Snapper at $20.00!

It has nothing to do with fuel prices. The DNR reduced the takings of Red Snapper.

It has nothing to do with fuel prices. The DNR reduced the takings of Red Snapper.

Perhaps. Then explain why the Grouper, Pompano etc. are all in the mid teens. The fishmonger (luv that term) advised me that it was associated with the fuel cost and it will only get worse....

Recreational fishing bag limits was recently reduced by half, and the Feds shortened the season for catching Red Snapper, Federal waters being 9 miles offshore. The bag limits have decreased because the population of Red Snapper has dwindled. When the supply decreases, the price increases.

I was incorrect to say that the price has "nothing" to do with fuel prices. Yes, fuel prices have increased two times in the last two years, and if you think it is pricey at the pump, you should see the marina prices. Diesel is higher priced than Premium Fuel.

Anybody know how to purchase snapper futures?

SHELLY?

As luck would have it, I was in Pensacola yesterday, swung by Joe Pattis Seafood Market and picked up some flappin' fresh snapper at $10.49(!) a pound....made for a fantastic dinner tonite. It shouldn't come as a surprise that we pay a pretty high premium for just about everything in this 'hood.


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The problem w/ the red snapper limits is that they aren't very fair - I go out deep sea fishing and can only catch a couple fish - then stand on the dock and watch as the commercial fisherman bring in giant baskets full.

You want a fuel price reality check, watch a marine gas pump. Hundreds going through that hose!

You also have to remember Goatfeather's and Shrimper's competition around here -- WaterCooler Publix, where everything is pricey due to the cost of shipping the seafood from Indonesia to NW FL.

You also have to remember Goatfeather's and Shrimper's competition around here -- WaterCooler Publix, where everything is pricey due to the cost of shipping the seafood from Indonesia to NW FL.

Who peed in your shrimp?

Do you have first hand knowledge of this?

Who peed in your shrimp?

Do you have first hand knowledge of this?

I don't understand. The guys who work behind the fish counter at WaterCooler Publix have told me on more than one occasion that their shrimp was coming from Indonesia. All I'm saying is that with only two seafood markets in town, and WC Publix being expensive, the local seafood places can charge more because their competitors also charge more. No one peed in my shrimp, except for maybe some drunken fishermen or some crabs.

I don't understand. The guys who work behind the fish counter at WaterCooler Publix have told me on more than one occasion that their shrimp was coming from Indonesia. All I'm saying is that with only two seafood markets in town, and WC Publix being expensive, the local seafood places can charge more because their competitors also charge more. No one peed in my shrimp, except for maybe some drunken fishermen or some crabs.

I apologize, I read your OP out of context. I thought you were saying that WaterColor Publix was somehow undercutting local competition. They are of course as they can buy on a larger scale, but my understanding was that the Indonesian shrimp were usually "dumped" on the US market.

IIRC, Publix in WC has a little card for each of its seafood items that identifies country of origin, also fresh or previously frozen.

I was told that chickens are caged above the overseas shrimp. The chickens poop into the water and this is what the shrimp eat. If the chickens are fed ground dried shrimp could mad shrimp disease be far behind? Crustacean spongiform encephalopathy.

I was told that chickens are caged above the overseas shrimp. The chickens poop into the water and this is what the shrimp eat. If the chickens are fed ground dried shrimp could mad shrimp disease be far behind? Crustacean spongiform encephalopathy.

TMI - I am erasing that picture from my mind! I knew there was a reason I only purchase Wild Caught American.