VJhen the catches are separated into those coming from the east 

 coast and those from the west coast, it immediately becomes apparent 

 (figure 10 and tables 11 and 12) that the west-coast shrimp production 

 has declined since 1950 while the east-coast catch has remained fairly- 

 constant since 1951. 



MEXICAN SHRIMP PRODUCTION 



1950 195L 1952 1953 19514 



Figure 10 



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