Jeris Seafood
Seafood Market in Beaumont, TX
Jeri's Seafood. Ben H. Nelson, President and Betty G. Nelson, Secretary-Treasurer is situated in Smith Point, Chambers County Texas, at the conclusion of East Galveston, Galveston and Trinity Bays in the middle of Texas' Oyster Production. See our map Incorporated in 1970 as an outgrowth of Ben and Jeri's Commercial Fishing, Shrimping and Oyster Production Business, Jeri's Seafood has evolved into a major producer and processor of oysters during all times of the year. In addition to the public oyster reefs, private oyster leases allow Jeri's to maintain harvest and production of oysters all year 'round.
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read moreBeginning a multi-generational legacy of deep respect for Galveston Bay in a peaceful coexistence with the oyster resource it provides. Ben and his father Neal (pictured above on Hartfield Reef in 1968) successfully stopped shell reef mining in Galveston Bay by proving live oyster reefs were unlawfully being mined. Benjamin Harrison Nelson a third generation oyster man spent his whole life on Galveston Bay, except for a four year stent in the Navy where he met and married Betty Geraldine Smith (Jeri) in Florida.