Shrimp Landings in 2019 Reported as 35% Below Historical Average
The Fishery Monitoring Branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries’ Southeast Fisheries Science Center has released preliminary shrimp landings data from the Gulf of Mexico for December 2019 and for the full year. At 5.5 million pounds, landings of shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico were the lowest reported for any December in the historical database maintained […]
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NOAA Issues Incomplete Landings Data for November 2019
The Fishery Monitoring Branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries’ Southeast Fisheries Science Center has released “incomplete” shrimp landings data from the Gulf of Mexico for November 2019. Specifically, NOAA’s reported shrimp statistics for last month indicate that Texas landing data reflect “Incomplete Reporting.” Shrimp landings in Texas for November were reported to be just 1.3 million pounds, […]
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As Shrimp Landings in the Northern Gulf Improve for the First Time this Year, Texas Landings Decline
The Fishery Monitoring Branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries’ Southeast Fisheries Science Center has now released shrimp landings data from the Gulf of Mexico for October 2019. NOAA reported that shrimp landings in the Gulf in October (11.2 million pounds) were higher than landings in October 2018 (10.4 million pounds). However, these landings were the second lowest […]
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September Shrimp Landings Thirty Percent Below Historical Averages
This morning, the Fishery Monitoring Branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries’ Southeast Fisheries Science Center released shrimp landings data from the Gulf of Mexico for September 2019. NOAA reported that shrimp landings in the Gulf last month (9.0 million pounds) were the third lowest reported for any September since 2002; 29.9 percent below the prior seventeen-year […]
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In August, a Drop in Texas Shrimp Landings Means Another Low Harvest
Yesterday, the Fishery Monitoring Branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries’ Southeast Fisheries Science Center released shrimp landings data from the Gulf of Mexico for August 2019. NOAA reported that shrimp landings in the Gulf last month (13.3 million pounds) were the third lowest reported for any August since 2002. Commercial shrimp landings last month were 24.7 percent […]
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Shrimp Landings this Year at Historically Low Levels
On Thursday morning, the Fishery Monitoring Branch of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries’ Southeast Fisheries Science Center released shrimp landings data from the Gulf of Mexico for February 2019. Overall, NOAA reports that 4.5 million pounds of shrimp have been landed in the Gulf of Mexico through the first two months of this year. That figure represents the […]
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September Shrimp Landings Well Above Last Year’s, But Remain Well Below Historical Averages
The Fishery Monitoring Branch of NOAA Fisheries’ Southeast Fisheries Science Center has published shrimp landings data from the Gulf of Mexico for September 2018. A total of 10.3 million pounds of shrimp were harvested in the Gulf of Mexico last month, up from 7.3 million pounds in September of 2017, but 21.0 percent below the prior sixteen-year historic average of […]
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With August Shrimp Landings Down, 2018 Shrimp Catch In Line With Last Four Years
The Fishery Monitoring Branch of NOAA Fisheries’ Southeast Fisheries Science Center has now released shrimp landings data from the Gulf of Mexico for August 2018. A total of 15.1 million pounds of shrimp were harvested in the Gulf of Mexico in August, down from 16.7 million pounds in August 2017 and 15.4 percent below the prior sixteen-year historic average of […]
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Volumes and Prices of Shrimp Down in June
Today, the Fisheries Statistic Division of NOAA Fisheries’ Southeast Fisheries Science Center released its report regarding shrimp landings in the Gulf of Mexico for June 2018. Shrimp landings in the Gulf of Mexico last month were at 10.4 million pounds, below the 10.9 million pounds landed in June 2017 and 38.9 percent below the prior sixteen-year historical average of 17.1 […]