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National Agricultural Statistics Service
AQUACULTURE
Cooperating with the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
2290 Lucien Way, Suite 300 Maitland, FL 32751
(407) 648-6013 · (407) 648-6029 FAX · www.nass.usda.gov/fl
June 2013
Florida Aquaculture Sales Total $69 Million in 2012
Florida aquaculture producers reported sales in 2012 of $69 million based upon a survey conducted for the Florida
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Aquaculture. This survey was administered by the Florida
Agricultural Statistics Service.
Reported sales in 2012 were above those of $66 million reported in 2005, the last time this survey was conducted. There
were 686 operations that reported being in business during 2012; of those, 404 operations reported appreciable sales. The
operations without sales reflect either new operations which have not yet sold a product or operations in business that did
not market any product in 2012.
Florida aquaculturists produced animals or plants for ornamental, food or miscellaneous markets. Ornamental sales
totaled $35.5 million and consisted of freshwater or marine animals and plants that included freshwater fish, crayfish or
marine fish, corals, live rock, snails, and shrimp sold to the aquarium or water garden markets. Sales of aquaculture
products for human consumption totaled $24.1 million and included freshwater or marine fish, clams, oysters, shrimp,
prawns, alligators, and turtles.
Aquaculture, Value of Sales - Florida: 2012 and 2005
Value of Sales
Item
Operations with Sales
2012
2005
(dollars)
(dollars)
2012
2005
Ornamental Fish ........................................
27,269,000
33,232,000
101
133
Mollusks ....................................................
11,889,000
10,694,000
139
153
Alligators ...................................................
7,995,000
4,070,000
10
14
Aquatic Plants ...........................................
5,327,000
8,360,000
19
17
Other Food Fish ........................................
2,978,000
1,731,000
31
19
Tilapia .......................................................
1,227,000
477,000
47
18
Catfish .......................................................
390,000
1,434,000
17
23
Live Rock ..................................................
373,000
341,000
12
6
All Other Aquaculture ................................
11,303,000
5,436,000
(NA)
(NA)
Total ..........................................................
68,751,000
65,775,000
404
359
(NA) Not Available
Labor
In 2012, aquaculture producers reported employing paid and unpaid workers: 402 operations reported 765 unpaid workers
(typically family members or partners), 158 operations reported 864 full-time workers, and 134 operations reported
322 part-time workers.
Aquaculture Labor - Florida: 2012
Labor
Operations
Total Workers
Unpaid Workers.............................................
402
765
Full-Time Paid Workers .................................
158
864
Part-Time Paid Workers ................................
134
322
USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
Water Area
In 2012, the 686 operations used 4,490 acres of water. Of those 686 operations, 61 percent were less than 3 acres in size,
accounting for 9 percent of the water area. Over 36 percent of the operations used 3 or more acres but less than 50 acres.
Only 2 percent of the operations used 50 acres or more of water area, however, those operations accounted for 37 percent
of the total water area.
Aquaculture, Size of Operation - Florida: 2012
Water Acreage
Operations
Percent
Operations
Acres
Percent Acres
Under 3 .....................................
420
413
61.3
9.2
3 to 5.9 ......................................
112
465
16.3
10.4
6 to 19.9 ....................................
107
1,042
15.6
23.2
20 to 49.9 ..................................
31
891
4.5
19.8
50 and up ..................................
16
1,679
2.3
37.4
Total ..........................................
686
4,490
100.0
100.0
Aquaculture for Ornamental Markets
In 2012, sales of ornamental fish reported by 101 producers were $27.3 million, down from $33.2 million reported by 133
operations in 2005. Producers reported 929 acres in ponds and over 4.65 million gallons in tanks used to raise ornamental
fish. Ornamental fish are sold for aquarium and water garden use and includes both tropical and temperate species (i.e.
koi).
In 2012, sales of live rock reported by 12 producers were $373,000, up from $341,000 reported by 6 operations in 2005.
Live rock producers lease acreage in coastal waters off the west coast of Florida, in the Keys, and in upland tank systems.
Live rock is sold for marine aquarium use.
In 2012, sales of aquatic plants reported by 19 producers were $5.3 million, down from $8.4 million reported by 17
operations in 2005. These totals include plants for water gardens, aquariums, and wetlands restoration. Plants for food
markets such as watercress were not included.
Aquaculture for Food Markets
In 2012, sales of mollusks reported by 139 producers were $11.9 million, up from $10.7 million reported by 153
operations in 2005. Hard clam sales comprised 98 percent of the total, while sunray venus clams and oysters accounted for
the rest. Operations reported 255.8 million total clam seed planted and 136.3 million clams sold in 2012. Survival rate to
harvest was reported to average 59.1 percent.
In 2012, sales of shrimp and crayfish reported by 18 producers were $7.6 million. Thirteen (13) shrimp producers reported
nearly $7.5 million in sales, while 7 crayfish producers reported $114,000. No operations reported sales of prawn in 2012.
