A strong start to 2017 for Gulf of Mexico shrimp sector

Almost 3.5 million pounds (1,588 metric tons – MT) of shrimp were landed in the Gulf of Mexico in January, representing the region’s largest volume for the month since 2013. 

While the Southern Shrimp Alliance highlights that the region’s landings were 16.5 percent below the 15-year historic average for the month of January, it said the total landings were the eighth highest recorded over the 16-year timespan for which it has ...


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