I do not eat foreign, or any farm raised shrimp, I only eat what I get from the boats here in Texas that come in, it is the best for you, and you are supporting local fisherman.
I'm live in Maine and often go to Texas for work. Not only some of the best people I've EVER met but, some of the best fishing!! And that's because of there game wardens and biologists that protect the wildlife!! Thank You!
That's some inspiration right there. I'm moving to Freeport. I would love to work boats and do commercial fishing, but it's difficult to say if I'll ever get there. Oh well, still the beach I can enjoy. Plenty of jetty and surf fishing.
I always will be a proud stringo i will always treasure my popo memories of him shrimping all of my stringo side of the family love fishing and all that stuff love this vid they made
And now this particular ALCOA plant is shutdown, the nice fishing pier in the video is in ruins and the walkway around the marsh that they built is all but totally destroyed by HURRICANE HARVEY in 2017. No one has rebuilt the pier and no one has repaired the walkway to the GAZEBO. Fortunately the beach (which was just recently slightly flooded by minor swells from Hurricane Michael alongside multiple high tides) is still a very popular place for swimmers and campers during the warmer weather as well as the rv park. I am assuming fishing is back to normal from what I see.
Shrimp farm raised taste terrible. Support our American shrimpers!!These are hard working Men and Women that make a living providing shrimp for us too eat. Respect there efforts and buy local wild caught seafood. U can’t beat fresh out the water. Thanks to Shrimper/ Oyster Men
I think its extremely sad that TPWD misquotes our by-catch percentage. Our industry has worked hard to improve the percentage from 1 pound to 2.5 pounds (per NMFS). And the narrator simply states that farm raised shrimp is cheaper! THAT'S IT - NOT ONE REASON MENTIONED WHY THE SHRIMP ARE CHEAPER. IT'S AS IF, HE'S SAYING GOOD BY TO THIS INDUSTRY WHEN TPWD COULD HAVE MENTIONED ALL OF THE POSITIVE SUSTAINABLE ACHIEVEMENTS AND THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ATTAINING THOSE ACHIEVEMENTS. AT LEAST MENTIONING THE NEGATIVES OF IMPORTED SHRIMP. BASICALLY HE'S SAYING ADIOS - AND PLEASE GO PURCHASE THAT CHEAPER IMPORTED SHRIMP. GEEZ.
@@BOSS_DOG BTW, I sit on the shrimp AP gulf board and we analyze the bycatch numbers across the gulf. Just last month a person at TPWD mentioned they need to update their numbers.
What TPWD and CCA have done to the commercial fishermen in this state is a travesty. There are generations of fishermen that are no longer able to work due to regulations imposed upon them. I personally think that the commercial fishermen in this state are victims of a culture that doesn’t or won’t understand the plight of the fishermen and families affected by these regulations.
I think it's very sad that the shrimping industry is forced to adhere to more than 13,000 regulations (a few shy of the airline industry) and they have fought so hard over the last 25+ years to survive - most forced to sell their boats, giving up the only way of life they've known.....ITS A SHAME THAT TPWD fails to mention anything positive - for example: The industries by-catch ratio (20+ years ago) was 1lb of shrimp to 10lbs of by-catch ....but has improved to 1lb of shrimp to 2lbs of by-catch (per National Marine Fisheries). WOW - THAT IS A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT!!!!! The industry also has a 98% success rate with possible entanglements with turtles - basically we are no longer considered a threat to the abundant turtle population. HOWEVER you won't hear the real numbers because "POSITIVE NEWS" does NOT raise money for organizations. Wouldn't it be great to hear TPWD mention how the surviving shrimpers have not only met certain sustainable benchmarks set by NOAA but continue to surpass those benchmarks- All I hear is gloom and doom and this industry is all but washed up. WHY NOT SUM UP THE STORY BY SAYING........It's been tough for shrimpers but they've worked hard, drastically improving most all sustainable benchmarks and considered one of the most sustainable fisheries in the world - per NOAA. Yes you can purchase cheap imported shrimp but let's take it a step further by telling the consumer why the shrimp are so cheap. Less than 1% is tested by the FDA and approximately 30% of the "tested" shrimp test positive for banned chemicals and antibiotics. You can also elaborate by saying that approximately 30 - 40% of imported shrimp are harvested and/or processed using slave labor, harvested under the most deplorable conditions. So TPWD applauds the efforts and sacrifices made by our Texas shrimpers. A handful still survive and they want you to know they harvest extremely sustainable shrimp that is sought after around the world and we are extremely fortunate they are in our back yard!! Andrea Hance Vessel Owner and Executive Director of Texas Shrimp Assoc.
