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Show BRINE SRHIMP INDUSTRY C. C. Sanders of Ogden, Utah, was first to utilize the brine shrimp of the Great Salt Lake commercially. His son, Gail C. Sanders reports that his father first collected brine shrimp from the Lake in 1949 as a possible food source for his tropical fish. His father wrote an article concerning the success of his discovery, which was published in a tropical fish magazine. As Mr. Sanders began to receive many letters from readers requesting Great Salt Lake brine srhimp, his efforts became a commercial venture. In 1952, Mr. Sanders began harvesting eggs to process for selling or to obtain baby shrimp. Egg harvesting has become the major part of his enterprise. For fifteen years, the eggs collected produced an approximate 75 percent hatch. The percent hatch began to drop in 1967 and was only 25- 30 percent in 1973 and 5 percent in 1974. The eggs are raked into piles and then loaded into a balloon- tire- equipped truck for transporting across the mud flats. The egg harvest is accomplished from mid- August through November. During other portions of the year, the eggs are washed and vacuum packed in cans for marketing. These eggs are then hatched by the consumer either for feeding tropical fish or used as food for commercially grown edible shrimp. The Sanders Brine Shrimp Company still operates on the Lake. For several years, N. L. Industries became involved in the brine shrimp industry. This operation, however, has been taken over by Mr. and Mrs. Earl Pace of Salt Lake City. Table 37 shows the royalty payments to the State for |
