The freezing loss in the non-treated samples was 8.25, 4.6–5.84 and 1.92–3.48 g/ 100 g fresh shrimp for peeled samples frozen without precooking and increased to 21.85, 17.54–26.97,17.92–20.31 g/100 g fresh shrimp in the precooked samples frozen by shelf, air-blast and cryogenic freezing, respectively.