BROWNSVILLE – Local shrimp boat owners are struggling to fill jobs with about two months left before peak shrimping season in the Gulf of Mexico.
They said they can’t find enough people that want to work in the shrimp industry.
Local shrimpers said they heavily rely on returning workers from Mexico and Central America to complete their ship crews. They come to work on visas for the season, under the H-2B temporary workers program.
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