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A Study On The Growth Rate Of Brown Shrimp (Penaeus Aztecus Aztecus Ives, 1891) From The Coasts Of Veracruz And Tamaulipas, Mexico, Ernesto A. Chávez
A Study On The Growth Rate Of Brown Shrimp (Penaeus Aztecus Aztecus Ives, 1891) From The Coasts Of Veracruz And Tamaulipas, Mexico, Ernesto A. Chávez
Gulf and Caribbean Research
The present study was undertaken with the purpose of getting the proper basis for exploiting brown shrimp resources in a rational manner, by introducing control regulations of fishing activities. The growth rate models are necessary for the other parameters of population dynamics of the stocks of this species, whose annual catch, Osborn, Maghan and Drummond (1969), averages 54 million pounds of tail weight, representing 52% of the total shrimp caught in the Gulf of Mexico. This shows that Penaeus aztecus aztecus is the most important of shrimp species exploited in this region. Nevertheless, the brown shrimp is the least well …