shrimp fishing
Harvesting small crustaceans
Shrimp fishing is the commercial or recreational harvesting of shrimp, typically using trawl nets dragged along the ocean floor or cast nets in shallow waters.
The industry supports coastal economies worldwide: Shrimp fishing boats lined the harbor at dawn.
Also called shrimping.
- trawlingNet-dragging fishing method
- estuariesRiver-sea meeting points
- Gulf CoastSouthern U.S. maritime region
- hand-pickingSelecting items individually
- aquacultureFarming underwater organisms
cast nets · mangroves · export markets · brackish water · coastal waters · baiting · seagrass beds · tidal flats · dredging · ice chest · cold storage · habitat restoration · seafood processing · local markets · coral reefs · low tide · early morning · peel and eat
- Gulf MexicoTabasco, Tampico, Veracruz, Emiliano Zapata, Candelaria
- fishing industrytrawling, trawlers, trawl net, gillnetting, trawler
- fisheriestrawlers, overfishing, trawling, bycatch, catch limits
- Arctic industriesoil drilling, oil extraction, gas extraction, arctic drilling, offshore drilling
- Southern Industrycotton mills, textile mills, furniture making, poultry, chicken processing
- Morecambe Baymudflats, salt marshes, quicksand, tidal flats, salt marsh
shrimp fishingcrabbing
Pursuit of crabs
lobstering · oystering · clamming · whaling · tuna fishing
shrimp fishingfreshwater fishing
Catching fish inland
river fishing · lake fishing · agriculture · cattle ranching
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