THE llIOl.OOY O F PEIA(4JC SHRIMPS IN THE O(!EAN
305
A’rr&z
lurens, ArPtea chivwnsi~, A . rrythmeus, A . indicus H. Millie
F:dwarc-ls, A . j p m i c u . s , A . wrrulatucv, A . sihogae, A . vulgnri.9 and
€’n,sipha(~a sp. All we distributd in vnst swtrnis in inshore or estuarine
wiiters.
is exploited off the coiasts of‘ Port ugnl, Spiliii and South Africa.
The c*ontribrition of the spx*it1s of Bcetes to the local fisheries is
grrat. Although thc fishery s! iLtistics arc very inadequate, bxause
Acrtre is moatly ronsumecl locdly, it is supposed that the annual
mtvh of Acrtes spp. from Korw, China, Japan, Tuiwaii, Philippines,
Vic.t.nam, t hinbotlia, Thailand, I{urrn;t, Mihyai;t, Singapore, Indoiiesitt
and India niay cxceed 170 000 tons ;Lnd constit’ute about 25% of the
annitril wtch of slirimps in thc Lndo-west-Pacific! region (473 600 tons
in J 970*) itnd l5(% of thtit in t h e world (930 000 tons in 1970, FAO,
1!)71). Catah records of Acetes must be conaidered a~ minimal because
reliable statistics are only available for t i few of the larger markets.
Furthermore, Acetes apparently exists in potentially exploitable
quantities in certain areas but is not fished due to the richness of other
fishery resotirces and the small size of the local market.
tAcete.9 is mainly tished with various kinds of push nets and fixed
bag nets set new t h e shore againat the flow of the tide. Ths material
is dried or fermented for food in various ways and is esteemed for its
taste and nourishment. A paste prepared from the salted Acetes
is known ti^ “ Hlitchan ” in the MtifIiL.v I’eninsula and “ Gapi ” in
ThiLiland.
Acetes rikwrsis i H one of the rnost irn portalit nittrine resources in
the Nortjh Chin;i. The amount of‘ clutch i i i the Gulf of Po Hai is tremelidous, amounting to 60 000- 70 000 torin a year (Liu, 1956). For a
very long time (Ihinrse cant1 Koreans have finhed A. chineneis and
A. japonicits along the coast of 1 he Yellow Sea (Yoshida, 1941, 1949).
The annual landing attains about 6 000 toils in China (Liu, 1966) and
it reaches 5 000 1 0 000 tons in South Korea (K. I. Yoo, personal
coniinunicution). i n .Japan the fiqhing has been carried out for a long
tinis in tho Ariake Sea (August to October), the Seto Inland Sea
(April, May, S2ptember to November) and in Toyama Hay (March
to May). Avcruge laiidings total about 1 600 tons in the Ariake Sea,
although there are considerable fluctuations annually (Ikematsu,
1963). There is i t fishery for A. chinensiv und A . erythruezcs in Taiwan;
tho catch amounts to about 1 000 tons a year. Acetes spp. are fished
along the whole cowts of Thailand. Recent annual catch reacheu
0 000- 19 000 tons, and it constitutes about 13-22:/, of the total catch
of marine shrimps in Thailand. The occurrence of six species of Acetes
* Cetahoe do not include the planktonic form.
Holthius t t d HoHiL ( 1965) not(. that FunchnZin woodt/’ardi
305
A’rr&z
lurens, ArPtea chivwnsi~, A . rrythmeus, A . indicus H. Millie
F:dwarc-ls, A . j p m i c u . s , A . wrrulatucv, A . sihogae, A . vulgnri.9 and
€’n,sipha(~a sp. All we distributd in vnst swtrnis in inshore or estuarine
wiiters.
is exploited off the coiasts of‘ Port ugnl, Spiliii and South Africa.
The c*ontribrition of the spx*it1s of Bcetes to the local fisheries is
grrat. Although thc fishery s! iLtistics arc very inadequate, bxause
Acrtre is moatly ronsumecl locdly, it is supposed that the annual
mtvh of Acrtes spp. from Korw, China, Japan, Tuiwaii, Philippines,
Vic.t.nam, t hinbotlia, Thailand, I{urrn;t, Mihyai;t, Singapore, Indoiiesitt
and India niay cxceed 170 000 tons ;Lnd constit’ute about 25% of the
annitril wtch of slirimps in thc Lndo-west-Pacific! region (473 600 tons
in J 970*) itnd l5(% of thtit in t h e world (930 000 tons in 1970, FAO,
1!)71). Catah records of Acetes must be conaidered a~ minimal because
reliable statistics are only available for t i few of the larger markets.
Furthermore, Acetes apparently exists in potentially exploitable
quantities in certain areas but is not fished due to the richness of other
fishery resotirces and the small size of the local market.
tAcete.9 is mainly tished with various kinds of push nets and fixed
bag nets set new t h e shore againat the flow of the tide. Ths material
is dried or fermented for food in various ways and is esteemed for its
taste and nourishment. A paste prepared from the salted Acetes
is known ti^ “ Hlitchan ” in the MtifIiL.v I’eninsula and “ Gapi ” in
ThiLiland.
Acetes rikwrsis i H one of the rnost irn portalit nittrine resources in
the Nortjh Chin;i. The amount of‘ clutch i i i the Gulf of Po Hai is tremelidous, amounting to 60 000- 70 000 torin a year (Liu, 1956). For a
very long time (Ihinrse cant1 Koreans have finhed A. chineneis and
A. japonicits along the coast of 1 he Yellow Sea (Yoshida, 1941, 1949).
The annual landing attains about 6 000 toils in China (Liu, 1966) and
it reaches 5 000 1 0 000 tons in South Korea (K. I. Yoo, personal
coniinunicution). i n .Japan the fiqhing has been carried out for a long
tinis in tho Ariake Sea (August to October), the Seto Inland Sea
(April, May, S2ptember to November) and in Toyama Hay (March
to May). Avcruge laiidings total about 1 600 tons in the Ariake Sea,
although there are considerable fluctuations annually (Ikematsu,
1963). There is i t fishery for A. chinensiv und A . erythruezcs in Taiwan;
tho catch amounts to about 1 000 tons a year. Acetes spp. are fished
along the whole cowts of Thailand. Recent annual catch reacheu
0 000- 19 000 tons, and it constitutes about 13-22:/, of the total catch
of marine shrimps in Thailand. The occurrence of six species of Acetes
* Cetahoe do not include the planktonic form.
Holthius t t d HoHiL ( 1965) not(. that FunchnZin woodt/’ardi