Gulf of Mexico Shrimpers Harvest Another 2 Million Pounds in April
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Despite the pandemic, shrimpers in the Gulf of Mexico increased their shrimp landings in April.
The National Marine Fisheries Service Fishery Monitoring Branch of the Southeast Fisheries Science Center released data last week that showed 2.2 million pounds of landings -- the third year in a row they were down for the month of April. The situation was similar in March. The April landings also were 18.5 percent lower than the prior 18-year historical average of 2.8 million pounds for April...
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