Orlti;-; to tho r'>aoon:'.l char.-.'ctc):'iGtn.c;! of ;L;upply tlio oxtuiujlon 

 o.r ttio f lyhinp ai'or.3 in thu Gulf in recent yoo.vo has had a marked influ- 

 CTico on tbo I'larkctinn pattern of t^hririp. 



At one timo, hc"a\ry landings of ahrinp ■v.'are nonnally mado only 

 in the late af^i.nncr and fall rioiitliri, excopt for ? winter fishery off Cape 

 Co.navcral in Florida. Ay other fiahinf; pround?) uere opened up tho avail- 

 ability of froL:;h clu'l'ip has spread throughout the year. When the llorf';on 

 City, Louisiana, fishery bcfjan, fishinn: in that area u.'ug Tnorc ovenly dis- 

 tributed d'.u'in'T the cntiro yoar. Tho porccntarre of the total catch taken 

 in these uaters, houcver, was not lirge onouf'h to even out the total 

 <.;unply. As othor new grounds vj-jro opened, the trend toi/ard stabilization 

 of iiionthly catches incrcagcd. The fishery in the Dry Tortu;^as augmented 

 the supply durin^^ the winter and early spring months, while that of 

 Pasca^oula and Bayou La Batro brought in lar^or supplies during tho lato 

 spring and early suwrner months. 



The leveling out of supply vrill tend to reduce the fluctuations 

 in price. Fries, in turn, ajid marlcet conditions will inflaenoo fishing 

 effort, othor thinj^s renaining equal. A higher price, .and more attractive 

 profit-';Tr;ild.n_'!; opportunities, nox'mally Tjill spiu* tho fishermen on to 

 giroator ezortion. Doclminfj profit -male in p opportunities may produce the 

 saino result when under {generally depressed conditions a greater effort 

 on tho fisherman's part may be required to assure him at least of a 

 subsistence st?jidard of living. 



In the Alaska fishery, tha only restriction on fisliing opera- 

 tions is a clOGod fseauon in specified areas which extends from February 

 15 to April 30* 1'li<3 number of fisherinen participatin;^ in tho slirimp 

 finhory during; th^ opan season, varies from yoar to yoar depending upon 

 the profitability of thu slirimp fichary as compared T.dth other fisheries 

 of the territory. Most of the veissels used in the shrimp fishery are 

 designed primarily for other fisheries. 



In th^; Nortli Atlantic Stat 5:;, the fisheries of Maine and 

 MasMachu^jirl.-. I.;-; are rjoasonal due to i'.ho summar mi.f'rations of tho slirimp. 

 Most of th'! catch is i:iada in tho lat.j winter months and tho season 

 usually end.':5 early in Ajjril, Most of the vessels used in the shriiup 

 f 1 .Iiory nvo d 'sifnod a.s draf<p;>jr3 and traul^irs, and normally tr^url for 

 bottoiii fiiili, principally ocean porcli. These viijsels seldom f^o after 

 sliriinp unle.;s thr.t fishery appears to offer eraator financial returns 

 for their fishiiit^; efforts! than tho fisheries they ai'o normally engaged 

 in« 



In tlie Now York and How Jersey fishery, shrimp may be taken 

 the yoar - round, but tho petiJc f it;hing poriod is during tho suribuer 

 months* Substantially the entire catch of these two States is used aa 

 bait for sport fishing, and the graatest dci.iand for bait shrimp is 

 during tho late spring, sur.aner, and early fall months. 



The California fishei^ in San Francisco Bay is a year-round 

 oporatioa, but tViore is a closed season in the ocean fishery, \rtiich 



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