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Value of North Carolina trout sales up
Story Date: 4/8/2013
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Source: USDA'S NASS N.C. FIELD OFFICE, 3/2/13
North Carolina’s commercial trout growers sold 3.43 million pounds of trout in 2012. Value of sales totaled $6.27 million, up 21% from the previous year. North Carolina ranks second in the nation in trout sales behind Idaho. Value of sales for trout 12 inches and longer increased 17% to $5.59 million and averaged $1.72 per pound. Pounds sold were 3.25 million, down 3% from a year earlier.
Nationally, the total value of sales received by trout growers totaled $79.7 million for 2012, up 6% from the previous year. Idaho accounted for 55% of the total value of fish sold.
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