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Port Isabel Shrimp Industry Gains National Fame
The Port Isabel area now hosts ten large processing plants and two freezing facilities driving a booming shrimp industry. Brownie shrimp and mid water trawling expanded after World War II, making the Gulf Coast a major shrimp region with over 100,000 workers and a 75 million dollar annual catch.
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Port Isabel
Brownsville
Manny Allied Industries
Chamber of Commerce
Gulf Coast
Port Isabella
Gulf
Harlingen
United States
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