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  • Black Tiger shrimp are surfacing in the Gulf ( Texas )

    01/02/2012 11:20:36 AM PST · by george76 · 70 replies
    The Galveston County Daily News ^ | December 19, 2011 | Mike Gunning
    The giant Black Tiger shrimp that Ron Pockrus caught off the Texas coast might be the biggest threat to the $700 million Gulf shrimp industry to come along in years, marine biologists said. Pockrus, the owner of a 13-vessel shrimp fleet operating out of Brownsville, caught the 12-inch, 13-ounce specimen last week. Pockrus said he’s been aware of the species for about three years but hadn’t seen one. Now, he has turned in two to marine and wildlife officials this season. “I have another boat coming in with one on it now,” Pockrus said. “That makes the third one we’ve...