Posted on 01/02/2012 11:20:36 AM PST by george76
The giant Black Tiger shrimp that Ron Pockrus caught off the Texas coast might be the biggest threat to the $700 million Gulf shrimp industry to come along in years, marine biologists said.
Pockrus, the owner of a 13-vessel shrimp fleet operating out of Brownsville, caught the 12-inch, 13-ounce specimen last week.
Pockrus said he’s been aware of the species for about three years but hadn’t seen one. Now, he has turned in two to marine and wildlife officials this season.
“I have another boat coming in with one on it now,” Pockrus said. “That makes the third one we’ve picked up.”
The Black Tiger shrimp is indigenous to the eastern coast of Africa. Its ranges to the Indo-Pacific region and south to Australia.
Black Tigers can grow to 13 inches and weigh as much as a pound
(Excerpt) Read more at galvestondailynews.com ...
You are aware that SE Asian shrimp are raised in ponds under raised chicken houses/coops? The shrimp are not fed, in the traditional sense - they feast on the chicken waste...
Just an FYI to season your day!
So what brought them to the gulf? Those Chinese Oil rig workers drilling the oil in the gulf that Obama won’t let us drill?
I HAVE read the article.
I just don’t see what the problem is. Catch the black shrimp and eat them. I’m sure one black shrimp will fill a belly better than one of those tiny shrimps.
Not that much different than fresh garden vegetables that transform manure from a variety of animals into tasty nutritious food.
[ Tiger shrimp were and are the shrimp equivalent of trash fish but unscrupulous restauranteurs and gullible diners made tiger shrimp popular simply because the stripes made them seem exotic, I suppose. ]
Huge shrimp is TRASH!!!. Are you a democrat?..
Surely you’re a democrat.. only a democrat could be 180 degrees off top dead center..
I will offer up my plate in the interest of reducing their population and saving an industry.
I don't think extinction of the native shrimp is really possible. The real issue is likely an economic one: What will be the changes, if any, in the populations of tiger shrimp vs. their prey species? If they get a good foothold you can expect the native shrimp to become less common and the tiger shrimp more so. Question is, will the tonnage of all shrimp caught stay the same, or drop, or increase? And what will happen to the dollar value of that catch?
Oh gross, good I can’t afford them. What is left I can eat?
Six legged, two beaked chickens who also eat poop?
I am depressed.
Actually - there is a big difference - beneficial life in the soil (nematodes, bacteria, insects, and a variety of other “friends” do the conversion into the form the plants can take in. Plants don’t directly turn poop to tomatoes!
Very interesting...thanks for sharing. Will have to try that method.
You do realize they can probably reproduce so quickly that we can’t eat them enough and they will destroy the native populations?
This is yet another story in a long line of horrors produced when a non-native species is introduced. Man typically fights a losing battle in these situations.
Personally - I really like them grilled! Pecan or Cherry wood are my favorite fuel woods for shrimp (and indeed -most seafood).
who said they were introduced probably just swam over or were aided by an african coast forming hurricane in coming over
If they reproduce so quickly then why have there been so few caught in the States?
If we can’t eat them fast enough then maybe they’re over priced or not easily available. I’ve never seen black shrimp at the store.
Then again, what’s wrong canning them for cat and dog food?
Good points yes.
Why is there any reason at all to think that the current distribution of species around the world is optimum or even equilibrium?
We have knowledge of the distribution of species over only a very short time, and it is ludicrous to think this is the way it always has been. In fact, we know for certain that the current distribution is not the same as it was even a few centuries ago.
This isn't bad, it is just the way things happen.
Damn, stick one of those suckers on a hook when you’re out fishing and they’ll go get the fish for you. Would probably kick the fishes butt. Don’t know if I’d want to stick my hand in a bait bucket full of those things.
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Nah... Steamed with beer and Old Bay.
A fried shrimp is a fried shrimp. The bigger the better. LOL!!
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