@@clintwilson6380 You're an idiot. Life span of a typical shrimp is 2 years. Extremely hard to overfish and if so recovers almost immediately. Of course you know nothing of the industry so keep flapping your mouth you twit!
@@g7ralston don’t think you really understand how shrimping or commercial fishing works. These men and women who do this work work hard to put food on their tables and clothes on their backs. The one thing that they will not do is put themselves out of business. People think that if shrimpers over fish an area and they don’t catch anything anymore that they will just move on somewhere else. That’s not true because a lot of times these people can’t afford to do that and are barely keeping their heads above water anyway. I live in Port O Connor and will tell you that the recreational fishermen(sport fishermen) do more damage to the ecosystem than any commercial fishermen do. I know that’s a hard fact to accept but it’s absolutely true. I see it every year when the sport’s fishing takes off every summer.
Bycatch isn't a problem. pollution is. Nothing caught in a shrimp trawl goes to waste. Over fishing isn't a problem, Vietnamese are. The industry isn't dying, the Vietnamese are selling their boats to the insurance companies because no one else wants them. Insurance makes the industry shrimp prices too low. Farmers can't survive because the cost of ownership of land is too high. Farms make good tax write offs, which is now the purpose of farming and ranching. Odd, but all the problems with farming and fishing are caused by the federal government. The Chinese people are being played by the CCP, and the US public is being played by Uncle Sam.... and we are about to get together and fix each other. Odd the way modern life works.... the rich get richer and the poor get poorer until they get greedy, then everything resets. ARE YOU READY !!! WE CAN HAVE A WAR !!! The rich can lose everything. That will go nicely with their being mortal. USA poor can have a post war boom, with lots of sex, kids and new cars, just like last time.
I do not eat foreign, or any farm raised shrimp, I only eat what I get from the boats here in Texas that come in, it is the best for you, and you are supporting local fisherman.
My Parents were " big time" bait shrimpers. Didnt realize how much I enjoyed till now!
I'm live in Maine and often go to Texas for work. Not only some of the best people I've EVER met but, some of the best fishing!! And that's because of there game wardens and biologists that protect the wildlife!! Thank You!
Nothing better than fresh gulf shrimp
That's some inspiration right there. I'm moving to Freeport. I would love to work boats and do commercial fishing, but it's difficult to say if I'll ever get there.
Oh well, still the beach I can enjoy. Plenty of jetty and surf fishing.
This awesome!!!! This is one of my friend’s family!!! How cool!!!
I always will be a proud stringo i will always treasure my popo memories of him shrimping all of my stringo side of the family love fishing and all that stuff love this vid they made
And now this particular ALCOA plant is shutdown, the nice fishing pier in the video is in ruins and the walkway around the marsh that they built is all but totally destroyed by HURRICANE HARVEY in 2017. No one has rebuilt the pier and no one has repaired the walkway to the GAZEBO. Fortunately the beach (which was just recently slightly flooded by minor swells from Hurricane Michael alongside multiple high tides) is still a very popular place for swimmers and campers during the warmer weather as well as the rv park. I am assuming fishing is back to normal from what I see.
It might be cheaper to grow them to catch them, but its healthier to catch them and eat them than it is to grow them and eat them!
Why did the Forward Pass have some many little flags on it?
Love the gulf coast
Great story!
Good story/video #TexasParks&Wildlife
glad the first guy throws the bigger ones back. was about to be mad if he kept them all for bait
Shrimp farm raised taste terrible. Support our American shrimpers!!These are hard working Men and Women that make a living providing shrimp for us too eat. Respect there efforts and buy local wild caught seafood. U can’t beat fresh out the water. Thanks to Shrimper/ Oyster Men
Does not taste the same wild shrimp and farm raised shrimp...
I think its extremely sad that TPWD misquotes our by-catch percentage. Our industry has worked hard to improve the percentage from 1 pound to 2.5 pounds (per NMFS). And the narrator simply states that farm raised shrimp is cheaper! THAT'S IT - NOT ONE REASON MENTIONED WHY THE SHRIMP ARE CHEAPER. IT'S AS IF, HE'S SAYING GOOD BY TO THIS INDUSTRY WHEN TPWD COULD HAVE MENTIONED ALL OF THE POSITIVE SUSTAINABLE ACHIEVEMENTS AND THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ATTAINING THOSE ACHIEVEMENTS. AT LEAST MENTIONING THE NEGATIVES OF IMPORTED SHRIMP. BASICALLY HE'S SAYING ADIOS - AND PLEASE GO PURCHASE THAT CHEAPER IMPORTED SHRIMP. GEEZ.
