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Shrimping Season Starts April 15th

Shrimping season starts April 15th in Prince William Sound.

Fun Facts on Spot Shrimp

Size
Maximum length is over 12 inches
Age
Maximum age is 11 years
Range/Distribution
The spot prawn’s geographic range extends from Southern California to Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, around to the Sea of Japan and the Korea Strait
Diet
Worms, diatoms, dead organic material, algae, small mollusks, sponges, and other shrimp
Predators
Spot shrimp themselves are often the diet of large predator fish such as halibut, Pacific cod, walleye pollock, flounders, and salmon
Reproduction
The eggs are attached to the female’s abdomen by hair like structures called setae. Eggs are found on females from October to March. Each spot shrimp spawns once as a male and one or more times as a female. Spawning takes place at depths of 500-700 feet.

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