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 HEAOS-ON WEIGHT MULTIPLY BY 1.61 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 OUORARUM ) , SEA 8063 (MOSTLY XIPHOPENAEUS KROYERl ), 

 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. 



