Stock Assessment for Brown, White, and Pink Shrimp in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, 1960-1987

摘要

The need to better manage the penaeid shrimp stocks of the United States, to insure that all involved in the fishery may benefit from this common resource, has prompted the research effort. The stock assessment report deals only with the 1960-1987 commercial catch statistics for brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus), white shrimp (Penaeus setiferus) and pink shrimp (Penaeus duorarum) from the U.S. Gulf of Mexico shrimp fishery. This analysis provides the annual update of the status of the shrimp stocks presented at the Southeast Fisheries Center's Second Stock Assessment Workshop.