| But the unmarked wire traps also are a problem for shrimpers who regularly find the rusting, slime-coated cages fouling their trawls. |
| Often now, shrimpers are forced to trawl farther out, past the hypoxic zone. |
| Commercial snapper crews grouse also about offshore shrimpers, although not quite so vocally, and feel that sport fishermen may get too large a share. |
| According to the Southeastern Fisheries Association in Tallahassee, Florida, nearly 5,000 shrimpers trawled the Gulf a decade ago. |
| In the southern states along the Gulf Coast, Vietnamese fishermen and shrimpers play an important role in the fishing industry. |
| The skipper wanting to maximize potential should run until he reaches shrimpers in blue or blue-green water. |
