Here is Amy with her new friend. She wasn't friends very long. While I was assisting the Captain in guiding our boat, Amy and Mike were 'popping' the heads off the shrimp. The shrimp are of various sizes. The largest are called spotted and you leave their heads on and place them in a container. They remind Amy of lobsters. The spotted shrimp are the most expensive and only experienced shrimpers are allowed to pop their heads - sorry Amy. The pink and the small striped shrimp are given to the locals with their heads on. The larger striped shrimp are decapitated and these are the shrimp that are sold on the dock. The striped shrimp are actually vegetarians. Again,
who knew? They eat kelp. The others will eat just about anything. The nets pick up all sorts of stuff, from the shrimp obviously, but also flounder, skaters which are like sting rays, red snappers that have bulging eyes from the pressure change, large pieces of coral, crabs, large barnacles, starfish, and bullheads (see picture below). They have even pulled up a kayak from the bottom. If you lose anything in the ocean, buy a shrimp boat and begin dragging the bottom. We picked up an iceberg (from the Le Conte Glacier) to keep the shrimp chilled. Most convenient - saved us a trip to the local 7-11.
Our sorting table full, we head back to harbor. Amy once again shines in her new position of killing seafood. The job pays quite well. If the Controller thing doesn't work out, she has a bright future on a ship in Alaska. Again, who knew she was capable? Note to self - keep on her good side.
Here is Amy with her new friend. She wasn't friends very long. While I was assisting the Captain in guiding our boat, Amy and Mike were 'popping' the heads off the shrimp. The shrimp are of various sizes. The largest are called spotted and you leave their heads on and place them in a container. They remind Amy of lobsters. The spotted shrimp are the most expensive and only experienced shrimpers are allowed to pop their heads - sorry Amy. The pink and the small striped shrimp are given to the locals with their heads on. The larger striped shrimp are decapitated and these are the shrimp that are sold on the dock. The striped shrimp are actually vegetarians. Again,
who knew? They eat kelp. The others will eat just about anything. The nets pick up all sorts of stuff, from the shrimp obviously, but also flounder, skaters which are like sting rays, red snappers that have bulging eyes from the pressure change, large pieces of coral, crabs, large barnacles, starfish, and bullheads (see picture below). They have even pulled up a kayak from the bottom. If you lose anything in the ocean, buy a shrimp boat and begin dragging the bottom. We picked up an iceberg (from the Le Conte Glacier) to keep the shrimp chilled. Most convenient - saved us a trip to the local 7-11. 
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