date:Jul 12, 2012
he Texas portion of the catch is predicted to be 27.4 million pounds.
Most of the shrimp harvested in the US 68 per cent comes from the Gulf of Mexico, especially Texas and Louisiana. Total domestic shrimp harvest brought in $414 million in 2010, the latest figures available.
Brown shrimp are important to the economy of Gulf coast communities, said Roger Zimmerman, Ph.D., director for NOAA Fisheries Southeast Fisheries Science Centers Galveston Laboratory. They are popular among seafood cons