re: Safe to eat raw shrimp?

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There's actually a "sweet shrimp" that's served raw. I don't think they get them out of the Gulf of America/Mexico, though.

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They’re commonly known as spot prawns and have a May-June season in the PNW. You can pre-order a frozen shipment that may be safe to eat raw after thawing, but I wouldn’t want to risk it. Certainly not commercially. As this board confirmed, Gulf shrimp can’t safely be eaten raw after more than an hour or two after they’re caught.

My friend enjoyed preparing raw shrimp dishes while in Laos, but realizes now that there’s neither demand nor supply in most of the US. He used to catch freshwater shrimp in a tributary of the Mekong River and serve them the same day with Lao-Lao moonshine made from sticky rice to take care of any bacteria. Guess they’ve got adventurous eaters and lax regulations in Southeast Asia compared to here.