| Main Components |
| Aquatic species |
| Target Species Shrimp Northern prawn |
| Gear types: Midwater otter trawls |
Midwater otter trawls |
| Vessel types: Otter trawlers |
| These are trawlers on which the fish is preserved by freezing. |
| Characteristics |
| Species EnvironmentCommercially this is one of the most important carideans of the North Atlantic. It's an epipelagic species living in depths ranging from 20 to 1 330 m. Bottom clay and mud. |
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