Once the pride of Louisiana’s economy and the cornerstone of its cuisine, the shrimping industry is fighting to survive.

Louisiana sets to close fall inshore shrimp season on December 15 in certain areas to protect undersized white shrimp.

WESTWEGO, La. (WGNO) — Inshore shrimping season is underway in Louisiana. WGNO’s Kenny Lopez headed over to Westwego Shrimp Lot to find out what’s in store this shrimp season. At Capt. Jonathan’s at ...

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 ...

WESTWEGO, La. (WGNO) — Inshore shr i mping season is underway in Louisiana; it opened this week. WGNO’s Kenny Lopez headed over to Westwego Shrimp Lot to find out what’s in store this shrimp season.

MORGAN CITY, La. (KLFY) — What a difference a year makes. Last fall, KLFY broke the story that four out of five food vendors at the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival in Morgan City were selling ...

GOLDEN MEADOW, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana and shrimp go together like king cake and Mardi Gras, but nowadays, most shrimp eaten across the United States is imported from another country.

Gulf and South Atlantic shrimp groups are lining up behind a federal “manifest transparency” fix while pressing Congress and regulators for tougher screening of foreign shrimp they say is undercutting ...

One Louisiana seafood festival has done a better job of living up to its name. In a complete turnaround from last year, all seven vendors sampled at the Morgan City Shrimp and Petroleum Festival ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) have introduced the India Shrimp Tariff Act, aimed at protecting Louisiana’s shrimp and catfish ...

Louisiana shrimpers are struggling due to low catches and competition from cheap imported shrimp. Tariffs on imported shrimp were recently enacted but then paused, leaving shrimpers vulnerable.