May 8, 2013 — Shrimp is the No. 2 fishery in Oregon, second only to the state crustacean, the Dungeness Crab. For another, shrimp is the most popular seafood in the country, a rating it's held, according to NOAA every year since 2003.
The Oregon pink shrimp fishery was the first fishery in Oregon certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council and the first shrimp fishery anywhere dubbed sustainable.
So yes, there's plenty of reason to celebrate the shellfish and plenty of it to celebrate, even if it's reputation is, well, a bit shrimpy.
"Most people don't even know we have a shrimp fishery off of Oregon," said Brad Pettinger, director of the Oregon Trawl Commission. "Oregon is the center of the grounds. We count for 75 percent of the landings on the west coast."
Last year's catch of 49.1 million pounds – worth about $24 million – was second only to the record high of 56 million pounds in 1978.
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