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Russ
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Shrimp prices around Baja
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.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | 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.
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Paid $220 for giant blue prawns a couple of weeks ago in Puerto San Carlos. Largest shrimp I've seen in a long time.
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surfdoc
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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.
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bajalou
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Grande Blues - 20 a K
medium - 15 a K
San Felipe and swap meet -harbor might be less ?? or not.
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Roberto
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| Quote: | 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. |
I thought you hated these guys with a passion? How does that square with buying their product? Just askin'.
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surfdoc
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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.
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msteve1014
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and he said"no sale"
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Russ
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Roberto
| Quote: | 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. |
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]
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Bob and Susan
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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
the "grandes" are much better tasting IMHO
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flyfishinPam
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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/
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dtutko1
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Bought Grandes for 160 pesos/kilo 2 weeks ago in Todos Santos from a vendor from La Paz.
Dorado Don
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Hook
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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.
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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.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
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????? 
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Cypress
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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.
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Hook
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so, the oil spill was a media myth..............who knew????
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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. 
And Cypress is right..the gulf was never ruined by the 'oil spill' ..far from it.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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bajatravelergeorge
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I quit eating shrimp after I found out how they catch them in the Sea of Cortez. Turns reefs into deserts.
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flyfishinPam
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| Quote: | 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.
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
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