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2013 Aquaculture Forum
1/25/13
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Rainfall 2012
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http://water.weather.gov/precip/?loctype
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WV Aquaculture Association
President: Jody Ours
 Vice Pres: Ken Grymala
 Secretary: Rob Nichols
 Treasurer: John Anderson
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Board of Directors in 2012
Wesley Grose Jody Ours Josh Hedrick
Ken Grymala
Bill Grantham
Farm Bureau Policy Supports
Aquaculture Development
Current Impediments to growth are inadequate
and confusing flow of information from
lawmakers, governmental agencies, and other
organizations.
 Inadequate and incomplete information related
to natural resources rights (i.e. water) and the
understanding of the aquaculture industry by
financial institutions for operating loans further
deters growth.
 Supported Aquaculture Development Act.
 Support creation of Aquaculture Coordinator
Position.
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Northeast Regional
Aquaculture Center (NRAC)
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Dan Miller is WV’s only representative
on the NRAC Technical and Industry
Committee.
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No report from Dan in 2012 or 2011
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NRAC chose not to participate in this
meeting in any way.
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Little relevance to WV aquaculture.
Aquaculture Advisory Board
Aquaculture Advisory Board
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Developed recommendations .
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Agency Coordination
Property Rights
Registration, not a Permit
Freely traded aquatic livestock
Aquatic Animal Health
Invasive Species
NPDES Fee Structure
Access to Water
Education
Modification to Farmers Market Vendor Guide
Aquatic Weed Control
With Grass Carp.
West Virginia residents who have a pond in
West Virginia may purchase grass carp
without an importation permit.
Grass Carp Import Permits
Year
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Total
(No)
3871
4087
3575
5485
6050
Out of
State
1226
242
70
2485
2550
WV
(No)
2645
3845
3505
3000
3500
WV
(%)
68%
94%
98%
55%
58%
WV Grass Carp Import Permits
Year
2008
Policy
Both vendors and pond owners must get an import
permit before triploid grass carp can be sold and
stocked into WV ponds.
2009
2010
Only those importing grass carp into WV must obtain
an import permit.
West Virginia residents who have a pond in West
Virginia may purchase grass carp without an
importation permit from in-state vendors.
Only those importing grass carp into WV must obtain
an import permit.
2011
2012
DNR Fish production 2010/11
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1,038,025 trout weighing 729,640 lb (0.70 lb)
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718,958 pounds from 7 DNR hatcheries
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10,682 lb from Federal Hatchery at White
Sulphur Springs
Estimating Revenue/lb trout
produced by WV DNR
Resident Fishing
($19)
B
$1,538,050
Nonresident Fishing ($37)
F
$ 432,604
subtotal
$1,970,654
Resident Trout
($10) O
$ 984,290
Nonresident Trout
($15) OO
$ 226,768
subtotal
$1,211,058
Total
$3,181,712
Trout stamp revenue/lb
$ 1.68
Overall Revenue/lb
$ 4.43
From WV DNR Annual Report 2012/ 2011.
WV DNR Warmwater fish
production 2010/11
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355,894 Walleye fingerlings
194,362 Hybrid striped bass
162,286 Channel catfish
21,503 Largemouth Bass
118,464 Blue Catfish
89,000 Striped Bass
4,636 Muskie fing
7,953 Paddlefish
Ag Statistics Service
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2011 NASS Trout Survey
Total value of Trout sold in WV $ 880,000
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Some information is not published to avoid
disclosure of individual operations.
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Data collected each year on trout and catfish
Mountaineer Trout Farm, LLC
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Largest private producer of Rainbow Trout
in WV.
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Wholesale sales to processing plants and
and live haulers.
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target market size has changed from 1.52.0 lb to 16-20oz. . Streamlined production
plan, and improve production efficiency.
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Inventory numbers are strong and all
projections show a record setting year for
2013.
Mountaineer Trout Farm
Sales 2009-2012
140%
120%
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
2009
2010
2011
2012
Mountaineer Trout Farm, LLC
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Unprecedented increase in
production cost.
