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SOUTH ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST SHRIMP LANDINGS, 1975 



NOTE:— ALL WEIGHTS ARE ON HEADS-OFF BASIS. THE SIZE INDICATES THE NUMBER OF HEADS-OFF SHRIMP TO THE POUND. TO 

 CONVERT TO HEADS-ON WEIGHT MULTIPLY BY 1.61 FOR BROWN, 1.60 FOR PINK, 1.54 FOR WHITE, 1.53 FOR SEA BOBS, 1.80 

 FOR ROYAL RED, AND 1.67 FOR ROCK SHRIMP. THE STATES LISTED REPRESENT THE STATES WHERE THE SHRIMP WERE LANDED 

 REGARDLESS OF WHERE CAUGHT. THE NAMES OF THE SPECIES USED IN THESE TABLES ARE AS FOLLOWS: WHITE SHRIMP 

 (MOSTLY PENAEUS SETIFERUS), BROWN SHRIMP (MOSTLY PENAEUS AZTECUS ) . PINK SHRIMP (MOSTLY PENAEUS DUORARUM ) , SEA 

 BOBS (MOSTLY XIPHOPENAEUS KROYER I ) , ROYAL RED SHRIMP (MOSTLY HYMENOPENAEUS ROBUSTUS ), AND ROCK SHRIMP (MOSTLY 

 SICYONIA SPP.). THE VALUE REPORTED IS THE AMOUNT RECEIVED BY THE OWNERS OR OPERATORS OF THE VESSELS FOR THE 

 FIRST SALE AT THE DOCK. ANY EXPENSES INVOLVED IN HANDLING OR PROCESSING ASHORE ARE NOT INCLUDED, EVEN THOUGH 

 CHARGEABLE TO THE VESSEL. THE SIZE REPORTED GENERALLY IS THAT USED AS OF THE FIRST SALE. SIZE GRADING IN 

 VARYING DEGREES OF UNIFORMITY MAY OR MAY NOT OCCUR AT, OR PRIOR TO, THE TIME FIRST SALES ARE MADE. IF GRADING 

 IS NOT DONE AT THIS TIME, THE SIZE REPORTED IS AN AVERAGE SIZE AND MAY INCLUDE SEVERAL SIZE CLASSIFICATIONS. 



