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Solar Aeration Is the Answer To Increased Profit In Shrimp Farming

By Dick Pennington
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Solar aeration is the answer to modern shrimp farming. Modern shrimp farming really started in the "Reagan era." Marine shrimp are farmed in dugouts, impoundments, ponds, raceways and tanks. Today over fifty countries have shrimp farms. With the increasing cost of electricity and the greenhouse gases it causes, all shrimp farms need solar aeration to replace the electrically operated aeration systems. Shrimp are no different than any other living creature; they need oxygen, clean water, and sunlight. They grow faster in warmer climates where you can sometimes produce three crops a year if you are near enough to the equator.

The leaders in shrimp farming in the Eastern Hemisphere are Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, India and China. Malaysia, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, The Philippines, Australia and Myanmar also have large shrimp farming industries. Mexico, Belize, Ecuador and Brazil are the leading producers in the Western Hemisphere. There are shrimp farms in Honduras, Panama, Colombia, Guatemala, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Peru. The United States, Western Europe and Japan are the major shrimp importing nations. They have high-tech shrimp farming but their production is insignificant. Saudi Arabia and Iran produce the most farmed shrimp in the Middle East.

Shrimp farms use a one or two-phase production cycle. With the one-phase production cycle the shrimp spend a short period in acclimation tanks, then they are put directly into the growout ponds. Farms that use the two-phase production cycle stock juvenile shrimp from hatcheries in nursery ponds and several weeks latter transfer them to growout ponds. The shrimp need aeration in all phases of growth and solar aeration is best answer. Hatcheries sell two products: Nauplii, which are tiny, newly hatched, first stage larvae, and postlarvae that have already develop through the three larval stages. Good aeration produces clean water and healthy nauplii, postlarvae and shrimp. Solar aeration is the best investment for any shrimp farm and is available now.

Shrimp normally spawn at night and females may produce 50,000 to 1,000,000 eggs, which hatch in one day. The first larval stage is nauplii, which look like tiny aquatic spiders. The nauplii feed on their egg-yoke reserves for a couple of days. The nauplii then metamorphose into zoeae, which have feathery appendages. Zoeae feed on algae and formulated feeds for three to five days and then metamorphose into myses. Myses are just starting to look like shrimp and they feed on algae, formulated feeds and zooplankton. Myses metamorphose into postlarvae, which look like adult shrimp. Postlarvae feed on zooplankton, detritus and commercial feeds. From the day the eggs hatch till the postlarvae are ready to be moved to the farm takes about 25 days. To keep the product healthy, all larvae stages need adequate aeration, and solar aeration is the right answer to preserve our water quality and keep our earth green.

There are all sizes of hatcheries from home operations to medium and large-scale operations. All hatcheries need clean water and sunlight. It is impossible to maintain a healthy shrimp life cycle without aeration, which is, I repeat, best produced by solar power.

Shrimp farmers next move the animals from nursery ponds within 30 days to growout ponds. This move increases the survival rates of their juvenile shrimp and increases their profits. The greatest danger throughout the production cycle is virus problems, which can be avoided with sanitary conditions of clean water with adequate aeration. Shrimp farming, like any business, is about producing the highest quality product for the lowest cost possible, so that at the close of the business cycle there is a superior profit. Reducing electrical usage with solar aeration adds to a higher profit margin.



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Freshwater Shrimp Farming - Can You Make Money With Shrimp?

By Steve S. Frost
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Can you really make money in the freshwater shrimp farming business? If I had a nickel for every time I was asked that question, I'd have a lot of nickels.

The short answer is, yes, you can...IF...

First, a little background. Since the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, more and more buyers of shrimp are becoming aware of food quality. In the past, consumers bought whenever the price was right. But now, buyers need the extra assurance that what they are buying is clean, good quality shrimp - and at a good price.

Freshwater shrimp farming is a niche that is taking off directly because of this issue of quality. So the answer to the question is Yes - IF you can manage the quality of the water the shrimp grow in. Further, if you can document your management, then you should be looking at a very profitable niche business.

