Pennsylvania Aquaculture Census

Sales of baitfish and trout comprised 75 percent of the total
aquaculture sales. The remainder was made up of non-trout
food fish, sport and game fish, crustaceans, mollusks,
ornamental fish, and other animal aquaculture (tadpoles, frogs,
trout eggs, etc.).

AQUACULTURE CENSUS
Pennsylvania aquaculture product producers reported sales
totaling $7.8 million in the 2012 Census of Aquaculture
conducted in January 2013. This is a 22 percent decrease
compared to 2011.

Pennsylvania: Aquaculture Products by Type - Number of Operations and Value of Sales, 2010-2012

2010

2011

2012

2010

2011

2012

Percent
Change
from 2011

Number

Number

Number

Dollars

Dollars

Dollars

Number

Number of Operations with Sales
Class

1

2

Value of Sales 3

Trout

38

38

37

5,261,162

6,195,564

5,114,202

Non-trout Foodfish

12

12

26

2,468,251

(D)

(D)

(D)

Baitfish

12

12

31

674,742

737,788

720,601

-2%

Ornamental and Aquarium fish

10

10

28

(D)

(D)

(D)

(D)

Sport/Game fish

11

11

42

140,303

257,916

347,990

35%

Mollusks

8

8

12

(D)

(D)

(D)

(D)

Crustaceans

9

9

5

(D)

(D)

(D)

(D)

10

10

13

11,930

16,550

17,865

8%

Other Aquaculture (includes trout eggs)

-17%

All Aquaculture
66
64
63 9,499,905
9,991,901
7,774,521
-22%
(D) = Cannot be disclosed due to confidentiality rules that do not allow disclosure of individual sales data. 1 Includes only operations that had at least
2
$1,000 in aquaculture sales during the 2012 calendar year. The sum of operations number for specific categories is greater than the total number of
operations due to some operations producing multiple species in different categories. 3 Total value of sales includes the value of non-disclosed
categories.

Food fish - Farm raised for food, or for either food or sport
such as carp, catfish, hybrid striped bass, perch, salmon,
sturgeon, tilapia, and walleye.

Sport/game fish - Farm-raised fish for sport or game fishing,
such as largemouth bass, bluegill, crappie, sunfish, muskie,
northern pike, and small mouth bass.

Baitfish - Fish used for bait such as fathead minnows, golden
shiners, feeder goldfish, suckers, killifish, chubs, and other
types of minnows.

Mollusks - Invertebrate animals with soft body coverings and
shells of 1-18 parts or sections. This category includes the
production of clams, mussels, oysters, and snails.

Ornamental/aquarium fish - Various fish raised for water
gardens such as koi, ornamental goldfish, and ornamental
catfish. Examples of fish in the Aquarium fish category
include angelfish, guppies, and tropical fish. Ornamental fish
are divided into two categories: Aquarium species may not be
propagated in open air facilities; Ornamental species can be
propagated outdoors.

Crustaceans - Invertebrate animals with many jointed legs
and a hard external shell, such as crawfish, shrimp, and softshell crabs.
Other aquaculture - The production of frogs, tadpoles,
turtles, and egg and seed stock not listed separately.

NOTE: Due to differences in survey methodology, the State mandated reporting nature of this State-sponsored
census and various rounding rules, the number of trout operations and their value of sales differs slightly from the
Trout Production report published in February 2013 by the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.