CortezBlue
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Shirmp Prices in San Felipe
I am going to be having a Fiesta in SF with some friends in October. How much does shrimp cost for the 4-6 size (Very Large).
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woody with a view
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120-130 pesos/kilo in ensenada. the shrimp come from SF so i'd say 30-40% less?
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meme
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You will get fair prices & good shrimp from Flacko at the Swap Meet on Saturday mornings at El Cachanilla(EDR) in San Felipe.
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bajabound2005
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Any Nomads going to the Shrimp Festival - Nov 7-9?
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sancho
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The times I've bought shrimp while staying at one of
the campgrounds in SF, a person drive a car
into camp selling shrimp. The dollar price for
the fair sized shrimp was $12 a kilo. A couple yrs.
ago, bought shrimp from a panga on the beach,
I know pangas shrimp fish, but he may got them
off a trawler, they were still alive.
On the mainland, Sonora, read med sized
at $8 a kilo. There is at times a car on the
Malecon selling shrimp
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wilderone
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Go to the marina. There will be several guys in pick-ups, with coolers who have shrimp. About $15/kilo. Fresh, good size, very tasty.
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BajaWarrior
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Don't be surprised when they tell you $18-$20 a kilo now for the San Felipe area, at least that is what the vendors that drive camp to camp are
fetching...Still good tasting shrimp when it's fresh.
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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Cypress
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Can get 'em for $7.00 a kilo.
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dtbushpilot
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
Can get 'em for $7.00 a kilo. |
Where can I get them for that? I might eat myself into a stupor....dt
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Cypress
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Down along the the Mississippi gulf Coast.
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dtbushpilot
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You can probably get a few kilos of hurricane floatsam thrown in for free...dt
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salttram
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One might consider not purchasing shrimp at all.
If we really truly love Baja, we might start supporting a more sustainable fishery. If you've ever investigated what a shrimp trawler actually does to
the ocean floor (and anything in its way), you might not want to buy another shrimp again.
There are only two commercial sources of sustainably caught/farmed shrimp in the world that I know of. Not to rain on anyone's party but this issue
just doesn't seem to get around enough.
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Cypress
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salttram, You're right, a shrimp trawl being dragged across the bottom is about like a D 9 cat running back and forth across the sea floor.
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elizabeth
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| Quote: | Originally posted by salttram
One might consider not purchasing shrimp at all.
If we really truly love Baja, we might start supporting a more sustainable fishery. If you've ever investigated what a shrimp trawler actually does to
the ocean floor (and anything in its way), you might not want to buy another shrimp again.
There are only two commercial sources of sustainably caught/farmed shrimp in the world that I know of. Not to rain on anyone's party but this issue
just doesn't seem to get around enough. |
I was reading a cooking magazine that had an issue supposedly devoted to sustainability. They claimed a particular shrimp company was sustainable
because they only had half the by-catch of most shrimp trawlers. That was proudly stated as 5 to 10 lbs of by-catch to 1 lb of shrimp.
I try to only get trap caught prawns, and try not to eat commercially caught or farmed (with mangrove destruction) shrimp...but I admit, that from
time to time, self discipline and ethical eating goes by the wayside.
[Edited on 9-25-2008 by elizabeth]
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woody with a view
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| Quote: |
How much does shrimp cost for the 4-6 size (Very Large).
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JUMBO shrimp? oxymarooon of the week!!!
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55steve
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They are around $12/lb here in San Diego...not a bad price since I don't have to drive to SF...
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MICK
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
Down along the the Mississippi gulf Coast. |
That's a long drive from san felipe just for 10 bucks
Getting there is ALL the fun!
Ok being here is fun to
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mulegemichael
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When the shrimp trawlers showed up and started dredging the depths at Mulege this past winter the fishing went down the tube; disappeared,
shutdown...completely!...just a shame...most of us like shrimp but what a price to pay..
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Fred
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Bajabound.....I plan to be at the party. Thanks for the dates.
Fred
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Mexicali_Kid
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I just bought one kilo of the super jumbos for $150MN.
Littleneck clams from El Golfo were $10MN a dozen.
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