How can you manage the quality of the water? Oxygenation is key. You will need to make sure the shrimp can breathe. Also, knowing what is in the water to begin with is important. For example, is the water running into your ponds coming from a chemical saturated cornfield? Not so good.

How can you calculate your potential? When your ponds or tanks are properly controlled and you feed your shrimp properly, you should yield 600 to 800 pounds, maybe as much as 900 pounds of shrimp per acre of water. There will be an average of 10 shrimp in one pound at the 8-12 count per pound size.

Check the current prices for 8-12 count shrimp that you find in the grocery store. These shrimp are probably raised in suspicious quality salt water in some foreign and unregulated place. Your shrimp will be of a vastly higher quality than these even if you screw up, so these prices will give you a conservative starting point for your calculations.

Managing your water to grow a quality product is 50% of the equation for a profitable business, and effective marketing is the other 50%. You can increase your profit substantially by using creative marketing strategies.

For example, selling directly to your customers at retail rather than selling at wholesale is an easy way to boost profits. Many shrimp production operations have festivals at harvest time and offer a day of fun at the farm and sell crafts and farm products, including shrimp, at premium prices.

One shrimp raiser I know uses a sign in his yard to tell when harvest will be. He says he never has enough to fill the demand of that one day.

Keep in mind, this is one business you can start on the side and with not much investment. I know of another shrimp farmer who uses three-foot deep kiddie pools in his back yard. So, yes, you can easily make a profit raising freshwater shrimp.

Good luck with your new business.


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How to Start a Freshwater Shrimp Farming Business

By Steve S. Frost
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One of the fastest growing business niches today is freshwater shrimp farming. Many people are starting to raise shrimp because they want to eat better food for less money. Mostly they want to cash in on the enormous profit margins in selling fresh water shrimp directly to consumers.

These are the essentials:

You need something to raise them in. Although most people raise their shrimp in ponds, you can use anything that gets the depth you need. You can use tanks and even swimming pools. I first started looking into raising freshwater shrimp when I found an old hot tub had been left on my property and I was trying to find a use for it.
You need somewhere to put the pond, tank or pool. Obviously, a pond would go in a field, but your tanks or pools could go into a barn, just in your backyard, or even your basement. I read about a guy who really did raise shrimp in his condo basement in some small diameter swimming pools he set up there.
You need to have good water. Have your water tested, especially if you will be using runoff or captured water. If you're filling a pool with tap water, you will need to give it time to evaporate the chlorine out and to warm up.
You need to oxygenate the water. The critters need to breathe. You will need to agitate the water or pump air into it. You can use a paddle like system or you can use a bubbler. You can also use a fountain type oxygenator. Try to make or buy one that uses solar power so you don't have to worry about your power going out.
You need to buy good quality juveniles to grow out. There are a number of great growers out there. I have a link on my website to a guy with a great directory for everything you will need.
You need to feed them good food. Even though they are bottom feeders, your result will be tastier if you feed them properly. Again, my website will show you where detailed information can be found.
You need to keep other critters out. They like to eat shrimp too and that cuts into your profits big time. Unfortunately, this means you need to keep the bass out. They love shrimp.
You need to make a sign. Make a sign that you can put in your yard letting people know when you will be harvesting. Plan to have someone help your customers with parking. Believe me, you will sell out in one day.

So, my advice is to go for it - start a freshwater farming business right now. You will never eat a better tasting shrimp than the one you raised yourself. The only downside to this whole idea is your friends and family will try to convince you to have a big shrimp boil or grill and invite them over for chow and then eat up all your potential profits.

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Freshwater Shrimp Farming - Formulas You Need to Know

By Steve S. Frost
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How much money can I make by freshwater shrimp farming? That's a good question. It's really very easy to calculate potential profits from freshwater shrimp farming. Except for all the variables, that is.

