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17,000 Commercial FishermenIndirectly affect over 34,000 jobsOverall influence over 91,000 jobs
Over $2.2 billion seafood sales
# 1 in three major categories of seafood
Overall production over 1.5 billion pounds
Retail Sales $2,233,977,532
Total Economic Impact $3,106,272,504
Jobs Supported 34,078
State and Local Tax Revenues
$216,900,405
RETAIL SALES TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT
JOBS SUPPORTED
STATE & LOCAL TAX REVENUES
SALTWATER REC FINFISH
$472,092,061 $757,091,876 7,733 $49,976,489
SHRIMP(ALL SPECIES)
$961,973,147 $1,282,630,863 14,384 $91,138,912
OYSTERS $35,851,947 $317,876,668 3,565 $22,587,117
BLUE CRAB $219,973,963 $293,298,617 3,289 $20,840,694
MENHADEN $233,080,959 $297,441,278 3,336 $21,135,055
OTHER MARINE FINFISH
$118,449,901 $157,933,202 1,771 $11,222,138
TOTAL $2,233,977,532 $3,106,272,504 34,078 $216,900,405
-Alexander Graham Bell
in ShrimpProduce over 120 million lbs a year40% of domestic productionEconomic impact over $1.4 billion7,000 jobs direct
You can do anything if you have enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes
rise to the stars. With it, there is accomplishment. Without it, there are only alibis.
-Henry Ford
# 1 in OystersProduce over 250 million pounds in shell32% of domestic productionEconomic impact over $266 million3,100 jobs direct
# 1 in CrawfishProduce 13 million pounds40% of worldsproduction, 100% USAEconomic impact over$120 million1,847 jobs direct
The finest flowers are those transplanted, for
transplanting means difficulty, a readjusting to
new conditions, and through the effort put forth to find
adjustment does the plant progress.
-Elbert Hubbard
# 2 in Blue CrabsProduce 46,678,276 pounds9% of domestic productionEconomic impact over $100 million2,210 jobs direct
# 2 in FishProduce 1.3 billion pounds16% of domestic productionEconomic impact over $835,000,000 10,946 jobs direct
Other Alligator, Turtle, Nutria, etc
-Thomas Jefferson
-Raul Armesto
Louisiana Landings for May 2009 versus May 2010.
May 2009 May 2010Number of fishermenwho fished 4517 2874
Number of trips fished 36035 19011
# s landed 37,651,834# s 11,903,036# s
Dockside $ value ofLouisiana s Fishery $37,443,589 $16,192,502
The numbers for 2010 are preliminary. The numbers are from saltwater areas only. Menhaden is not included
-Abraham Lincoln
-Charles Darwin
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