About the Project

Estuaries provide critical habitat for shrimp at multiple life-stages. Because shrimp have a short life cycle, growing from larval stage to adult over the course of a year, their populations are very sensitive to changes in environmental conditions in the estuary. This project helped build a better understanding of how shrimp populations are responding to changing climate conditions, weather events, and habitat modifications at various stages of their life cycle. This information is critical to the management of the multi-million-dollar shrimping industry.

About this Resource

This report summarizes results of field interviews with 12 shrimpers. Interviews gathered shrimpers insights on changes to the shrimp fishery, along with changes observed in shrimp populations, over their careers in the industry.