The first thing you need to know is how much surface area of water you have. Here is how you do the basic mathematics to begin calculating your potential gross profit. Most ponds and tanks are either a rectangular or a circular shape, so how do you do it?

If it's a rectangle, measure one side and one end. Then multiply those numbers together to get how many square feet of surface area there are. Round down to the nearest foot rather than worry about converting inches to feet.

Since most profit calculations are based on acres, it is a big help to convert your square feet to acres. There are 43,560 square feet in an acre so divide your square feet by 43,560.

Here is an example. Your pond is 45 feet wide and 250 feet long. That is a surface area of 11,250 square feet. Divide that by the number of square feet in an acre, which is 43,560, and you find you have about a quarter of an acre of surface area on your pond.

Yields will range from as little as 300 pounds to as many as 900 pounds of shrimp per acre, depending on your grow-out variables. So, using a conservative, middle ground, 500 pounds per acre number, your yield on one fourth of an acre would be 125 pounds.

What if you have a circular pond or you are using a round tank? Now you need a special formula to calculate the surface area. Reach way back in your memory for that formula for the area of a circle. Area equals pi, sounds like the pie you eat, times the square of your radius. Radius is half the diameter, which is the distance across the pond at the middle.

To get your radius, just measure from the center of your pond to the outside edge. You don't have to get wet to do this, just stand on the shore and eyeball where the center of your pond is and then measure to where the edge would be. Now multiply that number by itself to square it.

Here is an example. You measured the radius to be 20 feet. Multiply 20 by itself, or 20 times 20, and you get 400. Multiply that number by pi which is roughly 3.14. Your answer should be 1256 square feet.

Divide 1256 square feet by the number of square feet in an acre, which is 43,560, and you have just under 3% of an acre. Your yield on 3% of an acre might be 3% of 500 pounds, or 15 pounds.

Right away you may decide that 15 pounds isn't enough to be worth your time, or you may decide you just need more ponds. If you decide on additional ponds or tanks, you can work these calculations backwards to calculate how much additional surface area you will need to get the result you want.

For example, let's say you want to raise a ton of shrimp. Yes, I mean 2000 pounds of shrimp. If you can yield 500 pounds per acre, you will need 4 acres of water. Multiply the square feet in an acre, 43,560, by 4 and you find you need 174,240 square feet of water.

Enter that number in your calculator and then hit the square root key. It looks like a check mark with a horizontal line going off the top of it. The answer, 417, is the size of a square pond you need to go out and dig. It doesn't have to be deep, just 417 feet long on one side and 417 feet wide on the other.


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Freshwater Shrimp Farming - Calculating Profit Potential

By Steve S. Frost
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Calculating profit potential from freshwater shrimp farming is a matter of starting with your gross income and subtracting all of your expenses. Here is how you do it and some of the items you need to consider.

First, you need calculate how many pounds of shrimp you can grow in your pond or tank. Once you know how much shrimp you can grow, you need to know how much money you can get for them. Once you have those figures, you can calculate your gross income. Let's talk about how to gauge how much you can get for your shrimp.

The last time I went to my big box grocery store, they had Thailand farm raised headless shrimp for $14.99 a pound. We shouldn't use that price per pound in our calculations because we have to account for the weight of the shrimp heads. We can guess-estimate the weight of the head to be one fourth the weight of the whole shrimp, and I might be wrong there, so that's a variable that needs to be verified.

If headless shrimp go for $14.99, then we can guestimate whole shrimp might go for 75% of that, or $11.24 a pound. That just sounds a bit high to me and since I like to round down, my guestimate will be $10.00 a pound for shrimp right out of the pond, on ice and in a plastic bag. Multiply your yield in pounds by this delivered price of $10 per pound.

To arrive at a potential net income from raising your shrimp, you will need to deduct your expenses from your gross income. Net income is the number you get to pay taxes on. Coming up with your list of expenses is the hard part because your costs will be different from anyone else. Actually, paying the taxes is the hardest part.

There are two kinds of expense categories to consider. One category includes your set-up expenses and the other category includes your ongoing expenses.

