"I, for one, welcome our new shrimp overlords..."
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
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:Okay, what’s “Old Bay” and is that 3 minutes per side or will they cook through?”
Not 3 minutes per side, 3 minutes period - you DO NOT flip them. They will cook through, trust me. When you bite one cooked this way, it pops like it’s supposed to. Never turn out rubbery - very bad.
“Old Bay”? Well, if you’ve never had it, you’ve been missing out on a lot. :-)
C’mon Hatteras, give it a try. Just do it once and you’ll be sold.
Do any surf fishing this year?
Thirty years ago I lived in southwestern Spain. The seafood vendors there sold ‘Tiger Prawns’.
Spanish trawlers would fish the Atlantic, far to the south off the coast of Africa and return with shrimp and prawns. So I’m wondering if this is the same creature.
Are these possibly the same species, or a related species?
I prefer Tiger shrimp. Lovely taste. I’m one of those that paid extra for them in the Carolinas at the markets and was glad to do so. They were more succulent and tender than gulf shrimp.
Wrong! Jumbo shrimp, leave the heads on, wrap in bacon, toss on grill on high heat, 3 min each side. Now there is the best shrimp you will ever eat. :-)
Well, now you’ve just gone and made me hungry :(
You're bad.
Full Disclosure: or methyl mercaptan.
Cheers!
the shrimp I buy are from Thailand...our long time ally.
Classic example. I am not some environmentalist, but I do understand this type of stuff isn’t good.
Glad ole Pockrus wasn’t around when homo sapien started kickin’ the $hit out of the neanderthal...someone mightta felt compelled to intervene or create an agency to stop it.
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