Penacus aztocus! 

 Golden shriitip (Texas) 

 "Brovjnies" 

 Red shrink (Texas) 



Penaeus duorarum ; 



Pink shi'imp (Key West, Florida) 



Brown-spotted shrimp 



Grooved shrimp 



Blue-tailed shriinp (Carteret County, North Carolina) 



Channel shriinp (Carteret County, North Carolina) 



"Red-legged shrimp" may belong to any species of shrimp if its 

 legs are red. Any species of shrimp may turn blxiish and its meat may 

 become soft and vjhite. It is then known as a "blue shrimp", "cotton 

 shrimp" or "king shrimp". These names may be said to describe a physio- 

 logical condition rather than a species. 



DISTRIBUTION OF THE COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT SPECIES OF SHRIMP IN 

 THE COASTAL WATERS OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES AND THE GULF 



Since the bulk of the resources of the domestic fishery is 

 located in the waters of the South Atlantic States and the Gulf of 

 Mexico, more attention has been devoted to the study of this area than 

 to any other. 



The ranges of the three species of shrimp of primary commercial 

 impoi'tance overlap to some extent, but each has its own habitat preference. 

 In the Gulf of Mexico there are areas where one species exclusively is 

 talctm, others where more than one species may be fished. The two species 

 of grooved shrimp, the brown and the pink, rarely are taken in large 

 nuiaboi'3 at the same time and place. Royal Red shrimp, still of 

 limited coiuiriarcial importance, does not, as far as is known, ever appear 

 within the range of the other species taken in the south Atlantic and 

 Gulf waters. 



Species Taken on South Atlantic Fishing Grounds 



Commercial production of shrimp in the south Atlantic until 

 recently was confined to shallow waters along a relatively narrow strip 

 of the coast. The latest development in the fishery is the start of 

 deep-ijrater operations for Royal Red shrimp Hymenopenaeus robustus . 



The shrimp fishery In some states along the south Atlantic 

 coast, e.g.. North Carolina and Florida, is centered in the waters 

 around the mouths of inlets. 



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