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Port Isabel Shrimp Industry Built the Nation's Shrimp Capital
The Port Isabel Brownsville area emerged as the shrimp capital with ten large processing plants along the industrial channel. The industry evolved from small boats and seasonal work to year round operations after World War II, with brown shrimp fueling growth and mid water trawling expanding the fleet to over a thousand boats and twenty thousand workers nationwide.
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Gulf Coast
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Harlingen
United States
Louisana
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Federal Fish and Wildlife Service