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Shrimp Midwater Trawling

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Aquatic species

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Shrimp Northern prawn

Gear types: Midwater otter trawls

Midwater otter trawls

A midwater otter trawl is a cone-shaped net which is towed in mid-water and kept horizontally open by otter boards.

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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