West Coast Pink Shrimp Fishery Improved This Year: Better Landings, Better Shrimp
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] by Susan Chambers - October 19, 2018
This year's coldwater pink shrimp season was a definite improvement over last year, according to fishermen and processors.
So far, Oregon's landings stand at 34.93 million pounds, according to Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission's PacFIN preliminary data. That's roughly one-third more than last year's landings at 23.06 million pounds. Washington's landings also are up, at 8.42 million pounds in 2018 from 6.9 million pounds in 2017.
Still, this year's landings are a far cry from the boom year in 2015, ...
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