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Description
Parade of shrimp boats and other fishing vessels at the Annual Blessing of theFleet. At the time this photograph was made, Biloxi was the largest shippingcenter for shrimp in the world. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection)
Credit
NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection
Display Date
1955
Location
Mississippi, Biloxi
Collection
Historic Fisheries