White shrimp return to Gulf as Sept. landings help mitigate losses from season's late start
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by Michael Ramsingh - October 22, 2014
The return of white shrimp to the Gulf of Mexico in September helped offset losses from weather-related delays that started the season in May. Louisiana led the region in landings, with the state’s catch hitting a five-year-high for the month. However, the harvest remains short of last year’s haul with time running out to make up the difference.
In September Gulf fishermen landed just over 16 million pounds of shrimp an 18 percent improvement from the same time last year and 20 percent above the five-year average...
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