Tho main bro>m shi'intp grouiuli a3 deacribdd :Ln tho prooading 

 paragraphs ai-a as follows: 



Grouvulj Estxwab3d Trawl ablo Area 



Acras 



So\-ithwG3t Pa33 Ground . 1,8CX),000 



Toxas Qroi-md (main rogioa) 2,700,000 



"2li-10" Grouud 2,300,000 



Lobos I^la'.ul Ground 23', 000 



Obregon Ground 800,000 



P.inJc ShriTiip 



■ I ■ II . I r ip 



PioJc shirlTiip In the Gulf are talcon primarily in the e-astem 

 part of tho conbinontal sholf • 



Tho oaatora Gulf continental shelf zono extends from Pensacola 

 south along tho Florida coast and includoa thti CawpechG BanJc doim to 

 Carr.ion, Hoxico, Thoso two aoctiona ajj'o characterised by sand, shell, 

 and coral gravely and by livo coral overlying white, gritty, calcareous 

 mud. 



In tho woatern Gulf pinlt ghrl'iip occur aa juveniles in tlia bay3 

 of '£oxn3 and a fow adulta, leay thcin one percent of the total catch, aro 

 captui"od along tho cocuib, Hildebrand (3.955) says that rjoiiietJJiiOii in tho 

 spring of tho ytiar a large nuiuber of sinall spotted (pinlc) shrimp are 

 cnptui'ed, according to fishorinen's I'oporta, in depths of less than 20 

 fathoiuji along tho Texas coast. This mm especially ti'ae diur-ing the spring 

 of 1937j„ 



Tho only pink shriiup ground of ijiiportanco in the -western Gulf 

 is off tho const of CcuupochoB NuMorous conchs, largo loggerhead sponges, 

 coral and rough bottom plague tho sJirimp fishermen in this region, but 

 rudch of thvi ;u.ua outLbiud in fi;^ui'0 I - 7 cmi be trui/led. Tho pi;ik sluriiup 

 has ixn ecological pi*ofei-ence for shell sand rather than tho mud bottom on 

 which tho bvoun shrL.ip tlu'ive. Most of tho pinl: shriinp fishox-y is con- 

 centrated in depths of k to 2$ fathoiii3» 



Spririgor reporting on his explorations states thab coimaercial 

 concontrationij of pink-gx'ooved slirijup \-i^re found to extend beyond tho 

 heavily ijox-ked ai'ons on both the Diy Tortugtis and Gulf of Caiapocho 

 groui'ids. In August 195l the "Oregon" ran a series of drags a\fay from 

 tlio i'o].ativvj]y confijiGd Ui-fathow fishing ai-ea off Cjufipoche and dewon- 

 stratod that equally high catches could be wfiinbainod out to 2$ fathoios 

 at di.r.tancos of 20 to 25 lidloa at/ciy from the area of intensive fishing » 



In Jime 1950, Januaiy and Februeuy 1951, July and December 1952, 

 and in Juno 1953, o^rploratory aoundintjs nore mado in 10 to 25 fathoina 



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