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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