Striped bass White bass Hybrid striped bass

27. Hybrid striped bass

28. Hybrid striped bass

29. Hybrid striped bass U. S. harvest - 2000 Weight – 11,237,000 lbs

30. Oysters

31. Oysters Wild oyster seed collected on substrate Hatchery produced oyster seed

32. canned Oysters Harvest from beds on ocean floor Cultured oyster harvest

33. 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

34. Bait Minnows Golden Shiner Fathead minnow 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. Arkansas 15,480,000 lb with a value of 57 million dollars produced in 1999

35. Florida Tampa Ornamental fishes 800 varieties of freshwater fishes worth $43.2 million in 1999

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