re: Gulf Shrimp industry reeling from imports, low prices

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I am tired of subsidizing businesses. If the Government cared about small and local businesses they would not enforce so many taxes and penalties on the business. They should offer incentives to the business instead of punishing imports and forcing the higher cost onto consumers.

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It’s a hell of a lot more complicated than that and you know it

How’s that Chinese drywall working out and how many times do we have to learn that communism is its own set of tax and penalty on the US consumer over the long term

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Shrimping with drag nets destroys the marsh, muddies the water, and kills billions of juvenile fish as bycatch.

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It does absolutely do this. Many contribute the rebound in flounder numbers to the decrease in shrimping activity.

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frick em. I hope most of them go out of business

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Fresh from the dock shrimp and seafood is a special thing and one of the best parts about living on the Gulf Coast.

I think seafood needs to be kept locally/regionally and restrict import to those states that are more than a days drive from a coastline. It would hopefully keep a strong local/regional market and invite more tourism.

Shrimp imports have killed the shrimping business up the East Coast many years ago and it's appears to just now be hitting the gulf coast due to today's inflation.

The question to answer is it the imports killing local shrimping or is it the high cost to run it as a viable business. I can't imagine how much a pound of local shrimp would have to cost to cover the expense to harvest it and then be able to support a family on the income left over.

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refuse to eat anything other than Gulf Shrimp but people outside of the Gulf Coast do not give a frick.

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I look for anything caught in the US.

More pressure needs to be put on Kroger, Walmart, and Publix to stock local caught shrimp, even if it is flash frozen. I hate seeing Product of Indonesia, India, etc on a package.

Explain how imported shrimp can be cheaper in LA?

I understand in North Dakota or something but stores should be able to buy them basically off the boat.

I have a 6 hr rule. If I can't drive to an ocean within 6 hrs of where ever I am, I do not eat the seafood. Salt Lake City is a prime example of this. Do not eat the seafood there.

The only farm raised fish I will eat is catfish. Shrimp and all other fish have to come out of an ocean or river.

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This country has only two options for a future: communism or nationalist socialism. Deny it all you want but we will settle on one of those choices. Best we can do is push for the latter.

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god damn

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If the state doesn’t touch the Gulf, I’m not eating seafood from there

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You’re missing out on some good stuff from Alaska.