Penaid shrimp

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General

Shrimp

Shrimp is a type of crustaceans with elonged bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion. Under the broader definition, shrimp may be synonymous with prawn. Covering the stalk-eyed swimming crustaceans with long muscular tails long whiskers and slender legs. Any small crustaceans that resemble a shrimp are called one. The habitat of the shrimp covers all waters, near the shore, rivers, lakes and in the deep sea. There are several types of shrimp on the dutch market. Wild shrimps from colder waters like the brown shrimp and the northern prawn are in general a bit smaller. Big shrimps or prawns also referred to as ‘gamba’, are most often imported from tropical areas, where they are farmed.

Penaid shrimp

Penaid shrimp or penaid prawn are the most commonly used names for shrimp or prawn species from the tropical waters in the Indian Ocean, belonging to the Penaeidae family. Shrimp or prawns belonging to this family are often labelled as ‘penaeidae’. This can include many different commercial shrimp species, such as the whiteleg shrimp, tiger prawn, Atlantic white shrimp and Indian prawn. It is unclear which shrimp species from the Indian Ocean is labelled as penaid shrimp or tropical shrimp.

Peanaid shrimp from tropical waters should not be confused with other shrimp species that are labelled as pink shrimp, such as the northern prawn, pink shrimp (oregon shrimp) or the aesop shrimp. The majority of tropical shrimp is cultured nowadays, mostly in South East Asia and central and South America.

Penaid shrimp

Penaeidae spp.

Origin

Indian Ocean, east (FAO 57)
Deelgebieden: Indian Ocean, west

Farming- / Catch method

Bottom otter trawl

Minder tonen Toon beoordeling

Fish stocks and fishing pressure

Ecosystem effects

Fishery management

Final assessment

Explanation assessment

Most stocks of shrimp in this region are under pressure because they are heavily fished or overfished. [Illegal fishery] plays a big part in this. Catch data are unreliable. Most shrimp fisheries are not or barely regulated, which means that it is not clear if the existing management measures are being followed.

[bottom otter trawls] for shrimp often have much bycatch, including young, undersizedUndersized fish:
Fish smaller than a prescribed minimum size. These sizes are determined per species and per country. For Europe, a minimum landing size applies to all EU Member States. fish. 20-80% of the catch is bycatch, of which much is discarded. In some areas everything is [landed]. There is also incidental bycatch of protected species like sea turtles, sharks and rays.

Fishing with bottom trawls touches the seabed and there is a direct disruption of the bottom life. Intensive fishing with [bottom otter trawls] leads on the long term to a change in the [species composition] in the sea. This is mainly a concern for the vulnerable habitats, like coral and sea grass reefs, that occur in this region.

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Shrimp

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Penaid shrimp

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