 Oxygen cost went up >8.5%
 Feed cost increased 20.4%
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As a result wholesale trout prices will
increase to $2.00/lb versus $1.75/lb in
late 2011. This price increase still
leaves Mountaineer with tighter profit
margins than in 2011.
Buckhorn Trout Farm
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Eston Teeter
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Ponds opened April 1
through June 30, 2012
then closed to the public
– closed for good.
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93 years old and failing
health.
Sugar Grove Trophy Trout Farm:
Kevin & Jerry Bartley
 Recreation,
Trout
 Both pond and stream
 Added Raceways
 Trout hatchery working
fine
 Still need big fish.
 Now have hauling tank.
 Business is good.
Sure
Catch
Elkins
Sue and Donald Shreve
Built a raceway next to their house.
Now growing trout for their fishing ponds.
Elk Springs Fly Shop & Outfitters
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Guide Service, Orvis Authorized Fly Shop,
Accommodations and food
Growing more trout
New 5000 sq ft restaurant and fly shop
www.elkspringsflyshop.com 304-339-2359
Petes Pay Lake
New fee fishing business near Diana, WV
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Petes Pay Lake and Campground.
www.petespaylake.com/
2.5 acre lake and stream stocked with trout, bass, catfish,
bluegill, and more! Anglers are limited to 4 keepers/day per
person. Catch and release is unlimited.
Cost: $15/adult/day $9/child (0-12yrs)/day (limit 4/person a
day)
Annual Pass (individual): $600 (limit 4/day)
Bill Miller renovating an old church
as a restaurant. Marlinton
Cliff Lester
New fee fishing business near Beckley
Brought in a 24 X 14
building to serve as a fly
shop and office for the fee
fish operation.
Small pond that serves as
a sediment pond dug out to
10 feet. Ten tandem loads
of dirt were removed after
ten years accumulation.
Trout in the Family Room
Robert Slider, Fairmont
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Water well dug prior to 1900
(originally drinking water
source) The well is 18 feet
deep and keeps about 10 feet
of water.
Temperature 61 - 63 F year
round.
The inside 'pond' is in the
family room and is 6 feet long,
3 feet wide, and 28 inches
deep. It holds 260 gallons of
water.
Water is filtered as it is
pumped into the 'pond'. An
overflow drains the water
back into the well. So it is a
flow-thru system. The 'pond'
contains two aerators.
Twin Fork Trout
(George Cottle, Mercer County)
Been in business 40 + years.
 Stream fishing going OK – October to
July.
 Sell everything I can raise.
 Prices up, water is down.
 Start at $2.65/lb.
 High protein feed – can get them too fat.
 “Handle a lot of money, just don’t get to
keep it.”
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Provide guide service in the area and have a fee fishing pond to
complement cabins, gift shop, etc.
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Demand for Trout Fishing is good, don’t really want to be any busier.
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Price went up to $4.50/lb.
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Cleaning fees increased to $2/fish gutted or filleted.
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Mitigation plan has been set, now must find a way to monitor and
report for the next 4 years.
Harrison, County
Mike Nardella
Full line of fish for
stocking ponds.
Collaborate with WVU on
Aquaponics grant
Business down a bit in
2012.
Began construction on
Two new ponds
Pad for a new High Tunnel
That will feature aquaponics
Bill Grantham
received 1500 trout fingerlings from NCCCWA
Process trout preparing for the farm markets in March
Fish Wagon Events:
(with 4-H) 8 Days at Jefferson County Fair
Feast on the Farm: 1 event in Jefferson Co.
Middleway Days 2,500 folks
(= 65 lbs. of fillets & 15 lbs. of smoked trout)
Pierpont
Culinary
Academy
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Won state championship and third in the Northeast
region last year. (Farm Raised Rainbow Trout)
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Rainbow Trout Meuniere cured salmon, spinach, white
beans, fennel, radicchio and parsley butter sauce.
Reducing Feed Cost
Don Anderson buys feed by the truckload from Melick
Aquafeeds and resells with a modest markup.
