Glossary - Fish

Shrimp - Brown

Crustacean

What is a Brown Shrimp?

Brown Shrimp are demersal shellfish, caught in the North East Atlantic ocean by Pelagic trawl methods. The seasonality of Brown Shrimp is that they tend to be most abundant from Spring to Autumn.

Latin Name

Crangon crangon

Available as

Wild, Fresh, Frozen

Found in

North East Atlantic

Brown Shrimp

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