Charleston Diners Love Their Shellfish. Is There Enough Coastal-Caught Shrimp to Go Around?
CHARLESTON — Hundreds of millions of pounds of shrimp are consumed in the United States each year.
It's become a staple in American diets, one that's easily accessible in grocery stores and appears on menus in eateries nationwide.
The protein has a particular popularity in Charleston, served atop bowls of grits or dumped onto paper-covered tables from steaming pots with corn, potatoes and sausage.
But recent reports of testing that showed a majority of restaurants sampled in the Charleston area were serving imported shrimp, rather than...
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