Table 8. Miscellaneous Aquaculture Production and Sales by Type - United States: 2013 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Species 
Farms 
Number sold 
(1,000) 
Live weight (pounds) 
Sales 
Total (1 ,000) 
Average 
Total 
($1 ,000) 
Average price 
per pound 
(dollars) 
Miscellaneous aquaculture, total 
235 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
131,404 
(X) 
Algae, total 
27 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
47,720 
(X) 
Microalgae 
18 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(D) 
(X) 
Sea vegetables (seaweed, ogo) 
10 
(X) 
(D) 
(X) 
(D) 
(D) 
Alligators, total 
33 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
62,556 
(X) 
Whole 
22 
314 
3,924 
12.5 
36,996 
9.43 
Meat 
10 
(X) 
1,151 
(X) 
4,540 
3.94 
Hides ^ 
12 
644 
(X) 
(X) 
21,020 
32.66 
Caviar 
12 
(X) 
22 
(X) 
(D) 
(D) 
Eels 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Frogs ^ 
12 
2,513 
(X) 
(X) 
1,806 
0.72 
Sea urchins 
1 
15 
8 
0.5 
139 
17.98 
Snails ^ 
18 
2,688 
1,002 
0.4 
526 
0.20 
Tadpoles ^ 
21 
184 
7 
(Z) 
73 
0.40 
Turtles, total 
78 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
8,696 
(X) 
Whole ^ 
72 
3,592 
(X) 
(X) 
8,016 
2.23 
Eggs ' 
7 
1,259 
(X) 
(X) 
680 
0.54 
Live rock 
24 
(X) 
186 
(X) 
1,504 
8.10 
Other miscellaneous aquaculture 
35 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
1,503 
(X) 
^ Data in number sold column represent the length of hides sold in thousand feet. Average price is price per foot. 
^ Average price is average per species. 
^ Average price is average per turtle egg. 
201 2 Census of Agriculture 201 3 CENSUS OF AQUACULTURE 1 1 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