Set-up expenses are things like installing the pond and buying your equipment. You might need nets or an aerator if you are going to use one, water meters and other equipment. This will be your largest outlay. You may already have a suitable pond, or you may want to use an above ground swimming pool in a building you can heat. So you will have to get these costs nailed down.

Ongoing expenses include items like the cost of purchasing your juveniles each year, the cost of their feed, electricity, labor, and not least in importance, the cost of the sign you put out front letting potential customers know when harvest day will be.

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Shrimp Season

By Frank Loethen
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Although fishing for shrimp has started up after the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, many fishermen are finding oil tainted shrimp. The fishermen are concerned about the health issues and are finding assisting in the clean up is more profitable.

The name originated from the 14th century Middle English word shrimpe meaning to contract or wrinkle. There other crustaceans that are refer to as shrimp but are unrelated. Prawns are directly related to the shrimp.

A shrimp is a bottom feeder found in fresh and salt water around the world. Besides use for human consumption, it is an important food source for other fish and whales. It has a high tolerance for toxins and can contribute to high toxin levels in its predators.

A shrimp lives in schools and can swim backwards rapidly. It is similar to a prawn but has a different gill structure. It abdomen is muscular which enables it to swim. It is light weight due to its exoskeleton. It can reach a length of 12 inches and have a lifespan of over 6 years.

Shrimp are caught by nets. When using nets, other species are also caught and discarded. It is also cultivated in farms. About 75% of the farmed shrimp are produced in Asia with Thailand being the largest exporter.

Shrimp are prepared for eating by frying, boiling, baking or grilling. It is high in calcium, iodine and protein. Although high in cholesterol, it is low in saturated fat making it beneficial for consumption. It is a shellfish and can cause an allergic reaction when eaten. It is also used in aquariums to control algae.

Although highly monitored by the government, the demand for Gulf shrimp is down. The public is concerned about the safety of eating anything coming from the Gulf. This has reduced the number of boats that are going out. Until the public has confidence that food coming from the Gulf is safe, the fishing industry in that area will suffer.

Frank Loethen lives with his wife and three cats, Sunny, Sinclair and Midnit


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Preparing Fast and Simple Shrimp and Prawn Meal

By Brandy Gibson
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As a result of analysis and growth that began a lot more than two decades ago, National Prawn Business has finished stage one of the $350 million "modified extensive" shrimp farm on the Red Sea, 150 kilometers south of Jeddah. The $200 million 1st phase resulted in eleven farms and 2,800 hectares of ponds with projected manufacturing of 13,500 metric tons of whole shrimp a yr. Phase two will include fifteen additional farms and three,500 more hectares of ponds capable of generating 17,500 tons a yr.

National Prawn Organization follows the codes of conduct and procedures of production outlined under the United Nation's definition of "Sustainable Development". It generates antibiotic-free shrimp with no hormones and no preservatives using eco-friendly, sustainable shrimp farming methods. It makes use of low stocking densities and settling ponds to safeguard the neighborhood aquatic ecosystem.

NPC's item series is presently marketed locally and internationally below the brand name name "Al-Watania" along with other brand name names.

Function Force: Far more than two,000 employees from 25 nations.

Broodstock: Particular pathogen-free, specific pathogen-resistant Penaeus indicus in its twenty-fourth generation.

Nauplii Manufacturing: 60 million per day.

Postlarvae Production: 180 million a cycle.

Processing Plant: Able of handling 80 metric tons of head-on shrimp a day. M/S Marel/Carnitech (Denmark) delivered and set up most of the processing gear. M/S Jonsson (USA) supplied the peeling machines and Mycon (Japan) delivered the refrigeration program. The plant is intended to procedure a broad selection of merchandise from basic block frozen products to high-value ready to consume individually quick frozen and cooked goods.

The shrimp achieve the plant in much less than one hour following harvest and are processed and packed in much less than six hours soon after harvest. The plant includes a large, fully automated chill room that will carry as much as 25 tons of whole shrimp since it comes in through the farms.

