Shrimp growing facility not coming to industrial park

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. NaturalShrimp, a Texas-based aqua-tech company that in 2021 announced plans to locate a facility here, will not be coming as of now. On Thursday, Sept. 7, the Jefferson County Commission voted to refund the $5,000 deposit that the company – which is now called NaturalShrimp/Hydrenesis – made in 2022 to secure a 10-acre property off U.S. 19 South near the industrial park. NaturalShrimp/Hydrenesis planned to construct a 250,000 sq. foot island shrimp production facility on the property, which is just north of the Alpha Foundations site. County Attorney Heather Encinosa told the commission at the recent meeting that per the terms of the agreement th