Farm
raised catfish is the largest aquaculture industry in the United
States. In 2005, the U.S. catfish industry produced 600 million pounds
of catfish from 165,000 pond water acres. The farm-raised catfish
industry at $450 million in annual production value has the highest
economic value of any aquaculture industry in the United States. The
next highest valued aquaculture industry in the country is trout, valued
at $74 million in annual production.
