| Spot | ||
| YEAR | POUNDS (WHOLE WEIGHT) | VALUE ($) |
| 1972 | 3,902,144 |
$378,138 |
| 1973 | 5,397,368 |
$675,908 |
| 1974 | 5,606,952 |
$624,919 |
| 1975 | 8,299,854 |
$860,993 |
| 1976 | 2,674,161 |
$348,153 |
| 1977 | 3,805,126 |
$468,675 |
| 1978 | 4,878,437 |
$627,225 |
| 1979 | 7,303,405 |
$1,430,017 |
| 1980 | 7,100,053 |
$1,493,437 |
| 1981 | 3,511,574 |
$823,728 |
| 1982 | 4,918,763 |
$1,080,090 |
| 1983 | 2,952,295 |
$685,370 |
| 1984 | 3,481,920 |
$813,587 |
| 1985 | 4,043,843 |
$874,490 |
| 1986 | 3,354,191 |
$772,495 |
| 1987 | 2,806,041 |
$648,742 |
| 1988 | 3,080,258 |
$682,260 |
| 1989 | 3,254,473 |
$787,150 |
| 1990 | 3,455,460 |
$801,181 |
| 1991 | 3,047,305 |
$708,356 |
| 1992 | 2,826,138 |
$642,491 |
| 1993 | 2,672,164 |
$749,339 |
1994 |
2,937,311 |
$980,536 |
1995 |
3,006,845 |
$932,122 |
1996 |
2,290,000 |
$866,053 |
1997 |
2,627,925 |
$1,155,343 |
1998 |
2,396,979 |
$1,001,659 |
1999 |
2,262,175 |
$1,001,980 |
2000 |
2,829,788 |
$1,172,220 |
2001 |
3,093,872 |
$1,278,327 |
2002 |
2,184,032 |
$931,528 |
2003 |
2,043,387 |
$910,301 |
2004 |
2,317,171 |
$1,068,032 |
2005 |
1,714,484 |
$905,013 |
2006 |
1,364,743 |
$998,047 |
2007 |
879,082 |
$612,673 |
| 2008 | 737,218 |
$454,569 |
2009 |
1,006,485 |
$601,835 |
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