White shrimp are being pulled by the thousands from the water off the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
The water is not usually warm enough for them. But from this year forward, the shrimp are likely here to stay.
White shrimp, which thrive in the Gulf of Mexico and south Atlantic Ocean, typically only venture as far north as North Carolina in any significant numbers. A ghost of a shrimp market has existed off Virginia for only one or two weeks out of the year, but this year, it’s something different.
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