There are 3 important processing lines, a head-on series while using the ability to take care of two tons 1 hour, a headless line while using capacity to deal with 1.a couple of tons sixty minutes, and a peeling series using the capacity to manage 1 ton of raw shrimp one hour. Three plate freezers can freeze 20 tons of shrimp a day, and two spiral freezers can freeze 3 tons per hour. You can find two circulation pack devices from Sandiacre. As component on the around the world marketing and advertising approach, good significance has been offered towards the implementation of HACCP and ISO quality manage systems.

Feed Mill: Ability ten tons per hour. BUHLER (Switzerland) installed the machinery and engineering.

Intake Pumping Station: The intake pump station was intended to produce a circulation of 90 cu/m/sec at a static head of 2.five meters. It can be equipped with twelve Amacan submersible, vertical pumps. The length with the intake canal is 35 kilometers!

Drain Pumping Station: The return water pump station is made for any flow rate of 90 cu/m/sec at a static head of 1.1 meters. It is equipped with seventeen Amaline submersible, horizontal pumps. The total length on the return water canal is 38.two kilometers.

Shrimp Head Powder: The offal plant processes clean shrimp heads into shrimp head powder, which NPC sells like a feed ingredient in laminated, polypropylene bags weighing either 25 or 50 kilograms.

Miles of Roads about the Farm: 157 kilometers, 57 of them asphalted.

Employee Community: Furnished bachelor accommodations are provided with dining halls, relaxation facilities, indoor sports facilities, supermarkets along with a mosque. Important utilities like power, water and sanitation are accessible close to the clock.

Distribution: NPC has entered into exclusive agreements with distributors in U.S.A, Canada, Spain, Cyprus, Italy, Australia, Japan, China, UAE, Korea, Egypt, Bahrain, and Jordan. It can be looking for distributors in Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Lebanon, and Tunisia.

Employment: NPC is on program to implement its second phase and is going to be hiring people in any respect ranges.


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Shrimp and Prawns

By J.C. Banks
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Prawns and shrimp are among the most popular types of seafood. The meat has a sweet, delicate flavor and is considered to be a healthy diet choice . They are a rich source of calcium, protein and antioxidants like selenium.

Prawns belong to the crustacean family, macrobrachium genus and suborder dendrobrachiata. The genus Macrobrachium consists of about 200 species. They resemble shrimp as well as lobster, with narrow body and long legs. Prawns are salt water creatures but they migrate to fresh water to spawn. There is confusion with regards to terminology, as shrimps are also referred to prawns; but the term prawns should be reserved to the fresh water palaemonids. In United Kingdom and other European countries the term "prawns" is commonly used whereas term "shrimp" is used in North America.

Several different types of prawns are found in both seawater and fresh water and they are also widely farmed in various countries. Freshwater prawn farming is an aquaculture business designed to raise and produce freshwater prawns for human consumption as well as decorative intent. China is the leader in production of prawns although a lot of southeast Asian countries also produce prawns.

Till the last decade only Giant river prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) were farmed. But recently, the oriental river prawn (M. nipponense) are farmed in China , and monsoon river prawn (M. malcolmsonii) are farmed in India.

Prawns are farmed by inoculating postlarvae from the hatcheries into the nurseries and then releasing them into the ponds. Prawns are continuously harvested from the pond or in batches. Raising prawns is a lot like other types of food animals. The operation requires special attention and hard work; the ponds are stocked in the spring with juvenile prawns that grow throughout the summer. When the prawns are large enough to harvest, the farmers drain the ponds, and the prawns follow the water flow as it exits into a catch basin. Once in the basin they are then netted, placed in baskets and carried on for additional processing.

Shrimp look similar to prawns but their gill structure is lamellar whereas it is branching in prawns. The two have been used interchangeably though and the distinction is more in the area of the world where they are being consumed rather than on their physical appearance.

