Subject: Brine Shrimp?

From: [email-masked] (Dr. Peter C. Bahrs)
Date: 2 Apr 1996 18:07:08 GMT

Where to the brine shrimp come from that is sold in
local pet/aquarium stores?  I heard San Francisco bay.

In So.Florida, I could get a cup for $1.50, but in 
Texas, its $1 for a teaspoon.

I am considering importing my own...Any ideas.

-Peter

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From: Mark Booker <[email-masked]>
Date: 21 Apr 1996 06:28:02 GMT

In response to:

Date:  Mon, 15 Apr 1996 21:06:56 +0900 
From:  Hatzki <[email-masked]>
Organization:  asahi-net.or.jp
Newsgroups:  sci.bio.fisheries 

At least in Japan, we, importer, import Brine Shrimp Eggs
>from  Salt Lake in Utah and sell to fishery companies or
aquariam stores.  I heard only in Salt Lake or somewhere in
China they can catch Brine Shrimps.  And I also heard the
last year they couldn't get enough Brine Shrimps to supply
and that caused raising the price.  Here in Japan, it became
five times higher price and now it's three times.

Usualy, aquarium stores sell BSE very expensively.  But when
we sell to fishery company and aquariam sotres same price.
About US$50 per 500g/can.

I need more information of BSE in Salt Lake this year.  Does
anybody have news about that?

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Dear Hatzhi:

I do not know much about Brine Shrimp.  However I understand that Brine Shrimp are considered 
by some people to be pests at Soap Lake, Washington.  This could by a new source.

Mark

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 14:12:11 GMT

>Mark

You can contact directly one of the brine shrimp processors.  For
example,  one of the major processors/suppliers is Salt Creek Inc. 946
West 1800 North, Salt Lake City, UT 84116 USA, Fax 801-363-0664.
Apparently the shortage of brine shrimp "eggs" is the result of over
fishing.  As demand increased, many newcomers entered the egg
collection and processing business and overfished the eggs. Although
this unique resource is worth about $13,000,000 annually, the state
has no managment plan and the processors, as competitors, do not
collaborate.  The end result is the same as for any other common
property resource subjected to unfettered free market forces - over
exploitation.

There are also fluctuations in egg production related to fluctuating
lake levels, which in turn are related to runoff from snowfall in the
surrounding mountains.

"Eggs" from China are of highly variable quality.  Some batches have
very low hatch rates.  I have heard that reprocessing can greatly
improve their hatchability, but I have no information on the
nutritional quality of these eggs.

C Angell