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Default One of our local shrimp boats
On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 23:08:55 -0500,
wrote:

Fort Myers Beach has a good sized fleet of shrimpers which are
seasonally active. Here's one that's working about 10 miles off the
coast tonight.

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/photos/of/ships/shipid:440169/#forward

You can see their location, course and speed he

http://marinetraffic.com

Look for the orange "boat shape" a little west of Captiva Island and
then click on it.

I am not sure about now but FMB used to have the second largest
shrimping fleet in the US when I new some of the captains in the 90s.
They do transit to Texas about half the year tho.
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