US shrimp landings, prices hit new lows

The Southern Shrimp Alliance's historical comparison of June shrimp landings by volume, in thousands of pounds, in North Carolina | Photo courtesy of the Southern Shrimp Alliance
The Southern Shrimp Alliance's historical comparison of June shrimp landings by volume, in thousands of pounds, in North Carolina | Photo courtesy of the Southern Shrimp Alliance
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U.S. shrimp landings and prices hit new lows, according to preliminary data released by NOAA. 

For June 2024, the most recent month for which data is available, landings of shrimp caught in the Gulf of Mexico were well below the historical averages, though Louisiana’s and South Carolina’s totals have not been reported yet

Overall, U.S. landing volumes from the Gulf of Mexico totaled 25.9 million pounds, or 11,748 metric tons,  year to date through June 2024, representing a 45.8 percent dip below the historical average of 47.7 million pounds (21,636 MT). Landings in the South Atlantic were 74.7 percent below the historical average through June, totalling 2.1 million pounds (953 MT), down from a historical average of 3.6 million pounds (1633 MT). 

Compared with a historical average of the last 22 years, the most devastating drop occurred in ...


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