Lincoln Shrimp Co.-olde chinatown SF

Lincoln Shrimp started in the 1900’s. heretell they sourced live shrimps directly from Mexico during the procurement, process, they brought along armed guards and cash.
L.S. sold live/​fresh shrimp to the chinese food industry. shrimp was initially sold fresh, then packed with ice, eventually frozen shrimp was as good as fresh. shellfish can now be frozen at sea in large boats or kept in a brine solution until the ship reached a packing plant.
if one ate dim sum in any chinese tea house before the year 2000, chances are the shrimp was supplied by Lincoln Shrimp.
LIncoln Shrimp left the biz in the last decade or 2, forgot when.