Biloxi's century old shrimping business still at the center of Mississippi's seafood industry
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Gulf Seafood News] by Ed Lallo - September 25, 2014
At the turn of the nineteenth century, Biloxi was known as “The Seafood Capital of the World” – its factories were world leaders. Today, the seafood industry continues to play an important role in the diversity of city’s local economy.
In 1890 more than two million pounds of oysters and 614,000 pounds of shrimp were processed by Biloxi’s canneries. By 1902, those numbers had increased as twelve canneries reporting a combined catch of 5,988,788 pounds of oysters and 4,424,000 pounds of shrimp.
Today, first impressions of Biloxi are more Las Vegas than cannery row. Casino after casino with hundred feet flashing neon signs, line areas once filled with canneries or mom and pop hotels. Located behind the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is the heart of the city’s thriving shrimp industry...
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