+-----+--------+--------+--------+----------+-------+-------+-------+
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+=====+========+========+========+==========+=======+=======+=======+
| Ye  | All    | All    | Cut    | Total    | P     | P     | Cut   |
| ars | plant  | f      | f      |          | ropag | otted | culti |
|     | cate   | oliage | lowers | beddin   | ative | flow  | vated |
|     | gories |        |        | g/garden | mat   | ering | g     |
|     |        |        |        | ^1/^     | erial |       | reens |
+-----+--------+--------+--------+----------+-------+-------+-------+
|     | *1,000 |        |        |          |       |       |       |
|     | do     |        |        |          |       |       |       |
|     | llars* |        |        |          |       |       |       |
+-----+--------+--------+--------+----------+-------+-------+-------+
| 1   | 6      | 3      | 27,398 | 99,927   | ^2/^  | 7     | 10    |
| 998 | 05,706 | 11,104 |        |          |       | 6,610 | 1,453 |
+-----+--------+--------+--------+----------+-------+-------+-------+
| 1   | 6      | 3      | 28,293 | 105,406  | ^2/^  | 9     | 10    |
| 999 | 45,769 | 12,057 |        |          |       | 9,181 | 0,832 |
+-----+--------+--------+--------+----------+-------+-------+-------+
| 2   | 7      | 3      | 28,119 | 103,813  | ^2/^  | 8     | 10    |
| 000 | 16,407 | 46,946 |        |          |       | 6,049 | 0,607 |
+-----+--------+--------+--------+----------+-------+-------+-------+
| 2   | 8      | 4      | 23,611 | 91,386   | ^2/^  | 8     | 8     |
| 001 | 18,702 | 39,698 |        |          |       | 8,448 | 7,836 |
+-----+--------+--------+--------+----------+-------+-------+-------+
| 2   | 8      | 4      | 22,735 | 105,429  | ^2/^  | 8     | 8     |
| 002 | 10,946 | 05,103 |        |          |       | 7,873 | 8,242 |
+-----+--------+--------+--------+----------+-------+-------+-------+
| 2   | 8      | 4      | 19,807 | 89,171   | ^2/^  | 9     | 8     |
| 003 | 09,959 | 23,882 |        |          |       | 1,887 | 1,072 |
+-----+--------+--------+--------+----------+-------+-------+-------+
| 2   | 8      | 4      | 19,526 | 96,397   | 8     | 9     | 7     |
| 004 | 64,491 | 69,728 |        |          | 8,069 | 1,360 | 7,022 |
+-----+--------+--------+--------+----------+-------+-------+-------+
| 2   | 9      | 4      | 15,011 | 131,796  | 9     | 9     | 7     |
| 005 | 38,805 | 94,028 |        |          | 5,188 | 6,012 | 8,865 |
+-----+--------+--------+--------+----------+-------+-------+-------+
| 2   | 7      | 3      | 16,939 | 133,566  | 9     | 8     | 7     |
| 006 | 91,174 | 56,863 |        |          | 5,489 | 1,581 | 8,151 |
| ^   |        |        |        |          |       |       |       |
| 3/^ |        |        |        |          |       |       |       |
+-----+--------+--------+--------+----------+-------+-------+-------+
| 2   | 9      | 4      | 13,698 | 104,069  | 9     | 14    | 7     |
| 007 | 02,226 | 62,448 |        |          | 3,597 | 2,110 | 3,057 |
| ^   |        |        |        |          |       |       |       |
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| ^1/^  |         |          |          |         |         |         |
+=======+=========+==========+==========+=========+=========+=========+
| Years | Number  |          | Quantity |         | Total   |         |
|       | of      |          | grown    |         | value   |         |
|       | firms   |          | and sold |         | of      |         |
|       |         |          |          |         | sales   |         |
|       |         |          |          |         | ^2/^    |         |
+-------+---------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
|       | Leat    | All      | Lea      | All     | Leat    | All     |
|       | herleaf | other    | therleaf | other   | herleaf | other   |
|       |         |          |          |         |         |         |
|       | ferns   | cut      | ferns    | cut     | ferns   | cut     |
|       |         | greens   |          | greens  |         | greens  |
+-------+---------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
|       |         |          | *1,000   |         | *1,000  |         |
|       |         |          | bunches* |         | d       |         |
|       |         |          |          |         | ollars* |         |
+-------+---------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| 1998  | 147     | 133      | 71,368   | ^3/^    | 58,522  | 32,145  |
+-------+---------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| 1999  | 124     | 127      | 70,303   | ^3/^    | 62,570  | 38,262  |
