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The landed shrimp amount in the Gulf of Mexico increased in September compared to last year.
September shrimp landings increased but remained below historical averages
UNITED STATES
Wednesday, October 24, 2018, 01:30 (GMT + 9)
A total of 10.3 million pounds of shrimp were harvested in the Gulf of Mexico in September, representing a 41 per cent increase from 7.3 million pounds harvested in the same month a year ago but 21.0 per cent below the prior sixteen-year historical average of 13.1 million pounds, according to According to The Fishery Monitoring Branch of NOAA Fisheries’ Southeast Fisheries Science Center.
No landings were reported in either the west Coast of Florida or Mississippi in the ninth month of the year because of an insufficient number of dealers providing information to the official entity, the Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) reported.
However, shrimp landings in Texas (5.4 million pounds), Louisiana (3.3 million pounds), and Alabama (1.6 million pounds) were all substantially higher than commercial shrimp landings in September 2017 (3.2 million pounds; 2.6 million pounds; and 1.1 million pounds, respectively).
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SSA also informed that through the first three-quarters of 2018, 72.3 million pounds of shrimp were caught in the Gulf of Mexico, representing a drop from 73.1 million pounds through the first nine months of last year.
In total, commercial shrimp landings this year are down 16.0 per cent below the prior sixteen-year historical average of 86.1 million pounds.
Nevertheless, shrimp landings in Alabama (11.8 million pounds) have been the highest recorded for the state since 2002.
Commercial shrimp landings in Texas (26.9 million pounds) have been the highest since 2015 and there has been slightly more shrimp landed in Louisiana this year (27.6 million pounds) than last year (27.4 million pounds).
For the thirteenth straight month, no ex-vessel prices were reported by NOAA for the eastern Gulf (the west coast of Florida).
Ex-vessel prices reported for the northern (Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi) and western (Texas) Gulf for large shrimp (U15) were significantly higher in September (USD 9.42 per pound and USD 9.38 per pound, respectively) than they were in the same month last year (USD 7.78 per pound and USD 8.70 per pound, respectively).
However, for all other count sizes, ex-vessel prices in the northern Gulf were significantly lower than they were in September 2017, while in the western Gulf the ex-vessel prices for all other count sizes were significantly higher than they were last September.
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