The live bait shrimp industry in the southeastern U.S. is dependent on three shrimp species: the Atlantic white shrimp (Litopenaeus setiferus), the Gulf brown shrimp (Farfantepenaeus  aztecus) and the Gulf pink shrimp (F. duorarum).

All three species occur along the southern and eastern U.S. coasts from Texas through North Carolina.

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