Vondruska, John

"This report assesses recent trends for major shrimp markets, selected producer-exporters, world supplies, and prices. u.s. shrimp landings and use fell slightly in 1990. Use was up slightly for Japan, Europe and the world. Prices and production problems continued to plague shrimp farms which accounted for most of the growth in world supplies over the past decade. Shrimp fishermen faced problems too. Whether the price strength of larger shrimp will be overcome by supplies of farmed black tiger shrimp over the long haul as in 1988-89 is unclear, but along with the long-term downward trend in real prices this could affect decisions by fishery and business managers"--Page 1, paragraph 1.

Technical Memorandum

United States