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Brown Shrimp |
With a light brown
shell and flesh that turns a coral color when cooked these
shrimp are harvested along the southeast Atlantic coast and along the
east and west coasts of Mexico |
|
Black Tiger Shrimp |
Raised primarily in
Asian countries, tigers have become a popular aquaculture variety.
They earned their name from their black and gray striped shells
when raw |
|
Gulf Pink Shrimp |
With pink like shells
these shrimp are caught wild in the Caribbean and around Central
America |
|
Gulf White Shrimp |
The main variety
consumed by the American public are harvested from both the wild and
are farm raised. |
|
Chinese White Shrimp |
Extensively farmed
and harvested in China with some aqua cultural production in Taiwan
and Japan. The wild variety is harvested off the China Coast. |
|
Rock Shrimp |
Deep water cousins to
the pink, brown, and white shrimp with a very hard shell, they are
harvested year round off Florida's Atlantic coast and in some parts of
the Gulf of Mexico. |
