Louisiana fishermen catch the most blue crabs in America
In more than two decades, Maryland beat Louisiana’s crab catch only during the fishing seasons after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
A line chart comparing annual blue crab harvests in Louisiana and Maryland from 2000 to 2024. Louisiana consistently leads, except from 2010 to 2012, when Maryland temporarily surpassed it following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In 2024, Louisiana’s harvest was 40 million pounds; Maryland’s was 25 million.
