@article{AnimalandPlantHealthInspectionService:335409,
      recid = {335409},
      author = {Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary  Services, Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health},
      title = {Overview of Aquaculture in the United States},
      address = {1995-10},
      number = {1498-2023-794},
      pages = {28},
      year = {1995},
      abstract = {Aquaculture in the United States is a diverse industry  which includes production of a variety of fish,  crustaceans, molluscs, and plants.  Total estimated U.S.  aquaculture production in 1992 was 313,518 metric tons with  production income totaling $724 million.  Thus, in terms of  economic importance, the aquaculture industry is comparable  in value to the sheep industry and equivalent to either 18  percent of the swine industry or 30 percent of the turkey  industry.  Also, an infrastructure of producers,  processors, wholesalers, and retailers exists that is  similar to that found in traditional livestock.  A system  of providers exists, which numbered over 2,000 in 1994,  that supplies feeds, vaccines, fish diagnostics,  medications, growth hormones, and physical equipment  (pumps, feeders, processing machines).  The objective of  this report is to investigate diversity within the industry  by providing an overview of the types of aquatic animals  being cultured in the U.S., trends in the size and  geographic distribution of specific components of the  industry, existing Federal and State regulations, and  Veterinary Services’ current role in aquaculture.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/335409},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.335409},
}