FRANCE 



Landings of shrimp in France in recent years have ranged approx- 

 imately as follows (from reports of the United States Foreign Service 

 Despatches) : 



Shrimp „ P^^^^ns _ 



(large shrimp) 



Thousand pounds Thousand pounds 



1952 3,885 831 



1953 ii,26l 631 

 19^h h,h09 661 

 1955 ii,506 75ii 



The species landed are the common shrimp, Crangon crangon, and 

 the prawn, Palaemon serratus . 



The principal shrimp fishing ports are Dunkirk, Boulogne, Honfleur, 

 Caen, St, Nazaire, Le Croisic, La Truballe, Marenne, and lie d'Oleron. 

 Shrimp are caught during the entire year, but the catch is usually greater 

 during the period from Hay to October. The fleet is estimated to comprise 

 iiOO trawlers which engage seasonally in other fisheries. No canning or 

 freezing of shrimp is done by the industry, and most of the catch is 

 marketed fresh. 



Exports of shrimp from France are relatively insignificant, in 

 195U amounting to 1 ton of common shrimp and 16 tons of pravms. The exports 

 were destined primarily for Great Britain and Switzerland, Imports of 

 fresh shrimp into France, principally fixjm the Netherlands, have totaled 

 as follows in recent years as reported in the FAO Yearbook of Fishery 

 Statistics in 1951-53 and from French Customs Statistics for 1951; and 1955: 



United States exports of shrimp to France in recent years were 

 as follows: 



Fresh and frozen Canned 



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