NOAA released shrimp landings data from the Gulf of Mexico for the month of November. In total, 10.0 million pounds of shrimp were landed in the Gulf last month, a significant decline from the 12.2 million pounds landed in November 2014 and 20% below the previous thirteen-year historical average for November landings (12.5 million pounds).
For the month, landings in Texas (2.0 million pounds) were the lowest recorded for the month of November in the data monitored by the Southern Shrimp Alliance going back to 2002 and were roughly half the volume of the previous thirteen-year historical average for November landings (3.9 million pounds). In addition, the landings reported in Mississippi (244,800 pounds) were the lowest recorded for the month of November for that state as well going back to 2002 and were less than half the volume of the previous thirteen-year historical average for the month (519,808 pounds).
With one month left of shrimping in 2015, landings stand at 98.4 million pounds. This continues to represent the lowest amount of shrimp landed in the Gulf since 2010 (84.9 million pounds) and is over 16% below the previous thirteen-year historical average (117.4 million pounds).
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