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• Shrimp Task Force seeks tougher penalties

  February 4, 2016 11:15 AM

  HOUMA - State officials and district attorneys continue to hammer out stricter penalties for shrimpers fishing out of season. At its meeting Wednesday in Houma, The Courier reports the Louisiana Shrimp Task Force continued discussions on its plans to get legislation passed to strengthen the penalties for violators. Currently, shrimpers... more »

• Shrimpers decry low prices, damage caused by shrimp imports

  August 12, 2015 3:55 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - Dozens of Louisiana shrimpers - ranging from Vietnamese-Americans to Cajun fishermen - rallied Wednesday in downtown New Orleans to bewail low prices, farm-raised shrimp imports and other woes in their industry. Shrimpers spoke out at a meeting of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, a... more »

• Higher shrimp import duties from 5 countries nixed

  September 22, 2013 11:38 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - Shrimp processors have lost a call for higher duties on frozen shrimp imported from five countries - China, Vietnam, Ecuador, India and Malaysia. The U.S. International Trade Commission rejected the proposal 4-2 Friday, saying the Coalition of Gulf Shrimp Industries failed to present strong evidence that the... more »

• Shrimpers head out for season's start

  August 12, 2013 10:18 AM

  GOLDEN MEADOW - Shrimpers across south Louisiana say they are ready for the start of the white shrimp season. About 60 percent of the shrimp harvested in the U.S. comes from the Gulf of Mexico. The total domestic shrimp harvest brought in $518 million in 2011. The Courier reports the... more »