Did You Know?
Louisiana Shrimp
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- In 2008 Louisiana had 90.4 million lbs in dockside landings with a dockside value of $133.5 million dollars.
- The Louisiana Shrimp industry provides 14, 264 jobs for the state of Louisiana and $91.1 million in state revenue.
- 95 % of the shrimp consumed in the United States are imported, which is why we Louisiana Shrimpers need you to “Demand Louisiana Shrimp” when dining out or shopping at the grocery store.
- Louisiana is the number one producer of domestic shrimp in the U.S., a ranking that our shrimpers work hard to keep, even with the influx of foreign shrimp that force our shrimpers to lower their prices and barely break even in their business.
- Louisiana has both brown and white shrimp. Brown shrimp are found mostly in the spring season which begins in May and lasts approximately 50 days and a white shrimp are found during the fall shrimp season which lasts from August until December.
- Louisiana shrimp are flash-frozen fresh so they are available year round, even out of their season.
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