Louisiana Inland Shrimping Season Opens. Shrimpers Navigate Uncertain Market
The Louisiana inland shrimp season has opened. Shrimpers’ spirits and catches are down as cheaper imported shrimp keep flowing into the country.
Those imported shrimp left domestic shrimpers hoping for tariffs. They got their wish in April — just before the inland shrimping season opened — when U.S. President Donald Trump placed tariffs on many foreign goods. But those tariffs were paused for 90 days shortly after they were enacted.
“The fishermen are being f-----,” Captain Sophin Men said.
His 46-foot vessel, the Rang Dong, can hold about 80,000 to 90,000 pounds...
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