Through May, Highest Volume Of Shrimp Landings In The Gulf Since 2006

Through May, Highest Volume of Shrimp Landings in the Gulf Since 2006

NOAA’s publication of shrimp landings in the Gulf of Mexico for the month of May reports that, through the first five months of this year, more shrimp has been landed by commercial fishermen than any year since 2006. In total, Gulf shrimpers have harvested 30.3 million pounds of shrimp this year, up from 23.6 million pounds last year. This marks the third straight year of increased landings compared to the year prior. Shrimp landings in 2017 are thus far 18.7 percent over the prior fifteen-year historical average of 25.5 million pounds and the volume of shrimp landed is the highest total reported since Gulf shrimpers landed 35.2 million pounds of shrimp in the first five months of 2006.

4.7 million of those 30.3 million pounds of shrimp caught in the gulf were landed in Alabama, a record volume over the sixteen-year historical period tracked by the Southern Shrimp Alliance. The 1.3 million pounds of shrimp landed in Mississippi in the first five months of 2017 is the most reported for that state for the same time period since 2004; the 3.7 million pounds of shrimp landed on the West Coast of Florida is the most reported for that area 2006; the 7.9 million pounds landed so far this year in Texas is the most reported for that state since 2011; and the 12.8 million pounds landed in Louisiana is the most reported for that state since 2013.

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