Processing on catfish is down 35 percent

The results from a statistical survey by the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) showed that catfish processing was overall down 35 percent for farmed raised catfish. Net pounds of processed fish sold during May 2011 totaled 12.6 million pounds, down 34 percent from the comparable month in 2010. The total end of the month inventory decreased two percent from last month and was down 54 percent from a year ago.

The total fresh and frozen average price for May 2011 was US$3.51 (€2.34), up US$1.03 (€0.715) from a year ago. The May 2011 average price received by processors for total fresh fish was US$3.38 (€2.34) per pound, up 94 cents from last year. Fresh catfish fillet exports totaled 38.7 thousand pounds, with 33.6 thousand pounds going to Canada and the rest going to the Netherlands, Antilles and Nigeria. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers