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How do shrimpers determine shrimp size?
How do they determine the size right out of the net? I assume it’s a skill you learn after doing it for a while. Kind of like determining what wrench size you need just by looking at a nut/bolt (I still have trouble between 1/2 and 7/16 though). But what if you got a new crew member that is still learning? It’s not like fish boat where they have ruler tables or crab boats that have crab rulers. Ain’t nobody got time to measure a million shrimp. I’m guessing they would eye the shrimp size, throw them into colored basket that determines the different size, once it’s full they will then weigh 1 pound of shrimp to determine the actual size. But that’s bad for the buyers because they could be buying medium shrimp and 20% of the bag are small shrimp. Of course it’s a win, win for the seller though XD.
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- Anonymous10 months ago
On any industrial level it falls through a grate. If it's too big to fall through the grate, it's a big one. What gets sold is the bushel/case/bag whatever per how many are in there. You'll see on the bag a the store 70-100. Produce being more uniform, they can use exact~numbers. The average navel orange is big enough to fit 88 of them in a bushel.
If you are dealing with just some guy on a boat, I'd imagine he does it like Fish and Game officers and private hunters and fisherman do it, a ruler. And yes, after a while I'm sure old Dave just knows and is in fact always correct.