You might not ever think about the American shrimpers.

We still have some in Apalachicola!

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You might not ever think about the American shrimpers.

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Taste wise, American shrimp is just way superior to that mass produced Asian cheap garbage.

But restaurants love the shite due to the markup.

Still tastes awful compared to USA Shrimp

Gulf Pink, Gulf White, Rock, Spotted.. We have the best Shrimp.

My grandfather and uncles were shrimpers. At one time they had 5 95’ to 115’ boats between them and shrimped from Alabama to the bay of Campeche. In the late 80s and early 90s they all saw the writing on the wall and conceded to the war on their way of life and sold off the boats and moved on. My dad was new construction VP for several shipyards that built shrimp boats and oil supply vessels and was able to hang on to the industry longer because of the O&G part. The last shrimp boat he was in charge of building was in 1997, and it was sent immediately to South America where it was subsequently seized by the Brazilian government. Shrimping at a local level just isn’t sustainable and hasn’t been for 30 or 40 years. TEDS, taxes, and you name it all from our government put and end to it.

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Shrimpin’ is tough

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It ain’t easy.

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Vietnamese shrimpers

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Unfortunately, subsidized by the US GOVT.

One of the things I'm hoping comes out of these tariffs is that restaurants will be forced to start serving domestic and local seafood instead of the unhealthy imported stuff.

Some of the South Vietnamese escaped to South Louisiana after the war and went into the shrimping business. Don't know how they're doing these days.