+-------+---------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| 2000  | 120     | 116      | 73,916   | ^3/^    | 64,307  | 36,300  |
+-------+---------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| 2001  | 106     | 104      | 61,142   | ^3/^    | 53,194  | 34,642  |
+-------+---------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| 2002  | 114     | 125      | 60,374   | ^3/^    | 51,922  | 36,320  |
+-------+---------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| 2003  | 97      | 105      | 56,786   | ^3/^    | 47,132  | 33,940  |
+-------+---------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| 2004  | 91      | 97       | 52,368   | ^3/^    | 45,560  | 31,462  |
+-------+---------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| 2005  | 85      | 91       | 47,464   | ^3/^    | 48,413  | 30,452  |
| ^3/^  |         |          |          |         |         |         |
+-------+---------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| 2006  | 87      | 93       | 43,205   | ^3/^    | 44,501  | 33,650  |
| ^3/^  |         |          |          |         |         |         |
+-------+---------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| 2007  | 72      | 82       | 38,192   | ^3/^    | 37,810  | 35,247  |
| ^4/^  |         |          |          |         |         |         |
+-------+---------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| ^1/^  |         |          |          | ^3/^    |         |         |
| S     |         |          |          | R       |         |         |
| urvey |         |          |          | evised. |         |         |
| of    |         |          |          |         |         |         |
| firms |         |          |          | ^4/^    |         |         |
| with  |         |          |          | Preli   |         |         |
| sales |         |          |          | minary. |         |         |
| over  |         |          |          |         |         |         |
| \$10  |         |          |          |         |         |         |
| 0,000 |         |          |          |         |         |         |
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| ucts. |         |          |          |         |         |         |
|       |         |          |          |         |         |         |
| ^2/^  |         |          |          |         |         |         |
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|       |         |          |          |         |         |         |
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| are   |         |          |          |         |         |         |
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| depe  |         |          |          |         |         |         |
| nding |         |          |          |         |         |         |
| on    |         |          |          |         |         |         |
| crop  |         |          |          |         |         |         |
| var   |         |          |          |         |         |         |
| iety. |         |          |          |         |         |         |
+-------+---------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+

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<table style="width:100%;">
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 11%" />
<col style="width: 2%" />
<col style="width: 13%" />
<col style="width: 0%" />
<col style="width: 1%" />
<col style="width: 12%" />
<col style="width: 3%" />
<col style="width: 4%" />
<col style="width: 5%" />
<col style="width: 1%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 4%" />
<col style="width: 3%" />
<col style="width: 14%" />
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr class="header">
<th colspan="16"><p><strong><span class="smallcaps">Florida
Floriculture</span></strong></p>
<p>Growers, production areas, and value, 1998 through 2007</p></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Year</td>
<td colspan="4"><p>Number of</p>
<p>firms <sup>1/</sup></p></td>
<td colspan="4">Covered area</td>
<td colspan="4">Open area</td>
<td colspan="3"><p>Wholesale</p>
<p>Value</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="5"></td>
<td colspan="4"><em>Square feet</em></td>
<td colspan="4"><em>Acres</em></td>
<td colspan="3"><em>1,000 dollars</em></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><blockquote>
<p>1998</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="4">1,245</td>
<td colspan="4">394,836,000</td>
<td colspan="4">11,382</td>
<td colspan="3">629,136</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><blockquote>
