Considering samples from North Carolina (USA) to Campeche (Mexico) there is some evidence of genetic separation of a population of northern white shrimp on NW Atlantic (U.S. Atlantic coast) from a population in the Gulf of Mexico (Ball & Chapman, 2003). US stocks are assessed at the federal level and management measures can be defined at federal and/or state levels: Northern Gulf of Mexico and NW Atlantic. A distinct assessment unit exists in Campeche Bank (Ramos-Miranda et al., 2009). 

Northern White Shrimp within the Northern Gulf of Mexico from Flordia to Campeche, Mexico. This species commonly inhabits estuaries, along muddy bottoms and coastal areas approximately 100 feet offshore. In the Gulf of Mexico, the white shrimp stock is managed under the Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Fishery Management Plan (NOAA, 2024).