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Another Shrimp Boat Pic

Russ - 12-15-2008 at 07:12 AM

I really hate these guys and wish they'd disappear but they do set up a nice picture. Back ground is the So. Santa Inez Island. Looked better full screen:)

[Edited on 12-15-2008 by Russ]

Shrimpers & Island.jpg - 48kB

Pompano - 12-15-2008 at 07:44 AM

I agree, Russ. Don't like what those shrimpers to to the sea-bottom ecology and Conception Bay historically...the fishing inside is pretty much non-existant now.

But..they are colorful and make for good photo ops.

I like the ones with bird perching especially. Here's one inside Conception Bay.

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Russ - 12-15-2008 at 07:59 AM

Great shot Pompano. Looks a bit dated. Maybe that's one shrimper that's a reef some where. I'd like to see a bunch of them sunk along their traditional drag areas.
"This day in history" is a nice addition to your signature. First time I've noticed it.

Pompano - 12-15-2008 at 08:59 AM

Sunk. Maybe.

It could very well be the one sunk off Isle Sin Nombre here in the Bay, Russ. That bird perch/shrimper photo is at least 20 years old. One more down...hundreds to go.

Ken Bondy - 12-15-2008 at 09:55 AM

Nice photo Roger, but I agree with Russ, those things really rape the ocean. It is just heartbreaking to see what comes up in the nets, 100 pounds of "by-product" animals are killed for every few ounces of shrimp. To say nothing of the habitat they destroy. I wonder how long all of this can last?

Pompano - 12-15-2008 at 10:55 AM

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Originally posted by Ken Bondy
Nice photo Roger, but I agree with Russ, those things really rape the ocean. It is just heartbreaking to see what comes up in the nets, 100 pounds of "by-product" animals are killed for every few ounces of shrimp. To say nothing of the habitat they destroy. I wonder how long all of this can last?


Ken...Conception Bay should be renamed The Dead Sea. It was pretty much history by around 1990 from what it once was back in the day..with some few exceptions of periodic roosters and snapper. I went out on many of the early Bay shrimpers night forays from 1971 to 1979. Like you say, the by-catch and throw-aways were hard to watch. Shrimp lost it's flavor after those trips. Many of us foreigers and concerned locals did what we could back then, but the system prevailed.