Profile updated on 24 June 2024

SUMMARY

SUMMARY

IDENTIFICATION

SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)

Penaeus setiferus

SPECIES NAME(s)

Northern white shrimp

Considering samples from North Carolina (USA) to Campeche (Mexico) there is some evidence of genetic separation of a population of northern white shrimp on NW Atlantic (U.S. Atlantic coast) from a population in the Gulf of Mexico (Ball & Chapman, 2003). US stocks are assessed at the federal level and management measures can be defined at federal and/or state levels: Northern Gulf of Mexico and NW Atlantic. A distinct assessment unit exists in Campeche Bank (Ramos-Miranda et al., 2009). 

Northern White Shrimp within the Northern Gulf of Mexico from Flordia to Campeche, Mexico. This species commonly inhabits estuaries, along muddy bottoms and coastal areas approximately 100 feet offshore. In the Gulf of Mexico, the white shrimp stock is managed under the Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Fishery Management Plan (NOAA, 2024).


ANALYSIS

Strengths
  • A fishery management plan exists (GMFMC 1981) which is updated regularly with new regulations.

SCORES

Management Quality:

Management Strategy:

≥ 6

Managers Compliance:

≥ 8

Fishers Compliance:

≥ 8