DULAC, La. (AP) - A weather-beaten, sea-gnarled Clarence "Weasel" Fitch - shrimper by trade - pops quarters into a video poker machine in Wayne's Cafe to get through a good working day. Right now, ...
PORT ISABEL, Texas — The skiff glides through the harbor as the Catholic priest squirts holy water from a plastic bottle onto the colorful hulls of the shrimp boats just off the southernmost tip of ...
Shrimp boats have fed Chazz Alario’s family for four generations, first in the bayous of Louisiana, where he grew up, and now in Fort Myers, Florida. But as his Double E shrimp boat rolled over in ...
DARIEN — Brian Richburg sensed an opportunity in 2020 when he purchased Miss Kristin, a commercial shrimping trawler. Gasoline was cheap. Shrimp prices were climbing. And along Darien’s famed docks, ...
Many Americans don't realize the cheap, plentiful shrimp they buy in the market and order in restaurants is driving U.S. shrimpers out of business. Americans love shrimp. But U.S. shrimpers are barely ...