How Does A Shrimp Boat Work?

See how a shrimp boat catches shrimp and learn about the different gear that is used to catch this tasty culinary treasure. More information on shrimping families, shrimp recipes and seafood festivals at www.shrimpalliance.com

[@Ghi11ieGhost]

Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it. - Bubba

[@TheColorfulOnes]

loved Bubba

[@robertcollins7025]

Came here to say this.

[@CurtF94]

Watermelon shrimp

[@marreese8405]

Shrimp tacos

[@Corn0nTheCobb]

More like the cockroach of the sea

[@anabel0530]

I love that the majority of comments are about Forrest Gump/Bubba 👏👏😂

[@tonyrmathis]

Spent my teenage years shrimping out of Bayou La Batre. It was how I wanted to spend my life but life had a different plan. I still look back on it fondly even the bad times were good.

[@notatechie]

Sounds like more to the story. You should write it down

[@rxkinder]

Yes. What was your 'pivot'?

[@tonyrmathis]

@@rxkinder Got married to a shrimpers daughter that didn't want me gone for 3 weeks at a time. My last trip was on her dad's boat in 1982. I made $8800 in 22 days. We off loaded in Port Lavaca Texas and swapped crews. I stayed on the boat while the rest of the guys went to a bar when a really hot woman who's face i couldn't see got on the boat. I averted my eyes and positioned myself in the galley so I wouldn't be tempted to lust after a crewmate's girl when suddenly she rounded the corner and kissed me that's when i realized it was my wife. We got a room and 9 months later my daughter was born. We would probably have a dozen kids if I had kept working the big boats. My dad owned a bay boat that I would've taken over if he hadn't sold it. We lived right on the Bayou and had our own dock but after they dredged it ship yards moved in and it became unlivable. Sand blasting, banging and everything else 24/7. My dad had enough, sold everything and retired so day shrimping was no longer an option just the big boats like the 116 foot steal hull my father inlaw ran. Anyway my dad moved back to northern Alabama to care for his mother and mother inlaw who were in nursing homes and we got into the trucking business. It was great for a while but not being home every day to see my kids grow up is something I wich I could undo. To this day I would still love to have a bay boat and work Mobile Bay and the Mississippi Sound. My wife would love it too. We both loved shrimping on bay boats it's just the slabs (what shrimpers call large steal boats) that neither of us care for. Too much of a grind with little to no opportunity to actually enjoy what you're doing. This is a link to google earth of the place we lived as it looks today. earth.google.com/web/@30.38124854,-88.23874118,8.00317076a,135.46135198d,35y,0h,0t,0r When we lived there it was nothing but trees a house and the dock. Paradise lost in my opinion.

[@brodiehopkinson]

@@tonyrmathis damn thats a great story man

[@NoName-oj5pl]

@@tonyrmathis Great story

[@TexasShrimpDiva]

I am a Commericial shrimp boat deckhand out of Galveston, Texas. I wanted to thank you for providing a quality video that I was able to share with my viewers of my Facebook page. They thoroughly enjoyed learning about how our boat operates. Take care and I hope you’ll do more.

[@trugangsta4real]

"I've been on a real BIG boat." -Forrest Gump

[@thomaspurcell5205]

I have no idea that you had required so many by catch devices in your industry now I have a better feeling about what you are doing out there continue the good work with your videos and many of us armchair shrimpers will appreciate your product thank you

[@tonyrmathis]

It used to not be that way and catches like the one in the video were once a season if you were lucky. Usually you'd have more by catch than anything else. I got out of it when TEDs and By Catch devices first started being used. Between the reduction in catch and farm raised shrimp from overseas you couldn't support a family anymore. Apparently things have changed. It's a good thing too because the wild stocks were being severely depleted.

[@hughjaass3787]

As a retired teacher, Science, I gotta say, this is a wonderfully informative video. Had no idea how the boats actually worked. Thanks

[@MotorBunnyBDM]

I came here to catch a glimpse of Forrest Gump.

[@ancientindian7711]

+lazyknob my babba

[@Raiderfn31]

+lazyknob Damn you, before I even clicked on the video I have that reply ready.

[@yasualmasih9058]

Stupid is as stupid does...

[@sophiaespiritu4874]

lazyknob @y

[@niggatoes9324]

Hahaah

[@tonyhamilton9764]

Everything I knew prior was from watching Forest Gump. I really enjoyed seeing the exclusionary devices for turtles and fish. Had no idea of the requirements and sustainability. Thanks for uploading!

