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Port Royal will continue shrimp dock operations, explores building new seafood processing facility

port royal shrimp dockCharles Abner is still docked in Port Royal, finishing some work on his 73-foot shrimp trawler, “Lady Bernice,” before going to work as shrimp season begins. Abner plans to offload most of his shrimp at Benny Hudson Seafood on Hilton Head Island, where he said the money is a bit better. He also likes likes to offload in North Carolina and Georgia, where he said docks will front shrimpers fuel and ice. “I love the conditions over there (on Hilton Head),” Abner said Friday. “It’s a whole lot closer to the fishing ground; there’s quite a few other things. Port Royal wants to keep shrimpers like Abner from going elsewhere, aiming to make the docks off 11th Street on Battery Creek the desired destination in the area. Read the rest here 08:20

Trident Seafoods and Georgia Governor Nathan Deal on Wednesday announced the company will open seafood processing facility

The plant will create 175 jobs and is a USD 41 million (EUR 30.9 million)  investment in the state of Georgia. morehere