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Shrimp prices around Baja

Russ - 2-15-2011 at 06:40 PM

It changes a lot here in Punta Chivato. Last price I got (No Sale) was $200 for a kilo of grande/mediano mix, last week. We're getting them from the big trawlers and the pangas dragging in the bay.

DENNIS - 2-15-2011 at 07:33 PM

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Originally posted by Russ
It changes a lot here in Punta Chivato. Last price I got (No Sale) was $200 for a kilo of grande/mediano mix, last week. We're getting them from the big trawlers and the pangas dragging in the bay.

At Walmart the other day, I paid 210. Yours are fresh, Russ. Mine, frozen. I don't know if that matters if they're cooked properly, but I'm sure some folks think it does.

vandenberg - 2-15-2011 at 07:45 PM

Paid $220 for giant blue prawns a couple of weeks ago in Puerto San Carlos. Largest shrimp I've seen in a long time.

surfdoc - 2-15-2011 at 07:55 PM

Wow.........thought I was getting gringo'd for 150 a Kilo last month ..

Thanks for making me feel better LOL Our's are trucked in from the Cortez side.

bajalou - 2-15-2011 at 08:33 PM

Grande Blues - 20 a K
medium - 15 a K

San Felipe and swap meet -harbor might be less ?? or not.

Roberto - 2-15-2011 at 09:51 PM

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I thought you hated these guys with a passion? How does that square with buying their product? Just askin'.

surfdoc - 2-15-2011 at 09:55 PM

I'm Guessin he just likes Shrimp...........

Nothin wrong with that..... I like Diesel... don't agree with drilling in the ocean... bujt won't stop me from driving.

msteve1014 - 2-16-2011 at 06:22 AM

and he said"no sale"

Russ - 2-16-2011 at 06:24 AM

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Originally posted by Roberto

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I thought you hated these guys with a passion? How does that square with buying their product? Just askin'.

Good question. I'm weak

I seldom buy and most of the vendors know it. I ask where the shrimp are taken and I do like to haggle with them. Most of the time they say that their cost is $120/kilo and I won't pay more than that for all grandes, no shorts.
It wasn't all that long ago that $85 would get you a nice kilo. Our shrimp vendors seldom bring fish and that's a shame because I'm sure they could do well here with some fresh fish. I will buy scallops when the Catrinas (sp), my favorite, are available.

[Edited on 2-16-2011 by Russ]

Bob and Susan - 2-16-2011 at 06:31 AM

we get "grandes" here on the bay for $200 pesos a kilo
delivered

150 for the smaller ones...

we look closely at the color
if they are green...no sale :light:

the "grandes" are much better tasting IMHO

flyfishinPam - 2-16-2011 at 06:57 AM

Its difficult but I don't buy or eat shrimp anymore. They should command a higher price and once again be a delicacy saved for special occasions as was the case only a few decades ago. In my dreams shrimp fishing would be regionalized throughout Mexico and only harvested by co-ops who actually do the fishing AND market the product. Now THAT would preserve the resource and allow for a just living for the fishermen and their families. Shrimp could be the answer to our fisheries problems and separation from the have's and have-not's in the industry in Mexico. Instead they're just a side dish at cattle-feed type chain buffet restaurants and big box stores, no big deal people eat them almost every day. This discussion of comparing prices IS the problem, now hopefully people can reflect upon this and we can come up with solutions.

http://www.shrimpsuck.com/

dtutko1 - 2-16-2011 at 07:00 AM

Bought Grandes for 160 pesos/kilo 2 weeks ago in Todos Santos from a vendor from La Paz.

Hook - 2-16-2011 at 07:03 AM

Well, the grandes over here are running about 150-170/kilo. Last year, during the embargo by the US, they were running about 90-120/kilo. Sometimes the grandes are the blue ones; sometimes they are the brown ones. We prefer the blue ones but the brown ones are fine, too, just not as firm and meaty.

There are several large farms adjacent to the ocean south of here. So we get a combination of farmed and live caught.

Cypress - 2-16-2011 at 07:07 AM

Fresh shrimp can be bought for $3.00/lb. along the US gulf coast. They have the heads on, but that's still cheap.

Hook - 2-16-2011 at 07:11 AM

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Fresh shrimp can be bought for $3.00/lb. along the US gulf coast. They have the heads on, but that's still cheap.

Crude oil seasoning included????? :lol:

Cypress - 2-16-2011 at 07:28 AM

That oil spill hysteria was just another example of the "Media" blowing something all out of proportion. The gulf fishing is excellent and the shrimp are delicious. :yes:

Hook - 2-16-2011 at 07:36 AM

so, the oil spill was a media myth..............who knew????

Pompano - 2-16-2011 at 07:40 AM

Well..to each his own, but I didn't like being part of the problem, so I don't buy shrimp anymore..period. Not since last season. I guess the hypocrisy just finally caught up ....after about 40 years!!

