Seafood
Shrimp - Canada Amaebi 
This species is distributed along the northern coastlines of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, including the North and Bering Seas and the Sea of Okhotsk. The Canadian fishery uses trawl nets to catch Northern Shrimp over muddy bottoms, and mandatory use of bycatch reduction devices (called Nordmore grates) has greatly reduced bycatch of depleted groundfish. The fishery is also managed under an individual quota system, which has ended the dangerous incentive to fish competitively for shrimp.
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This coldwater species is found from California to Alaska and changes sex from male to female after its first year of life. The fishery, centered in Oregon, uses double-rigged trawl nets to catch shrimp over muddy bottoms. Effective management measures have addressed bycatch of depleted Pacific rockfish (through the use of Oregon grates) and overcapitalization problems (through groundfish license buyback and limited entry programs).
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Shrimp - U.S. farmed Ebi
Farmed shrimp require high amounts of fishmeal and fish oil in their food compared to other farmed fish and shellfish. To reduce pollution when shrimp water is discharged, it is usually treated. Imported farmed shrimp come from areas with weaker environmental protections, and practices commonly damage ecosystems. U.S. farm-raised shrimp are a better alternative to imported farm-raised shrimp and to trawl-caught shrimp.
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Shrimp - Southeastern U.S.
Five species of shrimp are commercially caught from southeastern United States, including White Shrimp, Brown Shrimp, Pink Shrimp, Rock Shrimp, and Royal Red Shrimp. White, Brown, and Pink Shrimp are shallow water species and make up most of the commercial catch. All shrimp species are short-lived and produce many young. The abundances of shrimp vary according to environmental conditions and the fishery is well managed. Shrimp trawling damages benthic habitat and results in large amounts of bycatch, including commercially important fish species and threatened and endangered sea turtles. Implementation of bycatch reduction and turtle excluder devices has helped reduce the impact of trawling on non-target species. GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL: approximately one-third of the Gulf of Mexico has been closed for commercial fishing due to the oil spill. The impacts on shrimp populations are unknown at this stage but could be severe. BOI is monitoring the situation and will update this report once more information is known.
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Shrimp - imported farmed Ebi
The production of imported farm-raised shrimp - supplied almost entirely by developing nations in tropical regions - destroys critical managrove and coastal habitat and introduces chemical and biological wastes into sensitive environments. Raised at high stocking densities, farm-raised shrimp frequently suffer from disease and are given large quantities of antibiotics and chemicals. Shrimp feed contains high amounts of fish meal and farmers frequently collect larval and juvenile shrimp from the wild.
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Bottom trawls used to catch most imported shrimp damage benthic habitat and result in large amounts of bycatch, including commercially important fish species and endangered sea turtles. Tropical shrimp trawl fisheries lack adequate management and enforcement. Essentially annual crops, imported shrimp species are short-lived and highly fecund, although information on their abundance is lacking.
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