Fresh Northern Shrimp caught this year, Frozen in fishing ship
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In the northwest Atlantic, northern shrimp mate in late summer and fall. Once fertilized, the eggs remain attached to a female's abdomen until the following spring. A female usually carries around 1,700 eggs. After incubating for seven to eight months, the eggs hatch in April or May in the form of larvae. The larvae feed on plankton as they drift near the top of the water column. After a few months, they begin to spend more time near the bottom and start to look more like adults. Most shrimp reach male sexual maturity during the second or third year of life. In the winter of their fourth or fifth year, northern shrimp will transition from a male form to a female form. The ovaries will ripen the following summer and mating takes place in the fall. They can live up to eight years.
Northern or cold-water shrimp is one of the most abundant shrimp species found in…