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Title: ARKANSAS AQUACULTURE VALUED AT $162.8 MILLION IN 1998

Author
item Collins, Charles
item STONE, NATHAN - UNIV OF ARKANSAS

Submitted to: Aquaculture Magazine
Publication Type: Trade Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/1/1999
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The farm gate value of Arkansas aquaculture production for 1998 totaled $162.8 million. Pond acreage estimated at 73,481 with 150.2 million pounds of fish produced. The economic input of aquaculture to the state is estimated at $1.3 billion. There are at least 300 active fish producers in the state who raise 15 different species. Channel catfish is the leading fish raised with a value of $103.4 million followed by bait fish valued at $37.9 million and other species at $21.5 million.