In Germany, United Kingdom, Australia and South East Asia the word prawn is used where as in United States and Canada the term shrimp is used; prawn being reserved for only the extremely large sizes of shrimp. Most American wild caught shrimp is landed from coastal waters of the Gulf coast, Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.

There are wide variety of species coming both from the warm water and cold water; the cold water shrimps are smaller and more succulent. Shrimps may vary in color from red, light brown, pink, deep red, grayish-white, yellow, gray-green and dark green. Shrimp marketing is according to the size the general terms being colossal (10 or less per pound), jumbo (11-15), extra-large (16-20), large (21-30), medium (31-35), small (36-45) and miniature (about 100). In the United States, jumbo and colossal shrimp are commonly called prawns. Larger shrimp are typically more expensive per pound than smaller specimens.

North America is home to several species of wild shrimp including white shrimp (Litopenaeus setiferus), brown shrimp (Farfantepenaeus aztecus), pink shrimp (Penaeus duorarum), royal red shrimp (Pleoticus robustus or Hymenopenaeus robustus) and rock shrimp (Sicyonia brevirostris), Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) and Pacific pink shrimp (Pandalus jordani).

Shrimp and prawns have high nutritive value. Both are sources of iodine, calcium, proteins and other nutrients. Both are a source of polyunsaturated fats which have anti-inflammatory properties and stop the cartilage in joints from eroding. Studies have also found their omega-3s reduce the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and have anti cancer properties.

Shrimp and prawns are served as several dishes like curry and pickle in southeast Asia, and as garlic prawns in Spain. Other dishes include prawn sauce, tapas and potted shrimp. Prawns are also served with chicken wings and rice. In Philippines a major delicacy is prawns in coconut milk. The dish is prepared by cooking prawns in coconut milk with a ginger, salt and pepper.

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The Incredible Shrimp - An Insiders Look at This Little Crustacean

By Christine Szalay Kudra
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Shrimp are amazing. They come in several sizes and they taste delicious. Yet there are many things you probably do not know about shrimp. These delectable little crustaceans have plenty of secrets that you are about to learn. For example, did you know that raw shrimp are known as "green" shrimp?

Shrimp have ten legs. Since most of us do not see shrimp before they are shelled, we do not see the legs. What we call the head of the shrimp is actually the head and the thorax. It takes up half the body size of the shrimp. They are cousins to other crustaceans such as crabs and lobsters. They also are not far from insects on the old family tree, which is the reason some chefs call them "bugs."

A billion pounds of shrimp is consumed in the United States every year. Did you know Las Vegas, Nevada holds the record for the amount of shrimp consumed in this country? It does... 60,000 pounds of shrimp per day. This is more than the rest of the country combined. That is one big pile of shrimp! About 90% of the shrimp eaten here comes from Asia and Central America, with 40% of that being farmed shrimp. Out of those billion pounds of shrimp, 80% is eaten in restaurants. It appears that Americans like to eat shrimp; they just do not like to cook it. Cooking shrimp really is not difficult... it just takes a few times to get it just right.

As Forrest Gump would say, "Shrimp is the fruit of the sea." He then goes on to list 21 different ways to prepare it, including three different methods of frying. Shrimp really is versatile and can be used in soups, stews, as well as for appetizers, main dishes, and snacks. These tasty gems can be added to almost anything. Saute them, fry them or broil them... they all taste wonderful.

The terms "prawn" and "shrimp" are often used interchangeably, when in fact they are two separate creatures. This is confusing even for the experts. For example, the California spot prawn is really a shrimp while the ridgeback shrimp is really a prawn. Fish markets often label every large shrimp as a prawn, but there are physical differences between the two. Shrimp have side flaps that overlap while prawns have two segments on their tail that are the same size.

Shrimp are a great choice for easy appetizers. They are available in a wide variety of sizes so you can choose some that fit your recipes and your budget. Shrimp are sold by count. This will tell you what size the shrimp are, such as colossal, jumbo, large, medium, or small. Jumbo shrimp, for example, would be labeled 21/25 on the wrapper. This means you will find 21 to 25 shrimp per pound. Serve them up to show off their pearly pink shrimpness or add them to other recipes.

