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This gentleman is a private shrimper in the Gulf. We came across him in Gulfport and struck up a conversation. With diesel prices and other costs of keeping his nets in the water as well as imported shrimp he is struggling to make a living like so many other private fisherman are in that area. This would explain the amount of shrimp boats for sale that we saw in the harbor. This gentleman now sells fresh bait to sport fishermen from his boat attempting to care for his wife and three children . He ended our conversation by saying " The private fishermen are in trouble in the United States and no one seems to care ... shrimping is our life ."