Louisiana commercial fishers in 2012 had the largest amount of commercial seafood landed in the Gulf of Mexico and garnered the most revenue from that catch in the region, according to a National Marine Fisheries Service report released on Tuesday.
Louisiana commercial fishermen landed 1.2 billion pounds and garnered $331 million in revenue, according to the Fisheries Economics of the United States 2012 report.
"Fishing is big business and culturally important in our country. On top of that, it supports a lot of jobs," said Eileen Sobeck, assistant National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration administrator for fisheries.
