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GULF SHRIMP FISHERY 

 SUMMARY OF GULF SHRIMP LANDINGS, 1970 



NOTE:-- ALL WEIGHTS ARE ON A HEADS-OFF BASIS. LANDINGS FIGURES REPRESENT THE HEADS-OFF WEIGHT AND. THEREFORE. ARE 

 NOT DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH THE HEADS-ON (LIVE WEIGHT) QUANTITIES PUBLISHED IN THE GENERAL REVIEW AND REGIONAL 

 TABLES. POUNDS OF HEADS-OFF SHRIMP MAY BE CONVERTED TO HEADS-ON (ROUND) WEIGHT BY MULTIPLYING BROWN SHRIMP 

 WEIGHT BY 1.61; PINK, BY 1.60; WHITE, BY 1.54; SEA BOBS, BY 1.53; AND ROYAL RED, BY 1.80. 