<p>1999</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="4">1,197</td>
<td colspan="4">392,534,000</td>
<td colspan="4">9,817</td>
<td colspan="3">671,329</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><blockquote>
<p>2000</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="4">1,192</td>
<td colspan="4">388,756,000</td>
<td colspan="4">9,960</td>
<td colspan="3">739,807</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><blockquote>
<p>2001</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="4">1,067</td>
<td colspan="4">381,423,000</td>
<td colspan="4">8,715</td>
<td colspan="3">839,807</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><blockquote>
<p>2002</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="4">1,203</td>
<td colspan="4">383,675,000</td>
<td colspan="4">9,975</td>
<td colspan="3">833,371</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><blockquote>
<p>2003</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="4">1,106</td>
<td colspan="4">373,654,000</td>
<td colspan="4">9,572</td>
<td colspan="3">830,824</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><blockquote>
<p>2004</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="4">1,020</td>
<td colspan="4">387,210,000</td>
<td colspan="4">9,477</td>
<td colspan="3">884,126</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><blockquote>
<p>2005 <sup>2/</sup></p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="4">932</td>
<td colspan="4">382,551,000</td>
<td colspan="4">8,736</td>
<td colspan="3">956,580</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><blockquote>
<p>2006 <sup>2/</sup></p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="4">832</td>
<td colspan="4">347,187,000</td>
<td colspan="4">8,344</td>
<td colspan="3">804,854</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><blockquote>
<p>2007 <sup>3/</sup></p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="4">754</td>
<td colspan="4">334,746,000</td>
<td colspan="4">8,631</td>
<td colspan="3">914,556</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="16"><p><sup>1/</sup> Survey of firms with sales over
$10,000. Does not include woody ornamentals, trees, shrubs, and sod.</p>
<p><sup>2/</sup> Revised.</p>
<p><sup>3/</sup> Preliminary.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="16"><p><strong><span class="smallcaps">Florida Foliage
Plants</span></strong></p>
<p>Growers, production areas, and value, 1998 through 2007</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Year</td>
<td colspan="2"><p>Number of</p>
<p>firms <sup>1/</sup></p></td>
<td colspan="4"><p>Covered</p>
<p>area</p></td>
<td colspan="4"><p>Open</p>
<p>area</p></td>
<td colspan="3"><p>Total</p>
<p>area</p></td>
<td colspan="2"><p>Wholesale</p>
<p>Value</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="3"></td>
<td colspan="11"><em>Square feet</em></td>
<td colspan="2"><em>1,000 dollars</em></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><blockquote>
<p>1998</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">462</td>
<td colspan="4"><sup>2/</sup></td>
<td colspan="4"><sup>2/</sup></td>
<td colspan="3">169,764,000</td>
<td colspan="2">311,104</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><blockquote>
<p>1999</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">413</td>
<td colspan="4">111,544,000</td>
<td colspan="4">52,576,000</td>
<td colspan="3">164,120,000</td>
<td colspan="2">312,057</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><blockquote>
<p>2000</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">424</td>
<td colspan="4">124,857,000</td>
<td colspan="4">56,626,000</td>
<td colspan="3">181,483,000</td>
<td colspan="2">346,946</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><blockquote>
<p>2001</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">408</td>
<td colspan="4">133,071,000</td>
<td colspan="4">57,977,000</td>
<td colspan="3">191,048,000</td>
<td colspan="2">439,698</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><blockquote>
<p>2002</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">422</td>
<td colspan="4">132,838,000</td>
<td colspan="4">64,370,000</td>
<td colspan="3">197,208,000</td>
<td colspan="2">405,103</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><blockquote>
<p>2003</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">391</td>
<td colspan="4">138,613,000</td>
<td colspan="4">71,044,000</td>
<td colspan="3">209,657,000</td>
<td colspan="2">423,882</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><blockquote>
<p>2004</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">363</td>
<td colspan="4">140,974,000</td>
<td colspan="4">77,911,000</td>
