date:Jun 27, 2012
t of shrimp being harvested. It looks like well have an average year, and average is good sometimes.
The number of boats out on opening day increased from last year, when many shrimpers were still feeling the hardship of the oil spill.
Even though we had 48 more boats out than last year, thats only a quarter of what we had 10 years ago, Ms Floyd said. The number is down from the loss of infrastructure caused by Hurricane Katrina, fuel costs hit hard and we have competition from foreign imports