Distribution and abundance of fishes Distribution and abundance of fishes and invertebrates in Gulf of Mexico estuaries distributionabun02nels Year: 1992-1997 White shrimp Penaeus setiferus Adult (from Perez-Farfante 1969) Common Name: white shrimp Scientific Name: Penaeus setiferus Other Common Names: Blue shrimp, blue-tailed shrimp, common shrimp, Daytona shrimp; gray shrimp, green shrimp, green-tailed shrimp, lake shrimp, rain- bow shrimp, southern shrimp (Perez-Farfante 1969, Lindner and Cook 1970, Motoh 1977, McKenzie 1981, Muncy 1984); crevette ligubam du nord (French), camaron bian
Distribution and abundance of fishes Distribution and abundance of fishes and invertebrates in Gulf of Mexico estuaries distributionabun02nels Year: 1992-1997 White shrimp Penaeus setiferus Adult (from Perez-Farfante 1969) Common Name: white shrimp Scientific Name: Penaeus setiferus Other Common Names: Blue shrimp, blue-tailed shrimp, common shrimp, Daytona shrimp; gray shrimp, green shrimp, green-tailed shrimp, lake shrimp, rain- bow shrimp, southern shrimp (Perez-Farfante 1969, Lindner and Cook 1970, Motoh 1977, McKenzie 1981, Muncy 1984); crevette ligubam du nord (French), camaron bianco norteno (Spanish) (Fischer 1978, NOAA1985). Classification (Williams et al. 1989) Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Crustacea Order: Decapoda Family: Penaeidae Value Commercial: Shrimping has been ranked as the sec- ond most valuable commercial fishery in the , and seventh in quantity (NMFS 1993). landings of all shrimp species combined in the Gulf of Mexico were thousand mt in 1992, and were valued at $ million. Total white shrimp harvest in the Gulf of Mexico was 32,012 mt in 1991, and white shrimp typically comprise 31 of the total Gulf of Mexico shrimp landings (NOAA 1993). White shrimp were the targeted species in the shrimp fishery until the mid-1930's; other species were darker and not as marketable. The species is fished for throughout the nearshore Gulf of Mexico and along the southeast Atlantic coast. Maximum catches in the Gulf occur along the Louisiana coast west of the Mississippi Delta (Christmas and Etzold 1977). Catches of young-of- the-year shrimp occur almost entirely during summer and fall, while the spring white shrimp fishery consists of adults that have overwintered in the estuaries (Christ- mas and Etzold 1977, Nance et al. 1991). The Gulf of Mexico white shrimp fishery is considered fully ex- ploited, and a longterm potential annual yield of 34,403 mt has been estimated (NOAA 1993). It has been suggested that commercial harve
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