NORTH CAROLINA AQUACULTURE UPDATE 2001

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NORTH CAROLINAAQUACULTURE UPDATE2001

• Thomas M. Losordo, Professor and Aquaculture
  Specialist
• College of Agriculture Life Sciences
• Rebecca Dunning, Economist
• Debra Sloan, Business Specialist
• North Carolina Department of Agriculture
  Consumer
• Services

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2001 NORTH CAROLINAAQUACULTURE SPECIES
Trout Catfish Crawfish Striped Bass
Tilapia Yellow Perch Ornamentals
Flounder Black Sea Bass Clams Oysters Soft Shell
Crabs
Blow Feeder used with Production Ponds
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2001 NORTH CAROLINATROUT INDUSTRY STATUS
60 Food Fish Producers5.5 - 6 Million Pounds(No
Growth) _at_ 1.10 / PoundFarm Gate Value
6,600,000
Trout Production Raceway Tanks
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2001 NORTH CAROLINATROUT INDUSTRY STATUS
13 Hatcheries6,750,000 Fingerlings Produced_at_
0.08 eachFarm Gate Value 540,000
Eyed Trout Eggs
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2001 NORTH CAROLINATROUT INDUSTRY STATUS
30 Fee Fishing Operations 296,000 Pounds_at_
3.20 / PoundFarm Gate Value 947,200
Harvesting Trout
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2001 NORTH CAROLINATROUT INDUSTRY STATUS
Total TroutFarm-Gate(does not include value
added)Value 8,087,000
Value Added Trout Products
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2001 NORTH CAROLINACATFISH INDUSTRY STATUS
44 Food Fish Producers (up from 39 in 2000)1961
Pond Acres (308)488 Acres Under Construction
6,300,000 Pounds (Up 37 from 4.6 M) _at_ 0.66
/ Pound ( 0.09) Farm Gate Value 4,158,000
Harvesting Catfish
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2001 NORTH CAROLINACATFISH INDUSTRY STATUS
2 Fingerling Producers3,000,000
fingerlingsFarm Gate Value 210,000?
Catfish Lift Net
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2001 NORTH CAROLINAHYBRID STRIPED BASS INDUSTRY
STATUS
22 Food Fish Producers (no change)635 Pond Acres
2,400,000 Pounds _at_ 2.38 / Pound (
0.12)Farm Gate Value 5,700,0003 Hatcheries
Hybrid Striped Bass
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2001 NORTH CAROLINATILAPIA INDUSTRY STATUS
8 Active Growers9 Growout Sites(5 systems
active in 2001) 800,000 Pounds (estimated)
Farm Gate Value 1,000,0001 Hatchery
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2001 NORTH CAROLINAYELLOW PERCH INDUSTRY STATUS
2 Hatcheries3 Fingerling Growers Farm Gate
Value 50,000
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2001 NORTH CAROLINACRAWFISH INDUSTRY STATUS
4 Active Growers50 Acres (declining) 20,000
Pounds Farm Gate Value 45,000
Crawfish
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2001 NORTH CAROLINACLAM OYSTERINDUSTRY
STATUS
284 Active Leases??2,135 Acres Planted
10,087 Bushels Clams5,000 Bushels
OystersFarm Gate Value 800,000
Jim and Bonnie Swartzenberg
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2001 NORTH CAROLINACLAM HATCHERIES NURSERIES
3 Active HatcheriesNurseries600 Upwellers200
Raceways100 Bags
Clam Nursery
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2001 US AQUACULTURECATFISH OVERVIEW
1320Farms187,700 Acres590,000,000 Pounds (
1-2)Farm Gate Value 389,400,000
Rob Mayo Carolina Classics
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2000 US AQUACULTURETILAPIA OVERVIEW
150 Farms20,000,000 Pounds Imports72 m lbs.,
whole frozen24 m lbs., fresh fillets ( 50)14
m lbs., frozen fillets 215 m lbs. LWEFarm
Gate Value 23,000,000
Nile Tilapia
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2000 US AQUACULTURETROUT OVERVIEW
668 Producers65 - 70,000,000 lbs. Farm Gate
Value 71,761,000
Mountain Trout
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2000 US AQUACULTUREHYBRID STRIPED BASS OVERVIEW
67 Farms 11,237,000 Pounds ProducedFarm Gate
Value 30,000,000
Hybrid Striped Bass
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North Carolina Aquaculture InfrastructureFeed
Mills
Carolina Fish Feeds
CR Brown
Southern States Feeds Cooperative
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Aquaculture InfrastructureProcessing Plant
Southern States Cooperative Farmers
Catch Plymouth, NC
Carolina Classics Catfish Ayden, NC
Carolina Mountain Trout , Morgan Mill Sunburst
Trout
Southern Farm Tilapia Bailey, NC
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Business Planning Permitting Assistance
Rebecca Dunning, NCDA Aquaculture
Economist Tidewater Research Station (919 513 -
0452)
Debra Sloan, NCDA Aquaculture Business
Advisor Western NC (828 524-1264)
Tom Ellis, NCDA Director Aquaculture Raleigh, NC
(919 733-7125)
William Small, NCDA Seafood Marketing (252
331-4773)
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Technical AssistanceWestern NC Cooperative
Extension Service
Molly Sandfoss Area Aquaculture Agent Marion (828
652-7121)
Skip Thompson Area Aquaculture Agent Waynesville,
NC (828 456-3575)
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Technical AssistanceEastern NC Cooperative
Extension Service
Steve Gabel Area Aquaculture Agent (252 482-6585)
Mike Frinsko Area Aquaculture Agent (252
757-2802)
Skip Kemp Sea Grant Marine Advisory (252
247-4007)
Marc Turano NCCES / Sea Grant Aquaculture
Agent (910 253-2610)
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Aquaculture EducationEastern NC Community
Colleges
Ms. Penny Hooper Carteret Community College (252
222 - 6385)
Dr. Doug Holland Brunswick Community College (910
755 - 7432)
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Aquaculture Research Personnel
NC Fish Barn Tom Losordo Dennis Delong
Tidewater Research Station Harry Daniels
NC Trout Barn Jeff Hinshaw
Pamlico Field Lab Craig Sullivan
ECU Margie Gallagher
NCSU College of Vet Medicine
UNC Wilmington Wade Watanabe
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AQUACULTURE IN EDUCATIONHigh School
Teaching Science Through Aquaculture Barry
Bey South Brunswick HS Boiling Springs, NC Ted
Menzer North Eastern High School Elizabeth City,
NC
Photo by Rebecca Dunning
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AQUACULTURE CONFERENCES(A Public / Private
Partnership)
14th NC Annual Aquaculture Development
Conference, January 18 19, 2002 Sheraton
Atlantic Beach, NC
Major Sponsors NC Dept. of Agriculture NC State
University NC Farm Bureau NC Small Business Tech.
Dev. Center NC Soil Water Conservation
Society NC Aquaculture Association
Corporate Sponsors Carolina Classics Catfish,
Inc. Carolina Power Light Southern States
Cooperative