Shrimpers in Southwest Louisiana blame LNG terminals for declining harvest
Industrial fishers are leaving what was as soon as the seafood capital of America in quest of shrimp as LNG export terminals transfer in. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Shrimp harvests in Calcasieu Basin dropped 50% in 2024, threatening native fishermen’s livelihoods. Fishermen…
Louisiana shrimpers commend new tariffs, specific optimism
TERREBONNE PARISH, La. (WGNO) — Native shrimpers are hopeful the brand new tariffs on imported shrimp will bolster the home shrimp trade. “We have needed to get extra energetic and must go to Baton Rouge or must go to Washington, D.C….