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Crangon septemspinosa (sand shrimp), also known as seven-spined bay shrimp, is a species of shrimp commonly found along the Atlantic coast of North America, with a wide range spanning from Newfoundland to eastern Florida. [1] Sand shrimp is often found in eelgrass beds, salt marshes, and estuaries and can be found at depths to 450 m (1,480 ft).
A bowl of brown shrimp served as a snack. The consumption of brown shrimp is popular in Belgium, the Netherlands, northern Germany, and Denmark. Shrimp in general are known as garnalen in Dutch. It is the basis of the dish tomate-crevettes, where the shrimp are mixed with mayonnaise and fresh parsley, and served in a hollowed-out uncooked tomato.
The two most important natural environmental factors affecting the health of the shrimp population are water temperature and salinity. The shrimp thrive in brackish water, with a preferred salinity of 14 parts per thousand (ppt) when young to 24 ppt when ready to spawn. [4] In contrast, open ocean waters have a salinity of about 35 ppt.
The feeding habits of a juvenile animal, and, as a consequence, its trophic level, can change as it grows up. The fisheries scientist Daniel Pauly sets the values of trophic levels to one in primary producers and detritus , two in herbivores and detritivores (primary consumers), three in secondary consumers, and so on.
Marine shrimp farming is an aquaculture business for the cultivation of marine shrimp or prawns [Note 1] for human consumption. Although traditional shrimp farming has been carried out in Asia for centuries, large-scale commercial shrimp farming began in the 1970s, and production grew steeply, particularly to match the market demands of the United States, Japan and Western Europe.
Shrimp are also found in Latin and Caribbean dishes such as enchiladas and coconut shrimp. Other recipes include jambalaya, okonomiyaki, poon choi and bagoong. Shrimp are also consumed as salad, by frying, with rice, and as shrimp guvec (a dish baked in a clay pot) in the Western and Southern coasts of Turkey.
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Feeder shrimp, ghost shrimp, glass shrimp, grass shrimp, river shrimp or feeder prawns are generic names applied to inexpensive small, typically with a length of 1 to 3 cm (0.39 to 1.18 in), semi-transparent crustaceans commonly sold and fed as live prey to larger more aggressive fishes kept in aquariums.