<td colspan="3">218,885,000</td>
<td colspan="2">469,728</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><blockquote>
<p>2005 <sup>3/</sup></p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">332</td>
<td colspan="4">140,324,000</td>
<td colspan="4">70,049,000</td>
<td colspan="3">210,373,000</td>
<td colspan="2">494,028</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><blockquote>
<p>2006 <sup>4/</sup></p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">304</td>
<td colspan="4">101,197,000</td>
<td colspan="4">61,451,000</td>
<td colspan="3">162,648,000</td>
<td colspan="2">356,863</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><blockquote>
<p>2007 <sup>5/</sup></p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">298</td>
<td colspan="4">98,968,000</td>
<td colspan="4">62,671,000</td>
<td colspan="3">161,639,000</td>
<td colspan="2">462,448</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="8"><p><sup>1/</sup> Survey of firms with sales over
$100,000 from all products.</p>
<p><sup>2/</sup> Estimates of foliage open and covered areas are not
available.</p></td>
<td colspan="8"><p><sup>3/</sup> Revised.</p>
<p><sup>4/</sup> Preliminary.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="16"><p><strong><span class="smallcaps">Florida Bees and
Honey</span></strong></p>
<p>Colonies, production and value, 1998 through 2007</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2">Year</td>
<td colspan="2"><p>Colonies</p>
<p>of bees <sup>1/</sup></p></td>
<td colspan="2"><p>Yield per</p>
<p>colony</p></td>
<td colspan="4">Production</td>
<td colspan="2"><p>Price per</p>
<p>pound</p></td>
<td colspan="3"><p>Total</p>
<p>value</p></td>
<td><p>Stocks</p>
<p>Dec. 15 <sup>2/</sup></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="2"><em>Thousands</em></td>
<td colspan="2"><em>Pounds</em></td>
<td colspan="4"><em>1,000 lbs</em></td>
<td colspan="2"><em>Dollars</em></td>
<td colspan="3"><em>1,000 dollars</em></td>
<td><em>1,000 lbs</em></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2">1998</td>
<td colspan="2">230</td>
<td colspan="2">98</td>
<td colspan="4">22,540</td>
<td colspan="2">0.640</td>
<td colspan="3">14,426</td>
<td>4,508</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2">1999</td>
<td colspan="2">228</td>
<td colspan="2">102</td>
<td colspan="4">23,256</td>
<td colspan="2">0.530</td>
<td colspan="3">12,326</td>
<td>4,186</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2">2000</td>
<td colspan="2">232</td>
<td colspan="2">105</td>
<td colspan="4">24,360</td>
<td colspan="2">0.540</td>
<td colspan="3">13,154</td>
<td>2,923</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2">2001</td>
<td colspan="2">220</td>
<td colspan="2">100</td>
<td colspan="4">22,000</td>
<td colspan="2">0.640</td>
<td colspan="3">14,080</td>
<td>3,432</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2">2002</td>
<td colspan="2">220</td>
<td colspan="2">93</td>
<td colspan="4">20,460</td>
<td colspan="2">1.140</td>
<td colspan="3">23,324</td>
<td>2,026</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2">2003</td>
<td colspan="2">210</td>
<td colspan="2">71</td>
<td colspan="4">14,910</td>
<td colspan="2">1.320</td>
<td colspan="3">19,681</td>
<td>1,491</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2">2004</td>
<td colspan="2">205</td>
<td colspan="2">98</td>
<td colspan="4">20,090</td>
<td colspan="2">1.000</td>
<td colspan="3">20,090</td>
<td>2,009</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2">2005</td>
<td colspan="2">160</td>
<td colspan="2">86</td>
<td colspan="4">13,760</td>
<td colspan="2">0.860</td>
<td colspan="3">11,834</td>
<td>2,477</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2">2006</td>
<td colspan="2">170</td>
<td colspan="2">81</td>
<td colspan="4">13,770</td>
<td colspan="2">1.010</td>
<td colspan="3">13,908</td>
<td>1,790</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2">2007</td>
<td colspan="2">160</td>
<td colspan="2">71</td>
<td colspan="4">11,360</td>
<td colspan="2">0.990</td>
<td colspan="3">11,246</td>
<td>1,363</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="16"><p><sup>1/</sup> Producers with five or more
colonies.</p>
<p><sup>2/</sup> Stocks in producers’ hands.</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

**AQUACULTURE HIGHLIGHTS**

Florida aquaculture producers reported sales of \$75 million during
2005, down from 95.5 million in 2003 due to devastating hurricanes of
2004 and 2005. In 2005, sales increased for alligator farmers, but
decreased for tropical fish, aquatic plants, hard clams, turtles,
sportfish, and a variety of food fish including catfish, tilapia, and
hybrid striped bass.

