Sunday, September 28, 2003

OHIO SHRIMP FARM HARVESTED

(Hiram, OH) Russ Fair gathered about two dozen friends and relatives yesterday to linger while he harvested his shrimp farm for the second year. It consisted of draining a quarter-acre sized pond where the shrimp have been growing for the past 100 days.
Around Memorial Day, he bought 4,000 larval shrimp for a dime each, for his second attempt. "You could fit that many in a 20 oz. coffee cup," he said.
The final tally in the harvest was 770 shrimp weighing a total of about 38 pounds. Not including the cost of feed, the shrimp cost a little more than $10 a pound.

Mr. Fair's shrimp farm is one of six being monitored by Ohio State University researchers.

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