During the 24 cruises made between January 1961 and January 1962, 

 246 1-hour trawl samples were taken. Eleven species of penaeid shrimp 

 were taken, although 97 percent of the total catch was made up of only five 

 species, i.e., brown shrimp, white shrimp ( Penaeus setiferus) , rock shrimp 

 (Sicyonia brevirostris and S. dorsalis), and Trachypeneus similis. The large 

 number (10, 880) of one species of rock shrimp, S. brevirostris , suggests this 

 penaeid may be present in sufficient quantities to support a commercial fishery. 



Numbers of shrimp caught, according to species and depth range taken in 246 

 1-hour tows made between January 1961 and January 1962 



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