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Blessing the shrimp fleet is an annual event. Shrimp have become the mostvaluable species in the U.S. fisheries, and more than 2/3 of the domestic catchis taken from Gulf waters. The shrimp fleet has been so improved that it canbe considered one of the most modern seagoing fleets in the world. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection; P. 210 of Our Changing Fisheries 1970 Centenary NMFS centenary volume)