For those that don’t know me (I’ve posted several times here and one of the mods and many of the posters here are SHMP board-mates of mine).
Since I’m a retired military man, I’m used to going by a nickname. In the Air Force most pilots went by a “callsign” instead of their real name. That said, in hub land I’m known as Afternoon Delight.
I wanted to to take the opportunity to tell those who haven’t seen or heard this little ditty about NaturalShrimp. (SHMP)
My buddy FL Cracker and I flew out of our home state of Florida and made the trek to San Antonio for the short hop to the booming metropolis of LaCoste Texas and visited NaturalShrimp’s facility.
Quite frankly, I was shocked that they granted us access in the first place (I had to work some magic on NS’s president Gerald Easterling to get him to bite off on it). The entire team was VERY gracious with their time and information.
Gerald was reluctant to open the doors and show us then facility because they don’t really have the time to be leading tour groups through the facility and they are very, very busy. There is also a very real risk of disease outbreaks if you let every Tom, Dick and Harry come around an enclosed recirculating aquaculture operation that DOESN’T USE ANTIBIOTICS and other PROHIBITED drugs to kill the pathogens.
This I will freely tell any and all concerned. They are wide-open throttle there at the LaCoste facility. There is so much work being done and things are ramping up daily. There is nothing to hide.
No smoke.
No mirrors.
Gerald and the team let us walk all over the place and take pictures and answered all of our questions (even some that were probably a tad stupid and redundant.
The place is ENORMOUS and filling up quickly with new tanks and equipment. There is a huge empty lot just primed and ready for new production buildings to be built as the revenue stream opens up.
One complaint that many shareholders have stated is that the management team has been less than spectacular with the release of information. I won’t necessarily disagree with that sentiment and conveyed as much to Gerald as we sat and sampled their fantastic tasting shrimp. We picked his (their) brain and offered ideas on how they could relate better to the shareholders. Gerald was very patient with us and let us say our piece and would back some of his decisions on sound judgement. Sometimes sound judgment and impatient investors don’t always agree. Bottom line, his number one goal is getting this thing done RIGHT! When it is done right the shareholders will be taken care of by default.
I thought the visit was fantastic and I have mad respect and admiration for these guys.
They even gave us 4-5 lbs of their beautiful shrimp to take home and share with our families. These guys...Gerald, Tom, and Mike Pineda are great guys, and were perfect hosts.
People talk about OTC stocks and the word SCAM usually comes to mind pretty quickly. Anyone who thinks this is a scam could not possibly be more mistaken.
I will freely respond to anyone who has questions or comments for me. May take a hot minute to reply since I am an airline pilot and flying today.
Good luck to all and Roll SHMP Roll!
