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Louisiana shrimpers fear new U.S.-India trade deal could flood market with cheaper imports
Posted on 2/11/26 at 3:34 pm
Posted on 2/11/26 at 3:34 pm
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CHALMETTE, La. — Hot, spicy boiled shrimp straight from the pot is a popular item at Today's Ketch Seafood in Chalmette. Owner Jeff Pohlmann says in the restaurant's 41 years, they've only served seafood caught in Louisiana.
"We strongly support local seafood, Louisiana seafood. This is where the seafood's made," Pohlmann said.
But the restaurant relies on local shrimpers who now fear a potential new trade deal with India. The U.S. and India have released an interim framework for a new trade agreement that would lower tariffs on Indian seafood imports, raising concerns among Louisiana shrimpers that it could open the floodgates to cheaper imported shrimp and threaten domestic producers.
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., says the interim agreement would lower tariffs on seafood from India.
Louisiana Shrimp Association President Acy Cooper was out on the water shrimping when reached by phone. He says higher tariffs imposed last year were starting to work. India had been one of the countries flooding the U.S. market with cheaper farm-raised shrimp.
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Higgins sent a letter to the Trump administration seeking stronger protections for Louisiana shrimpers in the new trade deal. He wrote that temporary relief from last year's higher tariffs "allowed our shrimpers to breathe again," and urged the administration to take steps to protect the industry.
Cooper wants those higher import taxes to stay.
"Dropping the tariffs on India is not good for the Louisiana shrimper unless they took the seafood out of it," Cooper said.
In St. Bernard Parish, there's an ordinance on the books that prohibits the sale of foreign imported shrimp anywhere in the parish. Pohlmann is hoping other parishes adopt similar laws to help local fishermen.
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As part of the India trade agreement, the U.S. would eliminate a 25% punitive duty that was originally imposed as a penalty for India purchasing Russian oil.
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Posted on 2/11/26 at 3:42 pm to ragincajun03
Plenty of restaurants serve fake shrimp.. Advertise that you serve real gulf shrimp and I will gladly pay a premium for it
Posted on 2/11/26 at 3:43 pm to ragincajun03
Learn to make shrimp biryani instead of jambalaya baws.
Posted on 2/11/26 at 3:45 pm to ragincajun03
How much will this affect crawfish prices?
Posted on 2/11/26 at 4:49 pm to ragincajun03
I can’t hear them over their yelling of disapproval of the mid barritaria diversion.
Posted on 2/11/26 at 4:54 pm to ragincajun03
Id gladly take Chinese shrimp over land of 4 hands shrimp.
Posted on 2/11/26 at 4:58 pm to bayouvette
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Plenty of restaurants serve fake shrimp.. Advertise that you serve real gulf shrimp and I will gladly pay a premium for it
Or, pay the premium, and still be sold "fake" shrimp.
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Hundreds of Louisiana restaurants cited, fined for not disclosing imported seafood
And these are the "excuses" from some of the ones caught:
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“It was my fault,” he said. “We just didn’t have that [disclosure] on the menu, so we changed the menu.”
Marcello said he uses Gulf shrimp most of the time, except when it’s too expensive.
“When you’re a little family restaurant like us, when something goes up $5 or $6 per pound, you gotta do what you gotta do,” Marcello said. “I can’t charge $30 for a shrimp po’ boy.”
quote:She blamed it on the vendor. So she didn't realize a price difference?? She's right though. It's hard to make it in the restaurant industry when you have no idea that you need to look at your food costs.
Lisa Susano said she wasn’t aware her supplier had sent her foreign crawfish tails when local ones weren’t available. She said she has since instructed her vendor to never send her imported tails.
“I really wasn’t paying attention,” Susano said. “It’s hard to make it in the restaurant industry. Restaurants close every day.”
WBRZ
(Also, if you read the article, the first whole part is about Popeyes not having gulf shrimp. I would have never even assumed that they did have gulf shrimp.)
This post was edited on 2/11/26 at 5:26 pm
Posted on 2/11/26 at 5:07 pm to Junky
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I can’t hear them over their yelling of disapproval of the mid barritaria diversion.
That was Plaquemines
Posted on 2/11/26 at 5:14 pm to bayouvette
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Plenty of restaurants serve fake shrimp.. Advertise that you serve real gulf shrimp and I will gladly pay a premium for it
In Louisiana a business must post publicly that they sell imported seafood
Posted on 2/11/26 at 5:23 pm to BigBinBR
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When you’re a little family restaurant like us, when something goes up $5 or $6 per pound, you gotta do what you gotta do,” Marcello said. “I can’t charge $30 for a shrimp po’ boy.”
