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THB ARANSAS PASS
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Business
W«dn«sday, February 19,1992
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Johnson joins Herndon; seasonal jobs to open
By Juliet K. Wenger
Feature Editor
Two second generation execu-
tives of the shrimp industry
shook hands this week on a major
waterfront development. Ronnie
Herndon welcomed David John-
son to the top echelon of Herndon
Marine Products.
They agreed that combining
their resources will strengthen
the domestic shrimp industry, in
which they take a leadership role
as the largest fleet owner in the
Gulf handling domestic shrimp
exclusively.
In announcing their plans,
they disclosed a new phase of the
operation that will provide 90 to
100 jobs in Aransas Pass for a
three or four week period during
the July peak shrimping season.
Johnson’s title is vice president
of shrimp procurement for Gulf
King operations. He will work
directly under Bob Hutchins, di-
vision manager. The position
which Johnson holds had not
been filled for some time.
Hutchins, who handles all the
settling of accounts both from
crews of boats in Herndon’s fleet
and from single owner boats and
boats in other fleets, will relin-
quish to Johnson responsibility
for the unloading of the boats.
Johnson said he wanted to be a
part of this operation which is a
Texas owned company placing a
great emphasis on production of
Gulf Coast shrimp by home own-
ed and operated boats.
Herndon said, “We feel that
putting together our resouces,
David can bring something to
help us reinforce the survivability
of the domestic shrimp in-
dustry.”
Herndon explained that among
Johnson’s duties will be soliciting
boats to come into Aransas Pass
• to unload their shrimp, public re-
lations work, meeting the needs
of out of town customers, dealing
with environmental concerns
and with safety problems.
All of these things influence the
share of the market which domes-
tic shrimp can claim. Currently,
70 to 75 percent of the shrimp
sold in the United States are im-
ported. That, Herndon said, indi-
cates the necessity for tactics to
improve this country’s share of
the market.
During the peak season, which
is three to four weeks in July, Gulf
King in the past has operated two
unloading lines for shrimp boats.
Herndon said that this season,
they will add a third unloading
line and a heading operation.
This will enable the boats to turn
around faster and get back to the
Gulf.
Herndon said that off season,
boat crews head the shrimp at
sea. During the peak season, this
is not profitable. He added that
the heading operation will mean
jobs in Aransas Pass, 90 to 100,
instead of trucking the shrimp to
Louisiana which would benefit
from the jobs there.
Herndon said Gulf King is mov-
ing toward the prospect of open-
ing a crab processing plant in
Conn Brown Harbor. He said it
would be on a dock where crabs
could be brought in by boat or
truck. The company is in the pro-
JOINING EFFORTS to get a bigger share for the domestic shrimp market are (L-R) Bob Hutchins,
division manager for Herndon Marine Products, David Johnson, new vice president in charge of
procurement; and Ronnie Herndon, president and CEO.
cess ot getting environmental and
construction permits at this time.
He said their market for shrimp
is continuing to expand nation-
wide despite the fact that the bad
economy means fewer dollars
and slower sales of the large, more
expensive shrimp.
Herndon’s father, Sydney
Herndon, established the Gulf
King operation which dominates
Conn Brown Harbor today. Syd-
ney Herndon and Johnson’s
father, Ballard Johnson, were
friends and associates.
Ballard Johnson, established a
fish house in 1955, and his son,
born in Aransas Pass, worked
with his father from the time he
was a child, assuming a manage-
ment position after graduating
from Texas A&I University. The
shrimp house was sold to Padre
Island Shrimp Co. in 1987 and
Johnson worked for them as vice
president of the waterfront divi-
sion.
Johnson owns three gulf boats,
the Elvira and the Helgi, and in
partnership with E. J. Jones, the
Gypsie Rose.
Hendon Marine Products owns
48 Gulf King boats and buys
shrimp from more than 200 boats
during the year.
Elect
Donald
Walton
Constable Precinct 6
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Sales tax receipts down in AP, Ingleside
Three cities in San Patricio
County experienced decreased
sales tax rebates in February
when compared to the same
period last year.
A report from State Comptrol-
ler John Sharp shows that Aran-
sas Pass, Ingleside, and Mathis
had a decrease in tax revenue in
February 1992, compared to the
same month last year.
The decrease in Aransas Pass
amounted to 1.69 percent,
£55,059.61 for the period in 1991
compared to £54,131.47 this
year.
In Ingleside the decrease was
14.78 percent, £31,927 for the
period in 1991 compaed to
£27,207 this year.
Mathis experienced a 4.96 per-
cent decrease, from £26,485
compared to £25,172 this year.
With Gregory experiencing a
30.54% increase from the same
period last year, and Odem, Port-
land, Sinton and Taft also ex-
periencing increases to a lesser
degree, the overall percentage of
change for San Patricio County
cities was a 2.94% increase in re-
venue when the two periods were
compared.
This month’s payments in-
clude taxes collected on Decem-
ber sales and reported in January
by businesses filing monthly re-
turns. The February rebates also
reflect taxes reported by
businesses filing quarterly re-
turns for sales made in October,
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month’s rebates, reflecting sales
made by them during 1991.
Sharp said, “Texas retail sales
were better than the nation’s as a
Whole during 1991, but the year
was sluggish and the Christmas
season just brought us more the
same.”
Checks totaling £163.4 million
were mailed to 1,066Texas cities,
a 1.8 percent increase above last
FebruaryV£160.5 million.
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Aransas County
seeks aid for
flood damage
An effort is underway to secure
state and federal aid for persona
in Aransas County who suffered
property damage due to the re-
cent rainfall and flooding.
Aransas County Commission-
er Oscar Pena asked that resi-
dents of Aransas County who suf-
fered such damage send cost esti-
mates to the county. These fi-
gures will be used as the county
seeks aid.
Pena said there is no promise
that aid will be obtained, but the
oounty needs the figures in order
to apply.
Estimates should be mailed to
County Judge Tony Harden,
Aransas County Courthouse, 301
N. Live Oak, Rockport, Tx.
78382. Estimates should be
mailed as quickly as possible.
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Cole, Mary. The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 19, 1992, newspaper, February 19, 1992; Aransas Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1135314/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library.