Divergent Natural Interests
Fred Hays, Kanawha County
Full line of fish for stocking
ponds including triploid
Grass Carp
Expanding into the baitfish
market.
“Business off about 25% in the past year.
DNR has made it harder to sell grass carp by letting out of state
haulers come in and sell without permits.
People in Southern WV have less money because of federal
attacks on WV energy industry. “
Greer - Riverton
Growing fish for the company.
 Stock golf courses and company ponds.
 Donate fish to the Spring event in Franklin.
 No sales. Company Recreation.
 Raceway system works well.
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Indian Lakes
Jeff Tincher, Kanawha County
Fee Fishing is paying its way, but things are
not good.
 Would like to produce trout for the lake.
 Wholesale business declining - went from 15
to 3 pay lakes. Small businesses couldn’t take
the price increasing.
 Prices increasing on both trout and catfish (up
$0.35.lb).
 Currently paying $2.25/lb for trout and $1.85/lb
for catfish.
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News briefs
 Aquaponic Association
has second
annual meeting in Denver, Colorado.
Over 150 registrants.
 New
USDA Microloan Program.
 Pentair’s Aquatic
Systems Business
Acquires Aquatic Eco-Systems, Inc.
Pipestem Resort
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Trout Wrangler episode filmed November,
2012
Premier show for Fly Rod Chronicles, hosted
by Curtis Fleming aired on the Outdoor
Channel January 1, 4, & 5.
Will air on
 Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 at 11:00 AM
 Friday, Feb 22, 2013 at Noon
 Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 at 6:30 PM
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Show reaches 39 million homes.
Trout Wrangler fishing package booked
through the spring.
Farm raised fish in the
2012 Cast Iron Cookoff
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Grand Champion – Mountainwest –
smoked trout cakes.
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2nd place WVU Small Farm
Center/Madeline’s – Striped Bass
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Best single dish – WVU Small Farm
Center/Madeline’s – Striped Bass.
Best use of Protein – Waterfront Place Hotel –
Striped Bass.
Pan Fried Bass
Fingerling Potato
Hash
Thai Basil Oil
Beets of the
Night.
Farm raised fish in the
2012 Cast Iron Cookoff
Casta Line Trout Farms
Goshen, VA
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Stock live trout in a six state area.
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Begins its 48th year of operation with the Grand
Re-opening of fee-fishing at the Craigsville, VA
farm.
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Hatchery in Middlebrook, VA, was revamped for
broodstock where Brook, Brown, Dark-Eyed
Golden Rainbow and Red-eyed Golden Rainbow
eggs are fertilized, incubated and sold world-wide.
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Trout predators increasing, Bear, Herons, Eagles,
Otters, etc.
Casta Line Trout Farms
Goshen, VA
Reopened
Fishing Pond.
See
increased
demand for
local
recreational
activities.
Fuzzy Thief
Virginia Trout Company
Monterey, VA
51st year of operation, 2 of its employees
working each have 40 years experience.
 Construction on new raceways at the main
hatchery
 Allegheny Mountain Trout products
 significant increase in live-stocking deliveries
 Fee Fishing
 2013 plan to team up with Allegheny Meats to
develop smoked trout products.
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Virginia
Trout
Company
New
raceways
under
construction
Pond Turbidity
Jim Shreves, from a construction of a gas well.
Mountain Meadow Farms
Jody Ours, Grant Co.
Recreational Fishing
 Opening again in 2013
 Hatching Brown and Tiger Trout
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Closed in 2011 and 2012
Due to sediment from
construction of corridor H
Reymann Memorial Farm
Aquaponics Workshop
Support requested for RMF
Aquaculture from WVU Agricultural
Experiment Station
Aquaculture Grant from USDA has paid
all costs at RMF for the past decade.
 USDA funding will end in 2013. Without
support, facility will close at the end of
the year.
 Investigators seek same support as
provided to traditional livestock
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 Management
 Utilities
The Fishtales newsletter was not
published in 2012.
http://aquaculture.ext.wvu.edu/
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Clean water act