Meet the Scientist Exposing Shrimp Fraud Across the South
Dave Williams has been to hundreds of seafood restaurants across the South over the past year, and he isn't hunting for the best shrimp po-boy or crawfish étouffée.
From Texas to North Carolina — and at more than 200 restaurants and three festivals in Louisiana — the commercial fisheries scientist and his team have collected minuscule shrimp samples for a rapid genetic test. The goal is to determine whether the restaurant is serving local shrimp or foreign imports. It's all part of Williams' mission to help revitalize the Gulf of Mexico's ailing...
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