GREAT BRITAIN 



Shrimp landings in Great Britain have been fairly constant 

 in recent years, averaging around h million pounds of common shrimp and 

 15,000 pounds of prawns. In 195U, the landings of brown and pink shrirrp 

 in Englsjid and Wales totaled li, 039,000 pounds, valued to the fishermen 

 at $ii50,000. Landings of pratms totaled 17,000 pounds, valued at 

 $11,396. 



The only area in Scottish waters where appreciable quantities 

 of shrinro are caught in V.agtown Bay, an inlet of the Irish Sea. Average 

 annual landings here are about 22U,000 pounds, valued at $31,000. 

 Supplies here are "potted" V and sold in England and Scotland. 



In recent yeai'S the landings of shrimp in England and V/ales 

 have totaled as follows (as reported in the Foreign Service Despatches): 



Shriiiip Prawns 



Pounds Pounds 



The species of shrimp and prawns taken include the brown shrimp, 

 Crangon crangon , the pink shrimp, Pandalus nontagui, and the prawn, 

 Palaemon serratus . The brown shrimp attains a total length of 2 to 3 

 inches, the pink shriit^ averages only 2 inches in length, and prawns 

 reach h inches. 



Prawns are found only on the south and west coasts of England 

 and Wales. Eighty percent of the landings of brown and pink shrimp are 

 made in three areas: The V/ash, an inlet of the North Sea; the Thanes 

 Estuary; and Morecambe Bay, an inlet of the Irish Sea. Smaller fisheries 

 exist in North Wales, the Solway Firth, Liverpool Baj'-, and off the Norfolk 

 and Suffolk coasts. 



The pink shrimp is fished from mid-April to the end of September 

 in the Thames Estuary and in Morecambe Bay, and up to the beginning of 

 January in the Wash. The fishing grounds in the Thames are in depths of 

 2 to 10 fathoms, and in the Wash from 6 to 18 fathoms. The brown shrimp 

 is fished in water up to 6 fathoms and taken throughout the year. 



1/ "Potted" shrimp are shrimp quick-frozen in butter, spiced, and 

 usually put up in a half -pint or pint paper container. 



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