Commercial fishing boats in Texas, USA that fish for Gulf Coast Shrimp.
The term shrimp is used to refer to some decapod crustaceans, although the exact animals covered can vary. Used broadly, it may cover any of the groups with elongated bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – chiefly Caridea and Dendrobranchiata. In some fields, however, the term is used more narrowly, and may be restricted to Caridea, to smaller species of either group, or to only the marine species. Under the broader definition, shrimp may be synonymous with prawn, covering stalk-eyed swimming crustaceans with long narrow muscular tails (abdomens), long whiskers (antennae), and slender legs.[1] They swim forward by paddling with swimmerets on the underside of their abdomens HRIMPING INDUSTRY. Shrimping is the most important commercial fishing industry in Texas. It produced million pounds of shrimp in 1982, with an estimated value of $ million. Since the 1950s Texas has consistently ranked among the top three producers of shrimp, along with Alaska and Louisiana. In addition, the volume of shrimp in 1982 established Texas as the fifth most important producer of all fish products in the United States, directly behind Alaska, California, Louisiana, and Massachusetts. Economists estimate that each dollar from the shrimping industry represents in turn three additional dollars in the local economy. With this multiplier effect, the Texas shrimping industry generated approximately $574 million in 1982 in coastal communities from Port Arthur to Port Isabel. Texas shrimping occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and the bays. The gulf fishery is by far the more important, although the commercial bay fishery is responsible for approximately 18 percent of the total annual catch. Texas Gulf shrimping was begun primarily by Louisiana shrimpers who, in search of better fishing grounds, moved their base of operations to Texas coastal communities immediately after World War II. Texas bay shrimpers, on the other hand, are a historic part of many Texas communities. In Por
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Location: Kemah, TX, United States
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