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Alligator Production

An Introduction

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Publisher: Southern Regional Aquaculture Center

Creation date: May 1993

Production of alligators in a controlled indoor environment is new. Advances in environmentally controlled production methods during the 1980s improved survival rates, allowed sex determination, and produced market size alligators (4 feet long) in less than two years. These advances, together with the high prices paid for alligator hides, led to rapid expansion of the industry in the 1980s. A surplus of hides coupled with falling hide prices in the early 1990s led to a decline in the number of producers and an uncertain future.

Key Words: USDA • SRAC • Alligator • Hide