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The Shrimp Boats Are In! |
A look behind the scenes into what it takes to bring the tasty, Atlantic White Shrimp to your table. |
The days start early and run late for the many local fisherman of the shrimping fleet in Brunswick Georgia. It is a demanding life. A typical boat might stay out several days while keeping its catch on ice. And with the fall in wholesale shrimp prices and the rise in fuel cost, it isn't an easy business to run. Without the efforts of the fishing fleet, we'd all be relegated to eating imported or farm raised shrimp. ![]() City Market supplies a number of local seafood restaurants with fresh shrimp as well as operating a retail front to the public. In 1948, after the death of Ernest William Stanford Sr., his son, Ernest William "Capt. Red" Stanford Jr., continued the family seafood business at the City Market. At that time Brunswick was know as the shrimp capital of the world. Millions of pounds of shrimp were caught off the coastal waters of Georgia. |
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In 1987, "Capt. Red" purchased the City Market Packing House located on the nearby East River. Fresh shrimp were unloaded right from the local shrimp boats where they were packed and processed.![]() Chipped ice is the key ingredient to freshness. Every step of the packing and handling process involves ice. As the shrimp are off-loaded from the boats they are weighed and loaded into iced boxes immediately. ![]() Find out more at: www.citymarketseafood.com |
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What's up with these shrimp? |
![]() ![]() This is one of a few wild-caught species that is still abundant and in no danger of being overfished. |
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