Well, better late then never. I'm still a work in progress. :rolleyes:

And Cypress is right..the gulf was never ruined by the 'oil spill' ..far from it.

bajatravelergeorge - 2-16-2011 at 07:44 AM

I quit eating shrimp after I found out how they catch them in the Sea of Cortez. Turns reefs into deserts.

flyfishinPam - 2-16-2011 at 07:46 AM

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Originally posted by Pompano
Well..to each his own, but I didn't like being part of the problem, so I don't buy shrimp anymore..period. Not since last season. I guess the hypocrisy just finally caught up ....after about 40 years!!

Well, better late then never. I'm still a work in progress. :rolleyes:

And Cypress is right..the gulf was never ruined by the 'oil spill' ..far from it.

YES! better late than never. YOU ROCK!

and so do you bajatravelgeorge

[Edited on 2-16-2011 by flyfishinPam]

Russ - 2-16-2011 at 07:59 AM

I quit!
I don't eat shrimp in restaurants and only bought 2 kilos for my sister up north last year so not having shrimp is not a big sacrifice.
Put me on the NO shrimp list!

vandenberg - 2-16-2011 at 08:47 AM

I believe that most of the shrimp you'll find in Loreto come from the Pacific side. So, does that boycott still apply :?:

Martyman - 2-16-2011 at 09:15 AM

I bought shrimp at costco in NorCal. $11/lb farm raised in Vietnam

DENNIS - 2-16-2011 at 10:25 AM

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I bought shrimp at costco in NorCal. $11/lb farm raised in Vietnam

Ohhhh yeah...I read about those farms, as some people call them. Others call them sewage treatment plants.

jes kiddin.....well, maybe not.

Hook - 2-16-2011 at 10:29 AM

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Originally posted by Martyman
I bought shrimp at costco in NorCal. $11/lb farm raised in Vietnam

Ohhhh yeah...I read about those farms, as some people call them. Others call them sewage treatment plants.

jes kiddin.....well, maybe not.

Well, then you wont want to read about most feed lots, either.

It's incredible the amount of acreage in the world is directly or indirectly linked to raising meat for food. The world would be cleaner and be able to grow many times more food if it were different.

So, time to boycott beef and pork as well.

Or is this just a NIMBY shrimp rant..............

flyfishinPam - 2-16-2011 at 10:34 AM

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Originally posted by DENNIS

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Originally posted by Martyman
I bought shrimp at costco in NorCal. $11/lb farm raised in Vietnam

Ohhhh yeah...I read about those farms, as some people call them. Others call them sewage treatment plants.

jes kiddin.....well, maybe not.

Good conversation because we are educating ourselves. Here's a story on farm raised shrimp in southeast asia
http://www.internationalreporting.org/shrimp/

Its never too late to boycott shrimp

durrelllrobert - 2-16-2011 at 10:58 AM

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Originally posted by Hook
.... but the brown ones are fine, too, just not as firm and meaty.

racist!

castaway$ - 2-16-2011 at 01:58 PM

Al of the political aspect of forming co-ops and preserving the resource is great but if everyone just quits buyng the market will collapse and prices will go way down, so keep buying those shrimps and enjoying them it helps to stimulate the local economy until they can unionize. Paid 175 per K in january in Mulege Yum!

DENNIS - 2-16-2011 at 04:46 PM

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Originally posted by castaway$
Al of the political aspect of forming co-ops and preserving the resource is great but if everyone just quits buyng the market will collapse and prices will go way down, so keep buying those shrimps and enjoying them it helps to stimulate the local economy until they can unionize. Paid 175 per K in january in Mulege Yum!

Next on the IDON'TGIVEAF*** menu...Giant Black Sea Bass.

Don't get me wrong. I don't think individual Nomad efforts will ever make a statement in the real world, but if it feels good in your heart, do it.

[Edited on 2-17-2011 by BajaNomad]

castaway$ - 2-17-2011 at 09:51 AM

No I'm not a member of the DILLIGAF club! Currently there 4 groups affected, the evironmentalist (scientists and activists), the capitalist (the fisherman), the consumer (us) and the poor guy trying to survive and feed his family (the retailer), .
It's true the local Nomad or the tourist nomad aren't going to make a differance to the first two, we are part of the third, but the guy in the fourth group, especially the guy that pulls up to you in his car and offers you shrimp or the tamales his mother just made relys on the few peso's he makes daily.
I don't feel right about cutting that guy off while the others battle it out on a higher scale to preserve jobs yet protect the environment. I support the necessary balance that needs to be imposed between environmental concerns and jobs, from my observations on this site, especially in Asuncion I think balance can be acheived and their co-op is a good example to follow.
In the mean time I will buy those shrimp and tamales, and I will enjoy the heck out of them.
And as far as Black Sea Bass, I can neither confirm nor deny (yes I'm ex military) that I have eaten it, I've never had a DNA analysis performed on any of the fish I have eaten in restaurants or purchased from my amigo's trunk

Hook - 2-17-2011 at 10:04 AM

Over here the pangueros get, I believe, a two week head start to the shrimp season over the death draggers. This is when we buy large quantities that we freeze for the coming months.

Well, when we are here. September is not for the faint of heart along the S o C. We didnt get here this year until the season was a month old.

[Edited on 2-17-2011 by Hook]