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Imperial Shrimps Fonteneau oysters

Raised in our clears on the Atlantic coast

Product available from August to October - direct cabin sale only.
Imperial prawns are penaeid shrimps reared in France, in the Atlantic marshes since the 1980s. It is a species that lives in sandy-muddy bottoms, which withstands temperatures of 5 to 32 ° C and salinities of 15 to 40 ° / °°. These conditions are met in the oyster beds of the Atlantic coast, an ideal environment for breeding them. raises these shrimps in its oyster beds.
The post larvae are released in May: they weigh a few mg.
They are pre-grown in oyster beds for 1 month (20 to 40 shrimps per m²), fished out at 1g and returned to the water in June at a very low density in clears : 1 to 2 prawns / m² maximum.

A very low density in clear

Imperial prawns reared on the Ile d'Oléron | Fonteneau oyster farmer Charente Maritime France

Imperial Shrimps raised on the island of Oléron