US Gulf of Mexico, East Coast snapper, grouper, and crab fishermen report successes

Published 2021년 4월 7일

Tridge summary

U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Southeast fisheries have seen success in 2021, with red snapper populations plentiful and consumer demand driving strong prices. Despite challenges from COVID-19 restrictions and cheaper imports, there is optimism for a better 2021 as the economy recovers. The stone crab harvest in the Keys is averaging, with hopes for benefits from new rules, and blue crab productions in Louisiana and North Carolina have seen lower catches but higher prices in 2020, rebounding in the fall. However, North Carolina crab fishermen face tighter restrictions in 2021 due to concerns of overfishing.

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Fisheries in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Southeast have experienced success, despite pandemic pressures that began in 2020.Red snapper are now more plentiful in the Gulf of Mexico, but prices are staying strong as a result of high consumer demand and a let-up in COVID-19 restrictions that slowed sales to restaurants early in 2020.Fishermen are able to catch their quota with no difficulty, and boat prices are hovering in the USD 5.00 to USD 6.00 (EUR 4.23 to EUR 5.07) per pound range, with fishermen who are leasing quota netting about USD 2.00 (EUR 1.69) per pound.Off the coast of the U.S. Southeast, where red snapper are managed separately, populations are similarly abundant, according to some fish house operators. But the commercial fishery was only open from mid-July through early September, when NMFS determined fishermen had fulfilled their quota. Opening dates for 2021 have not been announced.Fishermen have been able to meet some consumer demand with vermilion snapper – a ...

Source: Seafoodsource