SEAMAP Real-time Plots for the year 2019

Week 5

Below is the fifth preliminary data summary for the 2019 SEAMAP Summer Shrimp/Groundfish Survey in the northern Gulf of Mexico. This week's summary includes sampling from June 30 - July 3 by Louisiana on the R/V Pelican and NMFS on the Oregon II. Catch data were taken with a 40-ft trawl.

Plotted catch rates have been converted to pounds per hour for a 40-ft trawl. Shrimp counts are heads-on. The squares on the charts are 10-minute grids. The number in each grid square is the average catch or count from all stations (may be one or more stations) that were sampled within a particular grid. The sampling stations were located randomly by depth zone.

The catch data indicated that the highest catch rate of brown shrimp was 15.4 lb/hr in 20 fm at 29° 30' N. lat. and 88° 38' W. long. The highest catch rate of white shrimp was 11.3 lb/hr in 18 fm at 29° 48' N. lat. and 88° 27' W. long. The highest catch rate of pink shrimp was 1.3 lb/hr in 22 fm at 29° 36' N. lat. and 88° 16' W. long. The maximum total catch rate excluding the three shrimp species was 1,083 lb/hr in 20 fm at 29° 44' N. lat. and 88° 25' W. long.

Week 5 Results