[@bel250]

I learned something everyday via youtube. Thanks for sharing. I love eating shrimp.

[@MinorcanMullet]

Seeing Capt. Wesley on the Luana Luisa was a treat. Lots of memories!

[@Airspace12]

Great video, Yet one important note was left out.. Its the stablelizers placed on the outside of each side of the out riggers that keeps the boats from flipping over in high seas. Shrimping was my very first job in the Gulf before T.E.D.s were implemented. We were based out of Sabine Pass, Texas.

[@marywillhite5499]

Good video! I always wondered how the nets worked etc, We have a retired fishing vessel that was converted into a pleasure cruiser and I love seeing how the components that still exist on the vessel fit in with the process. We sleep in what was once the "fish tank" and found shrimp fishing areas marked on the old charts, but it was made by a company since not operational so I crave weird information about how the boat worked.

[@seansky2721]

These kind of trawlers have fascinated me for years. Captain Reggie Sawyer of Darien, GA was a great help in making my companies shrimp boat model kits more authentic and fun to build!

[@jamesrogalski2085]

I absolutely loved this video! I do so love shrimp, especially in a simple sauce of horseradish and ketchup. Thank you for the great video!

[@Eszra]

Wow, I learned something. This is really interesting! Ever since I saw Forest Gump, not only that, and living in Florida, I've always wanted to know how they worked. I'm happy about the turtle escape hatches too.

[@tylerlindsey3007]

Thank you for making the video! I learned a lot from it, and i've been curious to see how TED and bycatch removal devices look in action.

[@nathan0717]

This video looks like a informative video I'd watch in middle school

[@Snarf_Le_Wombat]

Because it probably is

[@chowchow4952]

Been watching shrimp boats leave Freeport Texas for years. Had a general ideal of how it was done, but now I really know. Great Video.

[@Imnotyourdoormat]

Good thing Lt. Dan showed up when he did I'm not sure Forrest could have handled this all by his lonesome...

[@caryfrancis8030]

I shrimped the West Coast of Vancouver Island in the early 90's. We played a role in the destruction of the ooligan population. Nobody knew that they swam out to deep sea of the west coast, only to return to spawn in the rivers. There were few rules, and little science. I was on a 50' 3 man door trawler. With a 50' wide net in 60-80 fathoms. From 5am till 11:15 at the peak days on 1.5 hour tows and under 10 min turnaround. Tows maxed out at 3000-2800 lbs and at 95 cents to as much as $1.10 a pound. Boat held 28,000 lbs max, we pushed above 30 a few times. Thats leaving harbour 9 pm arriving on the grounds 5am, two days fishing at the peak, 3 days the norm, 4 at the beginning and end of the season. Always left the grounds immediately after last tow, arrived harbour 5-6 am unload, sometimes immediately, sometimes as late as 3 pm. Hour and a half unload, clean, load new ice and reset the panels. Back at harbour S.S.S clean up, restaurant/pub 5 pm, dinner, drinks and stagger back to boat 11:30 pm, boat pulls out, pick crab pots in harbour, reset bait, and go shrimpin again !

[@Bakaat777]

I WENT shrimping during a summer break from college, and I STILL never knew exactly HOW the nets worked. I just knew they brought in breakfast lunch and dinner and a WHOLE LOTTA MONEY! No, it wasn't Bubba's idea of shrimp this or shrimp that... we caught lobster, crabs and every kind of seafood known to man, and we ATE it!

[@dylanglenn116]

This is a very nice video. Thank you for uploading -Dylan

[@chriswharton9092]

Really interesting. Great to see professionals, the true ecologists.

[@actionjackson9000]

Nice haul! I came here because Im eating shrimp at home right now, and there's nothing that enhances flavor more than knowing where your food came from. Thanks for making this video! Yum!

[@actionjackson9000]

Toolman329 Menudo... never heard of it... I'll see if I can get my hands on some. And I won't look it up until I'm eating it... =3

[@johnwebster1608]

Great video! Thank you for providing this educational material. When the shrimp are in the hold below, are they iced on their journey back to harbor?

[@tomjeffersonwasright2288]

You didn't mention the shrimpers. They are a special kind of people, hard working at sea and hard partying ashore. There is something addictive about a shrimper's life. No matter what happens ashore, as long as you get back to the boat you have a home, a job, and food. Many boats follow the shrimp back and forth across the Gulf Coast each year. The life in fishing ports is"colorful" to say the least. And there is something magical about the moment you pop the bag line and empty the bag. Mud and misery? Clean shrimp and a short easy culling? And maybe an old pirate chest. You never know until you pop the lines, and dump that bag on deck. I haven't been shrimping in 45 years, but when I am on a shrimp boat, with the smell of the fuel, the nets, and the sea, I find myself wanting to head out again.

