Gulf of Mexico fishermen landed 10.3 million pounds of shrimp in May this year, contributing to a total for the first five months of the year of 23.6 million pounds, up from 20.1 million pounds in the corresponding period of last year, according to the latest catch statistics released by NOAA.
Louisiana continued to supply the most shrimp in January through May with 10.1 million pounds, followed by Texas with 6.9 million pounds and Alabama with 3.3 million pounds.
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