NOAA issued landing volume data for shrimp caught in the Gulf of Mexico in the month of October.
The Southern Shrimp Alliance’s analysis of NOAA landings data reporting going back to 2002 indicates that the volume of shrimp harvested last month was well above historical averages and at near record levels.
For the entire Gulf of Mexico, the 18.2 million pounds of shrimp landed was 20.5% above the annual average of October shrimp landings between 2002 and 2013 (15.1 million pounds) and was surpassed only by the 18.6 million pounds of shrimp reported as landed in October 2006.
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