"YOU CAN'T CATCH SHRIMP IN THE OCEAN!!!

U think the last two record warm winters has anything to do with the higher landing numbers? What about the fact that Virginia had a huge population of white shrimp. Something they have NEVER seen.
In NC, waiting on shrimp to grow and enter the ocean to harvest us setting it’s fisherman up for disaster. One hurricane could result in losing a whole years crop for harvesting. NC’s disadvantage is it’s on the northern end of the shrimps migration. If a hurricane comes we lose the vast majority of them. States south of us can still harvest NC’s migrating shrimp.

Tragedy of the Commons.

NC boats shrimp off Georgia and SC every year so I find it interesting that if the shrimp is thought to have left NC that it is uncatchable once in the ocean.   If NC boats can catch them off Georgia and SC when they have left those states or off Cape Henry when they have left Chesapeake Bay then what, other than politics, says they can't catch them here?

During the last shrimp AC meetings long time shrimpers were asked if shrimp traveled the same routes once in the ocean or if they scattered.   The answer given was that the shrimp use two routes. One near shore and one further offshore. Pressed further for the ability to catch then in the ocean off NC the answer given was "we know exactly where they are when they leave NC."

They aren't lost, they are just moving. NC summer flounder boats have no problem following their target species.

Why shrimp in the secondary nursery of a shrimp when you can get them when they are grown and more valuable?

I know; because in NC, you simply can.

Edited by Ray Brown - 13 July 2018 at 7:51am