Winter Gulf fishing winds and reports from Port Isabel
The season opens with rough gulf winds up to 40 miles per hour and 10 foot seas. Despite the weather, offshore trips yield strong catches with 64 boxes reported and Brownsville areas showing mixed results. Missing crew at Southwest Sea fonds and port reports leave two docks unpriced as crews plan to update next week.
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Gulf
Port Isabel
Brownsville
Southwest Seafonds
Louisa
Skipper Weever
Producer’s Marine Service
Tony Vollaegio
Big Tex Welcome as shrimp boats return to port
The report notes shrimp boats like Ann Cat Pete Miss Yvonne Merie and others unloading at WBP last Wednesday and again Sunday and Monday. Some boats carried six to ten boxes with several boats tallying doubles at Seafood Mart and Magic Valley docks.
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Ann
Cat. Pete
Yvonne Merie
WBP
John
Pattie L
Reckless
Annie T
Larry
Miss Eileen
Lady Fair
Seafood Mart
Magic Valley
Fair Wind
Gina
Friendship
Green Wave
Maverick
Htt Vale Wa
Va Sea Dog
Ida Ann
Betty Sca
Barto No
Y Vera Cruz
Doug
Boy
Friends
Anita
Bertha G
Captain Cracker
Ewing Fish Co
Taurus
George B. Howell
North Wind
Lillie
WPB
Reckness
Bayside
Rowena Burgman
Yvonne Marie
Capt. Pete
Anastasia
Blue Boneet
Folly Queen
Captain John
Southport
Loretta Ann
Mary B
Cindy Mae
Sherry Ann
Typhoon
Ballerina
Patricia
Little John
East Wing
Deborah K
Phoenix
Wing Fish Co
Dewey
Wevs
Hutch
Wilson Dry Dock
Marine Mart
Valley Chief Valley King
Suzanne G
Schmitt's
Flying Cloud
South Pacific
South Pacific Islands
Barrier Reef
Indian Ocean
Shell fisheries across the South Pacific profit story continues
The article surveys shell diving from the South Pacific vast oyster beds to the modern shift from pearl ownership to shell ownership. It notes harsh past practices, legal changes, and the lucrative but evolving business of mother of pearl and related shells.
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Betty Allen
AAA Exterminating Co
Big
Texas
Dallas
Poe
Eagle
Mulina
Padre Beach
South Padre Island
Franke
GIFT
Fisherman
Fun
Isla Blanca Park
Sandy Retreat Resort
Motor Hotel
Isla Blanca
Beach Cabanas
Realtors
Corpus Christi
EL Padre
A.A. A
Padre Island
S. J. Waugh
McAllen Branch
St Padre Blvd
Bud Franke
Asociate
U. S
Los Fresnos
Los Fresnos, Texas
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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