'On Its Knees': Here's What the LA Agriculture Commissioner Said About the Shrimping Industry
Facing pressure from cheap imported shrimp, changing environmental conditions and rising costs, Louisiana's shrimpers are experiencing a crisis that threatens their very existence, according to Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry Mike Strain, who is calling on state lawmakers to do more to help save the industry.
"The shrimping industry is on its knees," Strain said Monday in an annual speech to the Press Club of Baton Rouge. "They're asking us to step in and take a look at what we can do...
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