NOAA released shrimp landings data from the Gulf of Mexico for June 2016.
For the month, NOAA reported landings of 11.7 million pounds shrimp in the region, 34.8% below the prior fourteen-year historical average. However, there was significantly more shrimp caught in the Gulf this June than in the prior year (9.7 million pounds). Last year, Louisiana shrimpers landed less shrimp (4.8 million pounds) than in any previous year going back to 2002. Last month, 6.7 million pounds of shrimp were reported to have been landed in the state.
For the year, 35.2 million pounds of shrimp have been landed in the Gulf of Mexico, an amount that is 20.7% below the prior fourteen-year historical average.
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