In 2012, sales of food and bait fish reported by 74 producers were $4.6 million, up from $3.6 million reported by 49
operations in 2005. Forty-seven (47) operations reported $1.2 million in sales of tilapia in 2012, up from 18 operations
reporting $477,000 in sales in 2005. Seventeen (17) operations reported $390,000 sales of catfish in 2012, down from 23
operations reporting $1.4 million in sales in 2005. Thirty-one (31) operations reported $3.0 million in sales of other food
and bait fish (bass, sturgeon, bream, brim, carp, cobia, crappie, killifish, pompano, redfish, sunfish, trout, and others) in
2012, up from 19 operations reporting $1.7 million in sales in 2005.
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Aquaculture, Value of Sales - Florida: 2012
Operations
With Sales
Type
Value of Sales
(dollars)
Freshwater Ornamental Fish ......................................
90
26,035,000
Egg Layers ....................................................................
78
19,485,000
Live Bearers ..................................................................
45
6,550,000
Marine Ornamental Fish ..............................................
15
1,234,000
Freshwater Ornamental Invertebrates .......................
12
437,000
Marine Ornamental Invertebrates ...............................
47
2,439,000
Coral .............................................................................
27
1,052,000
Live Rock ......................................................................
12
373,000
Clams ............................................................................
8
200,000
Other Marine Ornamental Invertebrates .......................
7
814,000
Food & Bait Fish ..........................................................
74
4,595,000
Tilapia ...........................................................................
47
1,227,000
Catfish ...........................................................................
17
390,000
Other Food Fish2 ...........................................................
31
2,978,000
Mollusks .......................................................................
139
11,889,000
Hard Clam .....................................................................
137
11,594,000
Other Mollusks3 .............................................................
8
295,000
Shrimp/Prawn/Crayfish ...............................................
18
7,603,000
Shrimp...........................................................................
13
7,489,000
Crayfish .........................................................................
7
114,000
Reptiles ........................................................................
33
9,192,000
Alligator Live Animals ....................................................
7
1,412,000
Other Alligator Products ...............................................
5
6,583,000
Turtles and Turtle Products ...........................................
28
1,197,000
Aquatic Plants .............................................................
19
5,327,000
Aquarium Plants ............................................................
11
4,844,000
Other Aquatic Plants5 ....................................................
12
483,000
1
4
Total Reported Aquaculture Sales .............................
404
68,751,000
1
4
Includes shrimp, snails, and others.
Includes eggs, hides, and meat.
2
5
Includes bream, bass, trout, sturgeon, and others.
For water garden and wetlands restoration.
3
Includes sunray venus clams and oysters.
Clam Seed Planted and Survival Rate - Florida: 2012
Seed Planted
Survival %
Hard Clam .....................................................
250,643,000
59.07
Other Mollusks ..............................................
5,170,000
59.00
Total ..............................................................
255,813,000
59.06
Alligator Inventory by Type - Florida: 2012 and 2005
Type
2012
2005
Number of Operations ...................................
14
Brood Stock...................................................
14,200
1,800
Hatchlings .....................................................
10,500
20,600
All other .........................................................
29,100
33,900
Total ..............................................................
53,800
56,300
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Reptiles
In 2012, of the fourteen operations with alligators, ten reported $8.0 million in sales of alligator eggs, hides, meat, and
whole alligators, up from $4.1 million reported by 14 operations in 2005. Alligator hides accounted for over 62 percent of
total sales in 2012, compared to 69 percent in 2005. Fourteen (14) operations reported a total inventory of
53,800 alligators on hand, down from 56,300 on 14 operations in 2005.
In 2012, twenty-eight turtle producers reported $1.2 million in sales of turtles, up from $222,000 reported by 5 operations
in 2005. Nearly 90 percent of the total value of sales of turtles came from live turtles in 2012, with the rest coming from
turtle eggs.
Aquaculture, Value of Sales by Category - Florida: 2012, 2005, 2003, and 2001
Year
Total
Ornamental Fish
Aquatic Plants
Mollusks
Alligators
Other
(1,000 dollars)
(1,000 dollars)
(1,000 dollars)
(1,000 dollars)
(1,000 dollars)
(1,000 dollars)
2012 ............
68,751
27,269
5,327
11,889
7,995
16,271
2005 ............
65,775
33,232
8,360
10,694
4,070
9,419
2003 ............
82,800
47,229
7,733
12,970
2,450
12,418
2001 ............
86,200
42,424
8,102
18,264
3,250
14,260
Methodology
The Florida Agricultural Statistics Service collected aquaculture data by mail, telephone, and field enumeration based on a
list of aquaculture producers provided by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,’ Division of
Aquaculture. During the summarization process, no data was estimated for operations that did not respond. The totals
provided in this report are from completed reports only.
2013 Census of Aquaculture
NASS will be conducting the 2013 Census of Aquaculture as a follow-on study to the 2012 Census of Agriculture. The
Census of Aquaculture collects detailed information about the aquaculture industry, including all aquaculture or
aquaculture products produced and sold in 2013. The census will provide a comprehensive inventory of aquaculture
farms, acreage, methods of production, production and sales by aquaculture species, and sales outlets. The last Census of
Aquaculture was conducted in 2005 as a follow-on study to the 2002 Census of Agriculture. To access data from the 2005
Census of Aquaculture publication and review the previous questionnaire (located in Appendix B), please visit:
http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2002/Aquaculture/ .
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