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White Shrimp - General Facts (568 words) |
 | White shrimp are harvested primarily in the fall. |
| White shrimp is a good candidate for aqua-culture because of its fast growth, adaptability to diverse salinities, and its large size. |
| White Shrimp are cultured in tanks or ponds of different sizes and at very different stocking densities, depending on the needs and resourcesof each farmer. |
| Seafood Business (1771 words) |
| By 2000, shrimp farmers from central to southern China were pulling white shrimp out of their ponds and selling it live at prices that reached as high as $6 a pound during holidays such as the Chinese New Year. |
| Although imports from Ecuador, the largest supplier of white shrimp to the U.S. market, were up only slightly through the first five months of 2002, to about 13,000 metric tons, look for a greater increase later this year, as Ecuadoran farmers continue to rebound from their white spot problems. |
| The best buys on white shrimp generally come in November, when Mexican processors are most motivated to generate cash from both the wild catch and the farmed harvest (Mexican shrimp farmers in Sinaloa and Sonora have to harvest all their shrimp by November due to colder weather). |
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