The Gulf of Mexico is known around the world for its production of seafood. Important catches include shrimp, oysters, blue crab, stone crab, crawfish (freshwater), groupers, red snapper, tunas, king mackerel, mullet, and menhaden.
American states surrounding the Gulf of Mexico include Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Florida.
Top Gulf of Mexico Commercial fishing ports include:
Louisiana: Empire-Venice, Intracoastal City, Dulac-Chauvin, Golden Meadow-Leeville, Grand Isle, Slidell-Covington, Morgan City-Berwick ,Iberia
Texas: Galveston, Brownsville-Port Isabel, Palacios, Port Arthur, Port Lavaca
Mississippi: Pascagoula-Moss Point, Gulfport-Biloxi,
Alabama: Bayou La Batre, Bon Secour-Gulf Shores
Florida: Key West, Tampa Bay-St. Petersburg, Panama City, Apalachicola, Everglades City
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