A shrimp boat on the ways for repairs in Key West.

TODAY IN KEY WEST HISTORY / August 31, 1953

The Florida State Board of Conservation reported that 11,463,661 pounds of shrimp were caught in the Tortugas beds in 1952. This was a decrease from the 19,246,367 pounds caught in 1951.

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