The 2020 pink shrimp season, off the coast of the US state Oregon, ran strong in spite of the pandemic, and harvesters saw their biggest yield since 2015, the Canadian seafood wholesaler Tradex reports in its latest 3-Minute Market Insight.
Based on preliminary numbers, as much as 42.9 million pounds (19,460 metric tons) were landed between April 1 and Oct. 31, 59% more than the 26.9m lbs harvested in 2019 and 19% more than the 35.9m lbs landed in 2018. The amount well exceeded the earlier predictions of 25m to 29m lbs.
In 2015, by comparison, harvesters landed 53.5m lbs.
Despite the big catch, the overall ex-vessel value of the Oregon shrimp fishery, however, was $22.3m, just 12% more than the 2019 value of $19.9m.
One of the environmental changes that likely helped to fuel the big harvest was a La Nina event in the tropical Pacific that happened in August and September, Tradex reported. The condition causes cooler temperatures that often increase the reproduction rates of shrimp, squid and other species.
The Global Producing Centers of Long-Range Forecasts indicate a high likelihood (90%) of tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures remaining at La Nina levels until the end of 2020, and a moderate likelihood (55%) for them to persist through the first quarter of 2021, according to Tradex.
As for sizes, the average count per pound was estimated to be 125, though a final tally has not yet been completed.
November 16, 2020 at 09:46PM
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