Gay Fish Co., Inc. | Seafood Retail/ Wholale
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- THE GAY FAMILY
- GAY FISH CO., INC.
- 80-YEAR-OLD SHRIMPER STILL SELLG TCH TO ST. HELENA’S GAY FISH CO. ‘KIDS WON’T DO THIS’
- GAY FISH COMPANY
- GAY FISH CO
- GAY FISH CO
THE GAY FAMILY
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When John Henry Gay and his wife, Hilda, me to St. His son Robert Gay, who still works on shrimp boats om the fay dock, scrib his father’s early cisn. Today Robert is -owner of the dock along wh brother, Charl, and sister, Hilda Gay Upton.
He says, “We survive here at Gay Fish Company bee of the retail shop. I was gonna stay the service, but I got engaged to a young lady I had known most of my life, Hilda Gay. Gay for about six years.
The Gay fay legacy ntu today spe many challeng. Foreign petn and high operatg sts have also had their impact all along the ast, and Gay Fish Company has seen the number of boats dockg there drop om a high of 21 to a handful today.
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Shrimp boats and docks are clg but Gay Fish Co. remas a landmark shrimpg bs on St. Helena Island * gay fish company beaufort *
Wh mcly tan forearms that belie his age, Jim Buchanan hoists a 60-pound basket of whe shrimp fat wh roe onto the dock at Gay Fish Co.
”Buchanan is one of five ptas who own boats that dock and sell their tch at one of the survivg docks — Gay Fish Co., a St. After all the years, Gay Fish is an inic seafood stop between Fripp Island and Befort.
“It’s lerally like workg wh fay, ” Gay Fish’s Cyndy Carr says. B shrimp boat, which docks at Gay Fish Co. Gay Sr., and his wife, Hilda Smh Gay.
80-YEAR-OLD SHRIMPER STILL SELLG TCH TO ST. HELENA’S GAY FISH CO. ‘KIDS WON’T DO THIS’
The Gay Fish Co. n beg to rebuild s shrimp dock and seafood bs followg hurrine damage after the Befort, SC muny raised money. The dock will be built startg April 2018 wh nstctn until June. * gay fish company beaufort *
Gay was workg as an electrician at the Naval Hospal Port Royal and shrimpg on the si. Gay Fish opened 1948.
”Today, the Gay’s son and Carr’s father, 77-year-old Charl Gay, ntu to work at the shrimpg bs six days a week.
The five ptas who dock here pay no rent and a mimal ice fee exchange for sellg directly to Gay Fish, which, turn, sells shrimp a narrow retail store the ont of the property.
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A Befort, SC seafood market and dock was damaged durg Hurrine Matthew and Irma. Now lol rints want to help rebuild Gay Fish Company. * gay fish company beaufort *
Gay Fish also suppli fuel, which is ducted om the pay boat owners receive for shrimp. Bis seafood, you n fd important history at the retail store, like two amed receipts for $26, 000 of shrimp the Gays sold to Paramount Pictur 1993. Close observers will fd a blooper — some of the Gay Fish shrimp shown the scene had already been head.
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A St. Helena seafood bs pound by Hurrine Matthew is for sale but still open and thrivg, s owners said Thursday, July 20, 2017. Gay Fish Company, which sells shrimp and h fish om s docks on Sea Island Parkway, was damaged durg the storm and reopened April. * gay fish company beaufort *
Gay Fish Co. Gay Fish is so close to the actn ’s not unmon for water to ver the docks or even the procsg area durg high tis. ” Jim Buchanan holds up a shrimp at the Gay Fish Co.
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Gay Fish Company Befort. Plan your road trip to Gay Fish Company SC wh Roadtrippers. * gay fish company beaufort *
Karl Puckett From the sea to salBuchanan lifts two baskets of shrimp packed on ice onto the dock and Gay Fish employee Jordan Burlew hls them away on a two-wheeler to a procsg area where they will be washed h water, weighed and -head.
Jordan Burlew dumps shrimp to a washer at Gay Fish Co.
Gay Fish Co St Helena Island, SC 29920. View hours, reviews, phone number, and the latt updat for our Seafood rtrant loted at 1948 Sea Island Pkwy. * gay fish company beaufort *
Was a matter of mut before Buchanan’s tch of the day moved om the dock to a display unter Gay Fish’s retail store the ont, where ctomers were wag le. Five ptas dock their shrimp boats at Gay Fish Co.
Karl Puckett Invtg the futureGay Fish is makg vtments pal improvements that hop will pay off the future, Carr says. As stands, everythg Gay Fish buys is phed out to retail Fish also palizg on social media — you n watch boats returng to the docks and shrimp beg procsed on Facebook — and ’s quick to seize on a marketg opportuny, like the 2022 Bigfoot sightg at Huntg Island State Park.
Gay Fish Co St Helena Island, SC 29920. View hours, reviews, phone number, and the latt updat for our Seafood rtrant loted at 1948 Sea Island Pkwy. * gay fish company beaufort *
Gay Fish wasted no time producg T-shirts featurg a Sasquatch walkg along clutchg a big shrimp s hand. Tourists visg the Sea Islands are a boost to the bottom le at Gay Fish Co., Carr says. Visors are lookg for a lol experience, she says, and the Gays try to give to them.
But he’s not even the olst shrimp boat pta who docks at Gay Fish. Jim Buchanan is a shrimper based at the Gay Fish Co.