[@frankiee252]

Thank you

[@keithbachand2251]

I would love to try shrimping like this one day. Looks like a lot of hard work but rewarding as well.

[@jonmacdonald5345]

Keep that Shrimp hand strong! Shrimpin ain't easy!

[@sketchyssk8shop]

Wish you guys would do some more videos like this. trying to buy a shrimp boat

[@sketchyssk8shop]

hard to find any info out there

[@davidchristensen6908]

Thanks for showing how the nets work. I know about the "Ted" but did not realize the shrimp fisherman developed them that is cool. I did not know about the "By catch" this save other species and cuts down on the work with have just shrimp to go through. I love shrimp, I love fishing and want to see fisheries taken care of. On to watch Crawfish fisheries video. Best wishes keeping the health of the fisheries.

[@jeremygobbato738]

I have honestly always wondered about this. Thank you

[@kaymccool8448]

Bubba Knew way more about shrimpin then this!

[@humanmcperson272]

MOMMA ALWAYS SAID YOU WERE THE SMAERTEST GIRL SHE EVEA MET

[@alechamid235]

You mean Forest Gump!

[@dakotaoakes8593]

*boat proceeds to smash into dock* Dat's ma boat...

[@annefournier5924]

Don't forget that was a MOVIE!!! DUMB BUTTS WILL BELIEVE ANYTHING AND BUBBA NEW HOW TO COOK SHRIMP NOT CATCH IT!!!

[@dudelarson]

I went shrimping back in 2003 and it must have been before the times of by-catch reduction devices, because we half the catch was usually fish, rays, sharks, and every other type of seafood imaginable (even conch shells with live conch inside). I spent the first 10 minutes desperately trying to save all the fish's lives that we wouldn't eat. That changed me, and I promised to learn and help the situation because that wasn't right. Now I'm a fisheries biologist lol

[@bobgarmon]

Thanks for this informative glimpse into shrimp harvesting. I’ll savor my next meal of shrimp even more.

[@donjon2816]

I work on a shrimp boat in SC. Best fucking job I’ve ever had. Nothing like seeing that sunrise in the morning.

[@Glitch-nr9ct]

Awesome video. Thanks for posting it. Question: what happens if the net comes in to contact with a large, heavily anchored object like a rock or coral on the bottom? Seems like it would definitely break something.

[@claytonmareno]

The net would either tear or completely stop you

[@glockman61]

Very interesting. My wife's father was a shrimp captain based out of Apalachicola, FL. His son works at Buddy Wards and Son's Seafood Company in Apalachicola.

[@growleym504]

Nice video. I was surprised to see that (mostly) proper terminology and nomenclature was used in the narration. This video comes closer to how it is actually done than any I have seen. I was somewhat surprised to see a few glaring omissions though. First, when trailing the starboard side, the crewmember tossing the bag over stood briefly in the bight. Good way to get hurt or pulled overboard. Second, why wasn't the pelican hook attached? You are supposed to take a turn with the lazy line, ensure that the pelican hook is still secured, toss the bag over the rail, THEN release the pelican hook and pay out the lazy line and attach the sugar line if one is used. There are a few other details that would get the crew screamed at or kicked across the deck if it happened on my boat, and fired immediately if it happened again. I was disappointed that you did not show the sugar line and lazy lines retrieved, pelican hooks made fast to the choke straps, or whipline being passed around the throat and made fast before swinging the bags aboard. Also the guy tying the bagstraps is an idiot. He used about 5 or 7 slips and you only supposed to use three. He doesn't know how to make it tight, either. You can lose a LOT of shrimp with poorly tied bags, especially on a two rig boat. You did not show the trynet deployed or retrieved, either. Attempting to catch enough shrimp to pay for fuel, ice, insurance, etc without making trys with the trynet is not going to generally be very successful. And you didn't show how to head shrimp. Most non shrimpers don't even believe that 2 or 3 men can routinely head several boxes of shrimp a night, or have the most vague understanding of how it could be done, or how torturous it is on the hands. Show a real shrimper's hands, a week into a trip or 3 or 4 days after the end of a trip. It would be an eye opener to many. Looks like you had a bunch of college kids on that boat instead of shrimpers. Just sayin. Or those boats. You pieced together video shot on a four rig boat and a double rig boat. Confusing to viewers, maybe. They won't know if the dummy door just appears and disappears, or what.

