Among the species belonging to the genus Pandalua taken on the 

 Pacific coast, pink shrimp Pandalus box'ealis are landed in all three 

 Pacific Coast States and in Alaska, Alaska appears to be the only area 

 where side-stripe shrimp Pandalus dis£ar, coon-stripe shrjjnp Pandalus 

 hypsinotus , and hximpy shrimp Pandalus goniiiinis are included in the com- 

 mercial catch. 



Until the late 19iiO's, the bulk of the catch of shrimp in the 

 South Atlantic and Gu]_f Coast States consisted of white shrimp Penaeus 

 s^etiferus with sea bobs Xiphopeneus kroyeri making up the remainder. 

 Mith the extension of the fishery in 19^0, tvro species of Peneidea were 

 added to the commercial catch. These species were pink shrimp Penaeus 

 duorarum , and brown shrimp Penaeus aztecus . 



Catches landed on the south Atlantic coast (including the 

 Florida east coast) consist predominantly of white shrimp Penaeus 

 setiferus and brown shrimp Penaeus aztecus* Pink shrimp Penaeus duorarum 

 and brown shrimp in recent years have accounted for well over half of 

 the landings in the Gulf Coast States (including the Florida west coast), 

 most of the remainder consisting of white shrimp. Sea bobs Xip hopeneus 

 kroyeri vihich account for not more than tvro percent of the total catch 

 are caught exclusively in inshore waters. The sea bob which does not 

 attain the slae of either the white or grooved shrimp, deteriorates 

 rapidly after landing* It is used for drying and canaaiiig. 



Table I - 1 lists the common and scientific names of the 

 different species of shrimp contributing to the commercial catch, and 

 the areas where the different species are caught or landed. Another 

 species recently discovered in deeper and hitherto unfished vjaters of the 

 the Gulf and south Atlantic is Royal Red shrimp H:yTaenopenaeu3 robuatus. 

 (see figure 1-6) Commercial production on a limited scale of this 

 species was started in August 19^6. 



TABLE I - 1,— COMMON AND SCIMTIFIC NAMES OF SHRIMP 

 CONSTITUTING THE UNITED STATES COMMERCIAL CATCH, 

 AND AREAS, STATES, OR TERRITORIES WHERE THE 

 VARIOUS SPECIES ARE LANDED 



Coiniiion names Scientific names VJhere landed 



1-Jhite Penaeus setiferus South Atlantic and 



Gulf States 

 Pink, grooved, or Penaeus duorarum South Atlantic and 



broxm-spotted Gulf States 



Brown, grooved, or Penaeus aztecus South Atlantic and 



brown-grooved Gulf States 



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