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Port Isabel Shrimp Industry Drives Regional Progress
Port Isabel’s shrimp trade fueled growth through multiple phases from 1926 onward. Salvadore Castorina and partners built the San Patricio Canning Company, making it a leading US shrimp packer with operations in Texas and Florida. The 1939 hurricane ended the cannery, shifting focus to fresh shrimp exports to New York, Chicago and western markets, and later to Japan.
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Port Isabel
Salvadore Castorina
RAO Rice
S$. FE. Rice
San Patricio Canning Company
Parker Ice Company
San Patricio
Iinetry
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
California
Oregon
Port Seabet
Gulf ‘Mexico
Government of
Japan
Pacific Sea
Gulf Coast
Burnell
W. B. Shrimp Company