@@BOSS_DOG BTW, I sit on the shrimp AP gulf board and we analyze the bycatch numbers across the gulf. Just last month a person at TPWD mentioned they need to update their numbers.
What TPWD and CCA have done to the commercial fishermen in this state is a travesty. There are generations of fishermen that are no longer able to work due to regulations imposed upon them. I personally think that the commercial fishermen in this state are victims of a culture that doesn’t or won’t understand the plight of the fishermen and families affected by these regulations.
I think it's very sad that the shrimping industry is forced to adhere to more than 13,000 regulations (a few shy of the airline industry) and they have fought so hard over the last 25+ years to survive - most forced to sell their boats, giving up the only way of life they've known.....ITS A SHAME THAT TPWD fails to mention anything positive - for example: The industries by-catch ratio (20+ years ago) was 1lb of shrimp to 10lbs of by-catch ....but has improved to 1lb of shrimp to 2lbs of by-catch (per National Marine Fisheries). WOW - THAT IS A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT!!!!! The industry also has a 98% success rate with possible entanglements with turtles - basically we are no longer considered a threat to the abundant turtle population. HOWEVER you won't hear the real numbers because "POSITIVE NEWS" does NOT raise money for organizations. Wouldn't it be great to hear TPWD mention how the surviving shrimpers have not only met certain sustainable benchmarks set by NOAA but continue to surpass those benchmarks- All I hear is gloom and doom and this industry is all but washed up. WHY NOT SUM UP THE STORY BY SAYING........It's been tough for shrimpers but they've worked hard, drastically improving most all sustainable benchmarks and considered one of the most sustainable fisheries in the world - per NOAA. Yes you can purchase cheap imported shrimp but let's take it a step further by telling the consumer why the shrimp are so cheap. Less than 1% is tested by the FDA and approximately 30% of the "tested" shrimp test positive for banned chemicals and antibiotics. You can also elaborate by saying that approximately 30 - 40% of imported shrimp are harvested and/or processed using slave labor, harvested under the most deplorable conditions.
So TPWD applauds the efforts and sacrifices made by our Texas shrimpers. A handful still survive and they want you to know they harvest extremely sustainable shrimp that is sought after around the world and we are extremely fortunate they are in our back yard!! Andrea Hance Vessel Owner and Executive Director of Texas Shrimp Assoc.
they should not allow imported fish or anything else. sell out the people of your own country, now the fishing industri
Lots of byproducts being wasted.
Overseas fish shouldn't be sold here unless absolutely necessary! This is how our own government has sold us OUT!!
It's terrible what the gas oil industry has done to our gulf!!! It'll never recover or be the same!!! Very sad!!!
um, what does the gas and oil industry have to do with any of this????????
The Fishy Life - Sounds like they realize the industry was over shrimped. You don't?
@@g7ralston of course it was over shrimped, every fishery in the history of the world is overfished to near oblivion.
@@clintwilson6380
You're an idiot. Life span of a typical shrimp is 2 years. Extremely hard to overfish and if so recovers almost immediately. Of course you know nothing of the industry so keep flapping your mouth you twit!
@@g7ralston don’t think you really understand how shrimping or commercial fishing works. These men and women who do this work work hard to put food on their tables and clothes on their backs. The one thing that they will not do is put themselves out of business. People think that if shrimpers over fish an area and they don’t catch anything anymore that they will just move on somewhere else. That’s not true because a lot of times these people can’t afford to do that and are barely keeping their heads above water anyway. I live in Port O Connor and will tell you that the recreational fishermen(sport fishermen) do more damage to the ecosystem than any commercial fishermen do. I know that’s a hard fact to accept but it’s absolutely true. I see it every year when the sport’s fishing takes off every summer.
Bycatch isn't a problem. pollution is. Nothing caught in a shrimp trawl goes to waste. Over fishing isn't a problem, Vietnamese are. The industry isn't dying, the Vietnamese are selling their boats to the insurance companies because no one else wants them. Insurance makes the industry shrimp prices too low. Farmers can't survive because the cost of ownership of land is too high. Farms make good tax write offs, which is now the purpose of farming and ranching. Odd, but all the problems with farming and fishing are caused by the federal government. The Chinese people are being played by the CCP, and the US public is being played by Uncle Sam.... and we are about to get together and fix each other. Odd the way modern life works.... the rich get richer and the poor get poorer until they get greedy, then everything resets. ARE YOU READY !!! WE CAN HAVE A WAR !!! The rich can lose everything. That will go nicely with their being mortal. USA poor can have a post war boom, with lots of sex, kids and new cars, just like last time.
Too bad British Oil doesn't have to pay for ALL the damages they caused and to clean up their flipping mess.