July Gulf of Mexico shrimp harvest a mixed bag

The July shrimp harvest off the West Coast of Florida was the lowest ever recorded.

NOAA Fisheries said 126 thousand pounds of shrimp was harvested off the West coast of Florida last month - the lowest recorded by NOAA for any July in the seventeen-years they have been collecting the data.

Landings in Louisiana, reported to be 1.3 million pounds for the month, were also the lowest recorded by NOAA for any July.

On the other hand, landings in Alabama, at 2.2 million pounds for the month, were the highest recorded for any July in the past 17 years.

Shrimp landings in the Gulf of Mexico last month were at 7.9 million pounds, slightly below the 8 million pounds landed in July 2017 and 31.3 percent below the prior sixteen-year historical average of 11.5 million pounds for the month of July.

Overall about 47 million pounds of shrimp have been harvested from the Gulf of Mexico this year – 13.7 percent below average.

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