. . . National Overview: Status and 

 Potential of U.S. Living Marine Resources 



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. . . SOUTHEAST U.S. 

 LMR'S 



Currently, all commercially important 

 shrimp species are being harvested at the 

 LTPY level, but they could produce similar 

 yields with considerably less effort if fishing 

 mortality were reduced. The dominant 

 catches are Gulf of Mexico brown, white, 



and pink shrimp, which represent 89% of 

 the total shrimp catch, nationally. In 1990, 

 those three species produced a total catch 

 of 1 1 1 ,702 t, valued in excess of $405 



This all-tackle, world record red 

 drum, weighing 94 pounds 2 

 ounces, was caught off Cape 

 Hatteras, N.C, in 1984. 



