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Profile updated on 27 January 2025
SUMMARY
SUMMARY
IDENTIFICATION
SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)
Penaeus stylirostris
SPECIES NAME(s)
Blue shrimp, Camarón azul
COMMON NAMES
Camarón azul, Gulf of California shrimp
The blue shrimp, Penaeus stylirostris, is the most abundant shrimp species in the Mexican Pacific, with major catches in the states of Sinaloa and Sonora. A significant degree of genetic structure was found for this species along the Gulf of California (de la Rosa-Vélez et al. 2000), identifying an Upper Gulf of California population (that supports structuring this profile as a stock), a Sonora population and a Sinaloa-Nayarit population. Also, a Bahía Magdalena population is considered to exist in western Baja California Sur (DOF 2012).
ANALYSIS
- The shrimp species captured in the Mexican Pacific are short-lived species, with high fecundity and high resilience to fishing mortality.
SCORES
Management Quality:
≥ 6
≥ 6
DATA DEFICIENT to < 6
Smale-Scale Fisheries:
