2008 Texas Shrimp Farm Production
Company Name
ac
lbs
PLs
AAA Michael
8.0
32,000
2,000,000
HSF
337.0
520,000
20,340,000
SS San Tung
55.0
229,022
10,000,000
Bowers
349.0
1,850,900
61,000,000
St. Martin
220.0
1,055,370
51,411,000
TAMU
1.0
6,100
164,000
Permian Sea
4.0
7,000
400,000
Natural Shrimp
0.5
25,000
1,418,750
974.5
3,725,392
146,733,750
7 commercial farms
1 research
2007 Texas Shrimp Farm Production
Company Name
PL Stocked
Harvest #
LB
Survival
Acre
Chuang's International
Cameron Shrimp Farm
Golden Harvest Shrimp Farm
Harlingen Shrimp Farm
Michael's Shrimp Farm, Lucky Shrimp Farm
San Tung Inc.
Yuan's Enterprises Inc.
SS-San Tung
11,300,000
2,333,556
119,841
20.65%
45
Austwell Aqua Farm
10,554,000
3,098,323
136,490
29.36%
50
Bowers Shrimp Farm
33,500,000
18,000,000
769,082
53.73%
145
Bowers Valley Shrimp, Inc.
66,100,000
22,008,119
1,164,455
33.30%
450
Texas Seabreeze Shrimp Co.
1,650,000
820,000
32,800
49.70%
8
Harlingen Shrimp Farm
21,000,000
14,000,000
503,000
66.67%
337
Junior Aquaculture Farm
Loma Alta Aquaculture Shrimp Farm
St. Martin Seafood Shrimp Farm
45,290,000
19,503,620
731,234
43.06%
200
Mengers and Son
12,000
1,135
50
9.46%
0.1
Research facilities:
TAES Flour Bluff
TAES Port Aransas
353,000
282,400
10,000
80.00%
1
West Texas Farms:
NaturalShrimp International Inc.
D&T Shrimp Farm
Pecos River Aquaculture
Permian Sea Organics
800,000
400,000
12,000
50.00%
12
Regal Farms
Total
190,559,000
80,447,153
3,478,952
42.22%
1,248
Source of data: Dr. Ya-Sheng Juan, TPWD, Brownsville, Texas
Texas Shrimp Production 2006
Company Name
PL Stocked
Harvest #
LB
Survival
Acre
AAA
43,400,000
15,969,386
702,229
36.80%
185
SS-San Tung
11,500,000
5,103,005
224,802
44.37%
55
Austwell Aqua Farm
17,216,116
7,199,470
348,873
41.82%
84
Bowers Shrimp Farm
30,000,000
19,000,000
718,000
63.33%
145
Bowers Valley Shrimp, Inc.
61,000,000
29,873,500
1,375,000
48.97%
460
Texas Seabreeze Shrimp Co.
2,400,000
1,003,579
42,000
41.82%
12
Harlingen Shrimp Farm
21,000,000
8,000,000
370,000
38.10%
346
Junior Aquaculture Farm
18,000,000
8,424,000
312,000
46.80%
72
St. Martin Seafood Shrimp Farm
51,400,000
21,851,292
890,673
42.51%
220
Mengers and Son
70
0.1
TAES Flour Bluff (Bait shrimp R&D)
945,000
320,000
7,000
33.86%
2
Permian Sea Organics (estimated from '05)
1,000,000
700,000
20,000
70.00%
20
Total
257,861,116
117,444,232
5,010,647
45.55%
1,601
Source of data: Dr. Ya-Sheng Juan, TPWD, Brownsville, Texas
Permian Sea Organics 2006 production could not be obtained, or estimate verified.