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January 16th 04, 04:15 PM

On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 10:57:54 -0500 (EST),
(Twistedhed) wrote:

Lancer@webrock wrote:
Yeah, same thing going on in the stores

around here. Demand for fresh seafood is

high around this area, so the stores pretty

much charge what they want. The only real

good deals you get are if you meet the shrimp

boats when they come in and buy right off the

boat.

If boats are selling seafood without the proper licensing here and they
get popped, chances are high you won't be seeing the owner on that
vessel again. They really cracked down on this over the years. The real
money has been curtailed. Not only does a moratorium exist, but several
years waiting list to attain certain commercial licensing permits for
when they DO start reissuing such permits,,,such as Blue Crab. Some of
the oldtimers were grandfathered..: )

I'm not sure what kind of permits they need, but if you walk along the
piers in Galveston there is a long line of boats selling fresh shrimp.
They even sell them from roadside vans, kind of like the ice cream
trucks that I remember as a kid.