There were 359 operations that reported sales for 2005 versus 544 farms
in 2003. In 2003, 544 operations used 6,450 water acres in production,
versus 3,010 water acres used by 359 operations during 2005.

+-------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+
| **[Fl |              |              |              |              |
| orida |              |              |              |              |
| A     |              |              |              |              |
| quacu |              |              |              |              |
| lture |              |              |              |              |
| ]{.sm |              |              |              |              |
| allca |              |              |              |              |
| ps}** |              |              |              |              |
|       |              |              |              |              |
| N     |              |              |              |              |
| umber |              |              |              |              |
| of    |              |              |              |              |
| produ |              |              |              |              |
| cers, |              |              |              |              |
| area  |              |              |              |              |
| in    |              |              |              |              |
| p     |              |              |              |              |
| roduc |              |              |              |              |
| tion, |              |              |              |              |
| value |              |              |              |              |
| of    |              |              |              |              |
| produ |              |              |              |              |
| ction |              |              |              |              |
+=======+==============+==============+==============+==============+
| **[Fl |              |              |              |              |
| orida |              |              |              |              |
| A     |              |              |              |              |
| quacu |              |              |              |              |
| lture |              |              |              |              |
| ]{.sm |              |              |              |              |
| allca |              |              |              |              |
| ps}** |              |              |              |              |
|       |              |              |              |              |
| N     |              |              |              |              |
| umber |              |              |              |              |
| of    |              |              |              |              |
| produ |              |              |              |              |
| cers, |              |              |              |              |
| area  |              |              |              |              |
| in    |              |              |              |              |
| p     |              |              |              |              |
| roduc |              |              |              |              |
| tion, |              |              |              |              |
| value |              |              |              |              |
| of    |              |              |              |              |
| produ |              |              |              |              |
| ction |              |              |              |              |
+-------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+
| Year  | Number of    | Area in      |              | Value of     |
|       | producers    | production   |              | production   |
+-------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+
|       |              | *Surface     | *Square      | *1,000       |
|       |              | acres*       | feet*        | dollars*     |
+-------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+
| >     | 448          | 8,100        | 68,497,000   | 54,000       |
|  1991 |              |              |              |              |
+-------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+
| >     | 523          | 10,300       | 71,702,000   | 73,000       |
|  1993 |              |              |              |              |
+-------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+
| >     | 513          | 7,499        | 69,659,000   | 79,000       |
|  1995 |              |              |              |              |
+-------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+
| >     | 552          | 11,627       | 82,277,000   | 102,000      |
|  1997 |              |              |              |              |
+-------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+
| >     | 712          | 7,585        | 60,439,000   | 85,631       |
|  1999 |              |              |              |              |
+-------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+
| >     | 684          | 7,014        | 58,160,000   | 99,516       |
|  2001 |              |              |              |              |
+-------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+
| >     | 544          | 6,450        | 44,413,000   | 95,500       |
|  2003 |              |              |              |              |
+-------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+
| >     | 359          | 3,010        | NA           | 74,975       |
|  2005 |              |              |              |              |
+-------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+

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<colgroup>
<col style="width: 12%" />
<col style="width: 0%" />
<col style="width: 14%" />
<col style="width: 3%" />
<col style="width: 11%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
<col style="width: 5%" />
