Lower Landings and Prices Highlight Unusual Season for Mississippi's Shimpers So Far
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Mississippi Business Journal] by Bonnie Coblentz - August 3, 2015
Mississippi fishermen remain intent on harvesting this year’s shrimp crop in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico despite low prices and a season paused and restarted.
Dave Burrage, Mississippi State University Extension professor of marine resources at the Coastal Research and Extension Center in Biloxi, said the shrimp season first opened June 3, closed June 19 when shrimp were too small, and then reopened July 13.
“This season has been an anomaly so far,” Burrage said...
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