Form Number: 13-A622 (1) 
USDA 
INSTRUCTION SHEET 
2013 CENSUS OF AQUACULTURE 
Completing the 2013 Census of Aquaculture 
Census form 
General 
Refer to the instructions below for completing your 
2013 Census of Aquaculture form. The enclosed 
census form was mailed to aquaculture producers 
throughout the United States. Because it is meant 
for use in all parts of the country, it may contain 
items and inquiries which do not apply to your 
operation. In this case, mark the "No" or "None" box 
and continue to the next item or section. If you did 
not produce aquaculture products of any kind in 
2013, please see the instructions in Section 1 on 
this page. 
Partial Year Operation 
If you stopped producing aquaculture products at 
any time during 2013, complete the census form for 
the portion of 2013 that you did produce. Write 
"Stopped producing in 201 3" and the date you 
stopped producing below the address area. Mail 
the completed census form in the return envelope. 
If You Receive More Than One Census Form for 
the Same Operation 
Return any duplicate census forms in the same 
envelope with your completed census form(s). In 
the address area of the census form(s) you 
complete, write the 11 -digit ID number from the 
label of the extra census form(s). 
Partnership Operations 
Complete only ONE census form for a partnership 
operation and include all partners' shares on the 
same census form. If two or more census forms are 
received for the partnership, see instructions above 
about "If You Receive More Than One Census 
Form for the Same Operation". 
Entering Your Responses on the Census Form 
- Use BLUE or BLACK INK only. 
Enter your responses in the proper spaces and in 
the units requested, i.e., dollars, tenth of acres, 
gallons per minute, etc. When reporting dollars, 
report in whole dollars only. Please print clearly and 
keep numbers and letters within the white boxes. 
Mark all applicable Yes/No boxes with an "X". 
Instructions by Section 
Section 1 - Aquaculture Production Screening 
This section determines whether or not your 
operation is within the scope of this census. 
Item 1 - Report whether you produced any 
aquaculture or aquaculture products of any kind In 
2013. Aquaculture products include fish of any kind, 
shellfish, mollusks, crustaceans, egg production, 
food or sport fish, baitfish, ornamentals, catfish, 
crawfish, koi, minnows, oysters, perch, soft-shell 
crabs, trout, turtles, algae, alligators, live rock, and 
any other aquaculture products. If you did not 
produce any aquaculture products of any kind in 
201 3, please mark "No" and continue to Section 14 
on the back page of the form and complete the 
remainder of the census form. 
Section 2 - Size of Operation 
This section determines whether you produced to 
sell aquaculture or produced to distribute. 
Item 1 - Answer yes if you received any money for 
any aquaculture product that you produced. 
Item 1a - Answer yes if you produced aquaculture 
products for distribution and did not receive any 
money. 
Item 2 - Report the area owned, rented, or used for 
aquaculture production in 2013 by the respondent, 
spouse, partnership, corporation, or organization 
identified on the questionnaire. All responses in this 
item should be rounded to tenths of acres. Small 
aquaculture operations less than one acre should 
be reported as one acre. 
Freshwater is water with less than 0.5 parts per 
thousand dissolved salts. May be found in lakes, 
rivers, bodies of groundwater, or obtained from 
wells or surface runoff. 
Saltwater is water from a sea or ocean, including 
brackish water. Also, it is fresh water converted to 
saltwater by adding chemicals. 
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USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
