﻿GULF 
  FISHERIES 
  

  

  SOUTH 
  ATLANTIC 
  AND 
  GULF 
  COAST 
  SHRIMP 
  LANDINGS, 
  1970 
  

  

  NOTE:— 
  ALL 
  WEIGHTS 
  ARE 
  ON 
  HEADS-OFF 
  BASIS. 
  THE 
  SIZE 
  INDICATES 
  THE 
  NUMBER 
  OF 
  HEADS-OFF 
  SHRIMP 
  TO 
  THE 
  POUND. 
  TO 
  

   CONVERT 
  TO 
  HEADS-ON 
  WEIGHT 
  MULTIPLY 
  BY 
  1.51 
  FOR 
  BROWN, 
  1.60 
  FOR 
  PINK, 
  1.54 
  FOR 
  WHITE, 
  1.53 
  FOR 
  SEA 
  BOBS, 
  AND 
  1.80 
  

   FOR 
  ROYAL 
  RED. 
  THE 
  STATES 
  LISTED 
  REPRESENT 
  THE 
  STATES 
  WHERE 
  THE 
  SHRIMP 
  WERE 
  LANDED 
  REGARDLESS 
  OF 
  WHERE 
  CAUGHT. 
  

   THE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  THE 
  SPECIES 
  USED 
  IN 
  THESE 
  TABLES 
  ARE 
  AS 
  FOLLOWS: 
  WHITE 
  SHRIMP 
  (MOSTLY 
  PENAEUS 
  SETIFERUS 
  ), 
  BROWN 
  

   SHRIMP 
  (MOSTLY 
  PENAEUS 
  AZTECUS 
  ) 
  , 
  PINK 
  SHRIMP 
  (MOSTLY 
  PENAEUS 
  DUORARUM 
  ) 
  , 
  SEA 
  BOBS 
  (MOSTLY 
  XIPHOPENAEUS 
  KROYER 
  I 
  ) 
  , 
  

   AND 
  ROYAL 
  RED 
  (MOSTLY 
  HYMENOPENAEUS 
  ROBUSTUS 
  ) 
  . 
  THE 
  VALUE 
  REPORTED 
  IS 
  THE 
  AMOUNT 
  RECEIVED 
  BY 
  THE 
  OWNERS 
  OR 
  OPER- 
  

   ATORS 
  OF 
  THE 
  VESSELS 
  FOR 
  THE 
  FIRST 
  SALE 
  AT 
  THE 
  DOCK. 
  ANY 
  EXPENSES 
  INVOLVED 
  IN 
  HANDLING 
  OR 
  PROCESSING 
  ASHORE 
  ARE 
  

   NOT 
  INCLUDED, 
  EVEN 
  THOUGH 
  CHARGEABLE 
  TO 
  THE 
  VESSEL. 
  THE 
  SIZE 
  REPORTED 
  GENERALLY 
  IS 
  THAT 
  USED 
  AS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FIRST 
  

   SALE. 
  SIZE 
  GRADING 
  IN 
  VARYING 
  DEGREES 
  OF 
  UNIFORMITY 
  MAY 
  OR 
  MAY 
  NOT 
  OCCUR 
  AT, 
  OR 
  PRIOR 
  TO, 
  THE 
  TIME 
  FIRST 
  SALES 
  

   ARE 
  MADE. 
  IF 
  GRADING 
  IS 
  NOT 
  DONE 
  AT 
  THIS 
  TIME, 
  THE 
  SIZE 
  REPORTED 
  IS 
  AN 
  AVERAGE 
  SIZE 
  AND 
  MAY 
  INCLUDE 
  SEVERAL 
  

   SIZE 
  CLASSIFICATIONS. 
  

  

  