Style that shrimp can be sold
The most popular sizes are 16/20PDTON though there are loads of different sizes. The most popular are:
16/20, 21/25, 13/15, 26/30, 31/35, 71/90. With plenty of other sizes around that.
All sizes are based on COUNT PER POUND.
COLOR | ORIGIN | REGION | SEASON | FLAVOR |
Brown | FL WILD | Gulf Mexico | May-July | Firm texture,Robust flavor, mild sweetness |
Whites | FL WILD | Gulf Mexico, east ATL | Fall-Winter | Tender meat, mild flavor |
Pink | FL WILD | Tortugas-Tarpon Springs | Nov-June | Best-large meat, sweet tender |
Royal Red | FL WILD | Deep Water Gulf | April-Nov | Sweet, buttery, salty |
Argentinian Red | IMP WILD | Deep water So ATL | March-July | Sweet lobster flavor |
Rock | FL WILD | Deep water VA-MEX | April-Nov | Rich, sweet, lobster flavor |
Northern Pink | ME WILD | Maine, N ATL, PACIFIC | Jan-March (quota) | Mild, sweet |
Spotted | ALASKA WILD | PACIFIC soCAL-AK | May-June (quota) | Large meat, superior sweet |
Black Tiger | IMPORT FARMD | US, Mex, worldwide | Year Round | Firm texture, mild flavor |
Pacific White | IMPORT FARMD | Indo-Pacific | Year Round | Firm texture, mild sweet flavor |
Topping our list of shrimp varieties from around the world is pink shrimp. Yes, you heard that right. Shrimps aren’t just white and grey. They’re also pink. Pink shrimp are your cold-weather species, peaking from late fall until early spring. A favorite on flavor as sweet and firm.
Chesapeake Bay all the way down to the Florida Keys and through the southern Gulf of Mexico.
Local and sometimes import farmed SWHITES (depending on location) are firm and sweeter, albeit nuttier shrimp variety is so incredibly versatile, it’s among the most popular shrimp variety for several chefs.
FARMED: Tiger shrimps come with black bands (similar to ones you find on a tiger) encircling their shells. The species is also known as black tiger shrimp. These little fellas are native to India and Southeastern Asia.
Another warm-water shrimp dweller on this global crustacean tour, rock shrimps( also knowns as sicyonia brevirostris or brown rock shrimp) have a hard-as-a-rock shell and take shelter in the warm water waters of the Atlantic Ocean; all the way from Florida down to the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, and the Caribbean. We send out shell and tail off and FRESH as shells are TOOO hard.
Brown shrimp (also known as common shrimp) lives in shallow water bodies like estuaries. Due to their blotched brown color, brown shrimps stay safe against predators by burying themselves in the seabed. The species usually live on muddy shores where it is convenient for them to camouflage.
Extremely rare and widely popular too. With their rich butter flavor and firm texture, royal reds are often compared to lobsters. Since royal reds can’t be found any sooner than 500 feet mark (they can go as deep as 2,000 feet), expect them to have that incredible deep-sea water saltiness, which is exactly what gives it that unique flavor profile. These red beauties only take half the time to cook compared to pink, white, or brown shrimp.
Spot shrimp is a cold water shrimp variety native to the Alaskan waters, ranging from the Aleutian Islands to San Diego. This variety of shrimp gets its name through the distinctive white spots on the first and fifth segment of the exoskeleton over the abdominal cavity. Shipped LIVE ONLY the cost is prohibitive to most everyone on the east coast. he taste of Spot shrimp as nothing like the regular shrimp we eat. Instead, they are buttery and sweet, similar to cold water lobsters.
