A system for processing shrimp or similar crustaceans such as small crawfish and lobsters, the system comprising a support for supporting a batch of shrimp to be processed, a queuing mechanism having an output and adapted for transporting shrimps from the support to the output such that a queue of shrimps is formed in a queuing direction and only one shrimp of said queue is present at the output at a time; and a pick-up unit with a pick-up wheel comprising suction nozzles for picking up individual shrimp from the output during continuous rotation of the pick-up wheel relative to said output. The system enables consistent and fast pick-up of shrimp at fixed points in time each time a suction nozzle passes the output.
