Trends toward decreasing size of brown shrimp, Penaeus aztecus, and white shrimp, Penaeus setiferus, in reported annual catches from Texas and Louisiana

Date
1980
Authors
Caillouet, C.W.
Patella, F.J.
Jackson, W.B.
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U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service
Abstract

An exponential model adequately characterized the size composition (expressed as a regression of transformed cumulative percentage of weight on size category) of reported annual catches of brown and white shrimp in Texas and Louisiana from 1959 to 1976. Louisiana catches contained considerably greater proportions of small shrimp than did Texas catches. For both species and the States, there was a significant trend toward small increase in proportion of small shrimp in the catches over the period.

Description
pgs. 985-989
Keywords
penaeid shrimp, shrimp fisheries, Penaeus aztecus, Penaeus setiferus, brown shrimp, white shrimp, growth, size, size distribution
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