How does shrimp go up that amount when in crawfish price threads, shrimp is half the price of bugs and preferred due to meat yield? Sounds like Marcello is a terrible restranteuer.
Posted on 2/11/26 at 5:26 pm to BigBinBR
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Popeyes not having gulf shrimp. I would have never even assumed that the did have gulf shrimp
Popeye's is owned by a Canadian conglomerate. The Canadians have a big chunk of them owned by a Brazilian conglomerate. The Brazilian one has a big chunk owned by a Chinese conglomerate.
Posted on 2/11/26 at 5:30 pm to BigBinBR
quote:yeah Popeyes is a mega chain there’s zero chance they’re not going the cheapest route
(Also, if you read the article, the first whole part is about Popeyes not having gulf shrimp. I would have never even assumed that they did have gulf shrimp.)
Posted on 2/11/26 at 5:32 pm to ragincajun03
Mmm poo poo shrimp
Posted on 2/11/26 at 5:37 pm to ragincajun03
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The U.S. and India have released an interim framework for a new trade agreement that would lower tariffs on Indian seafood imports
In general, do not buy Asian seafood. It’s the most toxic, poisoned, nasty tasting shite you’ve ever seen. For your own health’s sake stay away from it. Not for some patriotic or local reason, but sheer health consequences.
Asian shrimp is fricking disgusting
Posted on 2/11/26 at 5:46 pm to ragincajun03
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Indian Shrimp
Gross. I predict lots of diarrhea and stomach viruses in America's future.
Posted on 2/11/26 at 5:54 pm to ragincajun03
The craziest thing about the imported shrimp issue is that the main reason farmed shrimp is so cheap is because it is fed free fish meal feedstock. The most expensive input into farming any aquaculture, fish or shrimp, is fish meal feed. The price of fish meal is a global market price, like any commodity and in Louisiana, where most of the fish meal comes from in North America, we let it go for free. We allow two foreign companies to harvest over a billion lbs of pogy (menhaden) from Lousiana every year, with no limit, and do not charge them a cent to do so. Its one of the most valuable natural resources that we have as a state and we let it go for free, all they have to do is contribute a bunch of money to every governor.
The company that owns the largest shrimp farms in Central America (Cooke Aquaculture) also wholly owns Omega, the largest menhaden harvester here.
So in summary - Louisiana policy on free, unlimited menhaden is allowing super cheap farmed shrimp to kill our own domestic wild-caught shrimp industry. And our shrimpers defend the menhaden industry! The whole thing is insane.
The company that owns the largest shrimp farms in Central America (Cooke Aquaculture) also wholly owns Omega, the largest menhaden harvester here.
So in summary - Louisiana policy on free, unlimited menhaden is allowing super cheap farmed shrimp to kill our own domestic wild-caught shrimp industry. And our shrimpers defend the menhaden industry! The whole thing is insane.
This post was edited on 2/11/26 at 5:56 pm
Posted on 2/11/26 at 5:56 pm to WizardSleeve
Are you trying to tell me shrimp and crawfish farmers are bitching again?
Posted on 2/11/26 at 6:12 pm to ragincajun03
Just require them to label them. I'm not eating anything from India.
Posted on 2/11/26 at 6:17 pm to BigBinBR
You do realize that a pound of domestic crawfish tails cost about 3.5X more expensive than the Chinese. So if you pay 2.00 a lb wholesale for a package of Chinese crawfish tails. You pay $7.00 for a lb of domestic tails.
On the shrimp end, at least on local restaurants, it's mostly gulf shrimp...now, on the reail end, you could get Chinese IQF, but the Indian stuff, you probably would not encounter down along the Gulf Coast.....but in StLouis or Memphis or KC you just as likely to find it as anything else. Domestic supply does not meet domestic demand
On the shrimp end, at least on local restaurants, it's mostly gulf shrimp...now, on the reail end, you could get Chinese IQF, but the Indian stuff, you probably would not encounter down along the Gulf Coast.....but in StLouis or Memphis or KC you just as likely to find it as anything else. Domestic supply does not meet domestic demand
Posted on 2/11/26 at 6:21 pm to bayouvette
quote:you know it is a law now the restaurant has to post on the menu if the shrimp are not from lousiana. Right?
Plenty of restaurants serve fake shrimp.. Advertise that you serve real gulf shrimp and I will gladly pay a premium for it
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