<col style="width: 11%" />
<col style="width: 2%" />
<col style="width: 14%" />
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr class="header">
<th colspan="12"><p><strong><span class="smallcaps">Florida
Aquaculture</span></strong></p>
<p>Leading aquaculture products and value <sup>1/</sup></p></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Year</td>
<td colspan="2">Tropical fish</td>
<td colspan="2">Aquatic plants</td>
<td colspan="2">Clams</td>
<td colspan="2">Alligators</td>
<td colspan="2"><p>Catfish</p>
<p>&amp; Tilapia</p></td>
<td>Other fish</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td></td>
<td colspan="11"><em>Million dollars</em></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><blockquote>
<p>1993</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">46.70</td>
<td colspan="2">13.20</td>
<td colspan="2">4.63</td>
<td colspan="2">4.43</td>
<td colspan="2">1.59</td>
<td>1.23</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><blockquote>
<p>1995</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">52.50</td>
<td colspan="2">8.60</td>
<td colspan="2">6.43</td>
<td colspan="2">4.50</td>
<td colspan="2">1.44</td>
<td>1.02</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><blockquote>
<p>1997</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">57.20</td>
<td colspan="2">13.20</td>
<td colspan="2">13.07</td>
<td colspan="2">3.18</td>
<td colspan="2">1.70</td>
<td>1.04</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><blockquote>
<p>1999</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">43.18</td>
<td colspan="2">13.65</td>
<td colspan="2">16.25</td>
<td colspan="2">3.35</td>
<td colspan="2">2.07</td>
<td>0.63</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><blockquote>
<p>2001</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">42.42</td>
<td colspan="2">21.30</td>
<td colspan="2">18.26</td>
<td colspan="2">3.25</td>
<td colspan="2">2.28</td>
<td>3.20</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><blockquote>
<p>2003</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">47.23</td>
<td colspan="2">20.43</td>
<td colspan="2">12.10</td>
<td colspan="2">2.45</td>
<td colspan="2">2.98</td>
<td>2.82</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><blockquote>
<p>2005</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">33.23</td>
<td colspan="2">17.56</td>
<td colspan="2">10.69</td>
<td colspan="2">4.07</td>
<td colspan="2">1.91</td>
<td>1.73</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="12"><sup>1/</sup> Aquaculture survey not conducted in
2007.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="12"><p><strong><span class="smallcaps">Florida
Catfish</span></strong></p>
<p>Operations, water surface acres, broodfish and fingerlings inventory,
sales, 1999 – 2007 <sup>1/</sup></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2" rowspan="2">Year</td>
<td colspan="2" rowspan="2">Number of operations</td>
<td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p>Water surface</p>
<p>acres <sup>2/</sup></p></td>
<td colspan="4">Inventory <sup>2/</sup></td>
<td colspan="2" rowspan="2">Annual sales</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2">Broodfish</td>
<td colspan="2">Fingerlings</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="2"><em>Acres</em></td>
<td colspan="4"><em>Thousands</em></td>
<td colspan="2"><em>Thousand Dollars</em></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"><blockquote>
<p>1999</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">25</td>
<td colspan="2">240</td>
<td colspan="2">24</td>
<td colspan="2">1,340</td>
<td colspan="2">1,190</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"><blockquote>
<p>2000</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">22</td>
<td colspan="2">390</td>
<td colspan="2">2</td>
<td colspan="2">1,200</td>
<td colspan="2">1,296</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"><blockquote>
<p>2001</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">38</td>
<td colspan="2">680</td>
<td colspan="2"><sup>2/</sup></td>
<td colspan="2">240</td>
<td colspan="2">1,327</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"><blockquote>
<p>2002</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">45</td>
<td colspan="2">880</td>
<td colspan="2">5</td>
<td colspan="2">5,000</td>
<td colspan="2">756</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"><blockquote>
<p>2003</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">34</td>
<td colspan="2">660</td>
<td colspan="2">3</td>
<td colspan="2">3,300</td>
<td colspan="2">1,208</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"><blockquote>
<p>2004</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">35</td>
<td colspan="2">710</td>
<td colspan="2">15</td>
<td colspan="2">1,120</td>
<td colspan="2">1,139</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"><blockquote>
<p>2005</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">46</td>
<td colspan="2">650</td>
<td colspan="2">16</td>
<td colspan="2">720</td>
<td colspan="2">1,435</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"><blockquote>
<p>2006</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">31</td>
<td colspan="2">520</td>
<td colspan="2">8</td>
<td colspan="2">85</td>
<td colspan="2">1,761</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"><blockquote>
<p>2007</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2">43</td>
<td colspan="2">530</td>
<td colspan="2">6</td>
<td colspan="2">1,400</td>
<td colspan="2"><sup>3/</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="12"><p><sup>1/</sup> Catfish survey discontinued in
2008.</p>
<p><sup>2/</sup> January 1.</p>
<p><sup>3/</sup> Not published to avoid disclosure of individual
operations.</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

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