In Mazatlán, shrimp is king!  It is a working city, and a lot of the work has to do with fishing – and of course shrimp is a big part of our fishing industry here.

The shrimp boats are these crazy kind of winged creatures – I can’t say I really understand how it all works but I believe the “wings” are structures that help them haul in the nets.

During shrimp season there are always a few of them on the horizon.  The other morning I counted 15!

We have read in the paper that the price of diesel has risen so much that the shrimpers weren’t sure they’d make enough on their first run to pay for the fuel to go out again.  Paul wondered (being originally from the Midwest) whether it was kind of like the farmers always complaining about their crop yields.

Anyway, the shrimp are now in, and the shrimp ladies who set up their ice/buckets/shrimp sales offices on the street now have nice fresh shrimp to sell.