Your shrimp are going to have different textures and flavors depending on where they lived and what they ate. Wild shrimp are known for their intense flavors caused by a wide variety of food. Farmed shrimp are fed a ration, giving them a blander flavor. Wild shrimp are also firmer than farmed shrimp since they must roam to find food.

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Heaven Loves Shrimp Scampi!

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Only those who are allergic to shellfish would doubt that Shrimp Scampi is probably on the menu in heaven. St. Peter himself no doubt munches on the garlicky treats from time to time. I'm not sure if they're cooked on a stove or grilled over charcoal in those green pastures in the sky, but I'm sure the shrimp tastes divine.

My education involving shrimp began one evening in a little hole in the wall oyster bar named Jimmy D's American Shrimp Restaurant and Fish Market! Located in a little fishing town on Florida's northwestern Gulf Coast, it was a fish market on one side of the small cinder block building and a fish market on the other.

The café were packed with people wanting seafood, so we sat on a wooden bench and waited for someone to leave the tiny café so we could take their place; there were only six tables.

After consuming two large orders of Shrimp Scampi, I asked the chef, who was also the owner of this little fish shack to give me the recipe for the best Shrimp Scampi I had ever eaten. He surprised me with the same simple recipe I had been using at home, which included the main ingredients in any Scampi dish; shrimp, garlic and lemon. There was however, a secret ingredient; offshore shrimp!

He uses only Wild American Shrimp, harvested off the gulf coast or the southern Atlantic Ocean. Jimmy D told me that most of the shrimp eaten in the United States is raised in either Asia or Latin America. Foreign shrimp simply does not taste as good as home grown.

I discovered later that almost 90% of shrimp consumed in America is foreign raised on farms in Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia and South America. The American shrimper simply cannot compete with the flood of farmed raised shrimp that is shipped into the United States.

Wild American Shrimp is catching on with folks all over the U.S., who like me, have decided to ask for the best. We'll pay a little more per pound at the market at the market, than pond raised shrimp that have been shipped over the ocean in a container ship.

Foreign shrimp have large amounts of fungicides, antibiotics, pesticides and algaecides in them, while Wild American shrimp feed on plankton and other protein sources in its own natural environment. They are more nutritious and have a more flavorful taste than their Asian or Latin American cousins. Simply cook both American Wild Shrimp and foreign shrimp and eat them. Wild shrimp will win the taste test hands down!

Besides the chemicals introduced to foreign shrimp as they are grown in earthen ponds, much of the shrimp are raised on grained based food. This gives them a bland taste compared to the products harvested off the southern shores of the United States.

I like preparing Shrimp Scampi almost as much as eating them. Here's how I cook them on the charcoal grill:
Ingredients
o 2 lbs. raw large shrimp
o 1/4 cups olive oil
o 3 cloves crushed garlic
o 1/2 black pepper
o juice of 1 large lemon
o 1 tablespoon lemon juice
o 3 cloves crushed garlic
o 1/2 black pepper
o 1/2 cup melted butter
o 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
o 1/3 cup finely chopped chives 2 cloves garlic, crushed
o salt to taste

Preparation:
Mix the ingredients in large bowl. On the underside of the tail, split each shrimp. This allows the mixture to penetrate the shell. Cover the bowl and refrigerate for a couple of hours.

Allow the fire in the grill to become medium hot. I use a fish basket to cook my shrimp, held about 6 inches from the coals. Cook 2-3 minutes per side, or until they turn pink. Don't over cook.

More markets around the country are carrying certified American Live Shrimp. If yours doesn't, there are plenty of places on the internet that will ship them to you. Happy eating!

Bob Alexander is well experienced in outdoor cooking, fishing and leisure living. Bob is also the author and owner of this article. Visit his sites at:

[http://www.redfishbob.com]

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