NOAA Fisheries’ Southeast Fisheries Science Center has released preliminary shrimp landings data for the U.S. Gulf of Mexico for 2022 September, along with preliminary catch numbers for the U.S. South Atlantic.
The figures reported for September 2022 are preliminary, and NOAA did not release information on shrimp landings in the U.S. states of Louisiana, Georgia, or South Carolina.
Separately, NOAA has revised its ex-vessel prices, and is no longer reporting prices for three areas in the western, northern, and eastern regions of the Gulf of Mexico. It now reports a single price for the entirety of the Gulf of Mexico and a single price for the South Atlantic. In response, the Southern Shrimp Alliance said it is now tracking and summarizing prices for all count sizes used by the agency (U15, 15/20, 21/25, 26/30, 31/35, 36/40, and 41/50).
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