[@kat-den]

Thank you for your very informative input. The knowledge and understanding of how complicated and important details are was very helpful! Thank You!!

[@luckyduckydrivingschool3615]

Thanks for the doc! Well made, makes eating these tasty shrimp taste all the better!

[@ricksmith6298]

This is a great video. I was a key west shrimper from 77 to 83. I still wear two earings..like we did then.

[@6stringgunner511]

First! You have to name your shrimpin' boat! The most beautiful name in the world,.... Jenny!!!

[@ltran54]

Thank you so much for taking the time and post this video clip. I like it very much.

[@markjessurun1294]

Very good info and now I know about how a Shrimp Boat operates!! Well Explained Sir and I do wanna Thank you Much !!

[@douggriffin2910]

I never knew how shrimp were caught....very informative/educational video....nice going

[@SuperLittleTyke]

Very interesting, as I love shrimps. We call 'em prawns in the UK. Our shrimps are brown shrimps and very much smaller. They are also very tasty, but difficult to peel because of their small size.

[@marksposito817]

You do it a bit different than us Aussies. We have a different deck setup, we dump our product on a raised tray which is better for your back.

[@garygemmell3488]

Great video. My favorite way to cook shrimp is in butter with a little bit of onion powder, some green onions, a bit of garlic, and handful of cilantro at the very end with the heat off. Seafood candy.

[@aklanpinoy6717]

love eating shrimp! thank you for this video!

[@AlbertMoyerJr]

Glad to learn about the shrimp boat. Great video!

[@dbloo1]

Great video. What happens if the nets get caught on an obstruction on the ocean floor.

[@johntran3086]

it will break through the net and you'll loose some part of them. as a captain u'll know when it hit the object. if not, in about 30 mins to 1 hour the boat will not balance cus the other side will be heavy and. so they pick the net up and change the new one in. and mark the spot, report to the coastguard and they'll pick up soon

[@TheMariopizza123]

A bunch of dudes being bros eating shrimps sounds awesome were do i sign up

[@tonyrmathis]

You haven't experienced life until you've anchored up and had an old timer boil up some fresh shrimp and a pot of gumbo while drinking an ice cold beer and watching the sun go down on a glassy sea. It was almost a religious experience the first time I did it. Ofcourse the next day the old timer made boiled cabbage and caught me throwing mine overboard. It was peanut butter sandwiches the rest of the trip. RIP Capt. LaForce

[@L00NGB00W]

Great video. I'm so hungry now!

[@brianheidel4550]

nice explanation of how the net works

[@boodlehopper]

Great Job ! Fun and very informative to watch . Good to see those turtles and fish can escape . Thanks

[@FishingwithBrewski]

Great examples of some clean pulls. If they didn't catch 5 times as many fish as they did shrimp here in NC I wouldn't have an issue with them at all.

[@eprofessio]

My tummy thanks all the shrimp workers.

[@eliastindstad]

Thank you shrimp alliance, I enjoyed this educational content thouroughly, shrimp!

[@DaveSmith-dn4yf]

We enjoyed your video as we are watching a shrimper off Daytona Beach Shores.

[@galebroshious5007]

very nice..from a guy who actually used to do this,,,

[@tomhenley6267]

Thank you never knew about nets. Fantastic about the sea turtle safety feature. Really

[@looking8030]

What a cool video and love the turtle and fish release things absolutely 💯👌🏽🇦🇺

[@mark4m557]

Those fish excluders work. We had a set of nets with fish excluders on the boat I worked on. People don’t use them because they think they are losing shrimp from the hole in the net. I opened the fish excluder on one side, and left the other side closed. Both nets caught the same amount of shrimp.

[@orvilleclift]

Keep 'em coming, guys. Love to eat 'em.

[@irvinkubat6178]

I want to thank all shrimpers out there. Im gonna go eat a bag of shrimps now.

[@danmo43]

Awesome! Thank you so much for that!

[@arthur73044]

Informative. Well delivered. Thank you for sharing the video clip. God bless.

[@sfbluestar]

Hey Forrest, you did not show us how to tie the catch bag knots as you said you would!

