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Ms. Langlinais, who also owns a marketing business, grew up in a shrimping family in Biloxi, Miss., immersed in the elaborate world of Mardi Gras.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024

Dan Ellison started shrimping when he was 12, bringing a change of clothes on the boat so he could make it to school after early-morning outings.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2023

People had been leaving Pointe-aux-Chenes for decades, driven out by frequent floods and the decline of the local shrimping industry, and enrollment at Pointe-aux-Chenes Elementary had fallen well below the district's target.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2023

It’s home to snowbirds, service industry workers and a large commercial shrimping industry.

From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2022

“Reggie died in Georgia. According to Coach Douglas, he’d found work on a shrimping boat. There was an accident out in the water. He went overboard.”

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson