Shrimping Ban Puts Mexican Fishing Villages in Bind.

From: The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, TX) | Date: May 30, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: Angeles Negrete Lares

May 30--EL MEZQUITAL, Mexico -- As the sun rises over this remote fishing village on the Laguna Madre, dozens of tattered fishing shacks come to life.

The hum of boats motoring toward the shore rolls in with the tide as trucks marked "shrimp" navigate along the white-sanded beaches to await the daily catch.

One by one, they come -- boats weighted with piles of shrimps. Too heavy for men, the boats are heaved to shore by trucks, and work begins.

Meanwhile, several women and children gather inside nearby warehouses to help peel the ...

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