USDA Catfish Production Report

<body> <p>Commercial catfish operations in the four major producing States (Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi) had 386 million foodsize fish on hand on July 1, 2002, up 4 percent from the July 1, 2001 total of 372 million. The breakouts of foodsize fish inventory numbers on July 1, 2002, with their respective percent change from the previous year are: large foodsize, 10.2 million, up 66 percent; medium foodsize, 94.4 million, up 24 percent; and small foodsize, 281 million, down 3 percent.</p> </body>