Pj's Shrimp Industry

OVERVIEW OF THE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY ON THE GULF COAST

INTRODUCTION

Fishing and harvesting of seafood have been a part of our society, and over the last few decades, it has skyrocketed in sales throughout the United States. In fact, in 2006 there were about 30 million people in the United States alone that engaged in recreational fishing. Seafood harvesting includes locally caught, imported, aquaculture knew more commonly as farm raised. In 2013, the amount of fish and shellfish harvested from the wild was about eight times greater than the amount of seafood produced by the domestic aquaculture farms. In 1977, my father invested in the seafood market and bought in on a company with two other investors. After a few years, he soon became the

While the price between the two isn’t much different but yet the price is set by the market and by the size of the product. The company has seafood priced by the pound and consumers are allowed to purchase whatever they desire, even if they are just looking for a handful of shrimp or one fillet of fish that is offered. The option to buy both has changed the way the company buys its seafood that it provides to the customers. During winter months, the seafood industry for local fisherman is slow, so therefore the purchases of farm-raised or imported seafood are higher during those

On the Texas coastline in 2014 alone brought in 74.7 million pounds of seafood, which is valued at more than $262.6 million. Locally harvested seafood will still be available for consumers who purchase from PJ’s Shrimp Co. for many years to come but importing more or having seafood farm-raised might help take some pressure off of our oceans and bays and allow them to reproduce and replenish the waters. However, the market price for seafood will remain high until the waters are