[@docmobuquet5084]

All half-slip knots. When the net is hanging you pull one and then the other and repeat, until the weight opens the bag and the gold comes out. Only thing is in this country there are so many laws, plus the goods are so high that it will be a thing of the past, and in the not too distant future. Of course there are some people in the U S of A who help local shrimpers by busing local products. That's about the only thing that keeps U S shrimpers alive. Of course the foreign products don't taste as good and you don't even know what chemicals are in them. Of course it's like chickens. They are stacked one atop the other. The top ones get fresh feed and the bottom ones? Well, they get the second feed and the ones below them, the third and so on. You don't really taste the poop though. It's camouflaged.

[@phapnui]

I imagined a boat with tiny sailors.

[@ReelCajun]

I've worked on a shrimp boat and while it's a lot of work, I can be fun at times

[@9carcottrell246]

Excellent video thanks for posting

[@rideswithscissors]

Yummy yum! Do shrimpers get tired of eating shrimp? I have got them right off the boat in St Augustine, Florida, soo good!

[@drummerdude413]

Very neat, thanks for sharing this video! :)

[@KMark-pm5je]

Excellent video thank you so much for sharing

[@robbelvedere62]

Those black PRAWNS are a common catch in Australian waters.....we call them leader prawns and the biggest I have personally caught weighed in at 454 grams or 1lb and around 16 inches long!!!!

[@SuperLittleTyke]

Must be like lobsters!

[@TheDADX13]

very cool...and that's from an old key west shrimper..

[@JoseOrtiz-im5wu]

Awesome information. Ty

[@TuffBurnOutTeam]

Great video 📹 Thank you for Sharing Australia 🌏

[@TheDADX13]

great video...I was a gulf shrimper from 77 to 83.Actually,he fist thing we would do when we left the dock was smoke a joint,,,THEN let the out riggers out. If you have never dne this,you have no idea how much it sucks doing it hung over....

[@MalleusDei275]

TheDADX13, yep, tossing the lines, at 4:00 in the morning, leaving thunderbolt, for st Andrews sound.

[@TheDADX13]

very cool much love..

[@284Winchester]

Thanks for posting this video.

[@WhooFlungPoo]

youd think those nets would get caught on coral or plants at the sea floor, how do they consistently find non intrusive sea beds? prolly answering my own question bjt radar or do they always fish the same known flat beds?

[@sydsyd]

Lots of hard work!

[@Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8]

I like Shrimp, and I was Curious how it was done. Thanks

[@wildflowers5555]

Nice Video!( I was born in the 1950's rural. The Texas Coast once had Croatian Immigrants with their beautiful wood, brightly painted like Ionian Sea Fishing Boats, all over the place. I assume those Boats are in Museums now.)( P.S. The Chinese that settled in Louisiana, after assisting in the building of the Transcontinental Railway Systems built Villages of Houses on Stilts over Louisiana's Lake Pontchartrain. They started the Shrimp Industry. European Cultures had supposedly not eaten them before.

[@707fv]

I was hoping to learn to do the knot on the bag.

[@Imunderpar4win]

Nice - how to you filter crude oil?

[@richlrn64]

Great video! I learned something. Thanks.

[@jimlong527]

Today I learned something good, thank you

[@SkedzaFujiwara]

The turtles can escape through that vent because its strong enough to lift the net to escape, and fish can go through the hole at the end because shrimp tend to just sit at the back of the net while as fish are going to head through that hole, not all the time but mostly.

[@launabanauna8958]

Skedza That’s ‘cause shrimp are stupid.

[@rjpuller2618]

they are probably smarter than you idiot.

[@ricardobarrientos6426]

hi I was worked srhimp trawler fishing in Scotland year 2007 very hardworking

[@jasontaylor4399]

Heard yesterday that those nets really F up the ocean floor. Kinda like deforestation on land?

[@sgtcrab1]

Good vid from a NS Can skipper!

[@TIMEtoRIDE900]

I've heard that the shrimp boats leave heavy with diesel and return light with shrimp. Every pound of shrimp costs more than a pound of diesel. I then calculated that the weight of the pizza I delivered was roughly equal to the weight of gasoline I burned.

[@GMDII]

Thanks for the video. Very educational.

[@lpattenaude1716]

Thanks for posting

[@frankharbison3608]

It's a little different in the bay. It's a pretty good video.

[@alexhage8092]

How would one shrimpfish for recreational use in deep sea or ocean, any specific nets ? Btw the sea turtles are so cute ☺️

[@ballistics1]

Thats a great video thank you for the video very informative

[@marietran1969]

Thank you very much. I love it.

[@aenjgeal]

Awesome vid, thanks!