DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHRDIP FISHERY IN MEXICO 



West coast 







Shrimp fishing, by primitive means, on both coasts of Mexico 

 goes back to preconquest times. The modem fishery on the west coast 

 started about 1930 when a United States concern began fishing with 

 shrimp trawls out of Guaymas and Topolobampo. Most of the catch was 

 iced and shipped by rail to Nogales, Arizona. Some, however, was frozen 

 aboard a freezer ship. 



Several Japanese companies entered this fishery in 193U with 

 large freezer ships and fleets of modern trawlers. In addition to 

 fishing shrimp for consumption in the United States and in Japan they 

 did a great deal of exploratory fishing along the west coast of Mexico 

 and along the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico coasts as well. 





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Figure 9. — A primitive salt works on the west coast of Mexico 

 near Escuinapa. During the rainy season this same area is 

 inundated and provides an excellent nursery area for shrimp. 



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