South Carolina shrimpers see tariffs as opportunity, want targeted approach
“The first news of the tariffs, we were all excited,” Bryan Jones, a first-generation shrimper who lives in McClellanville, said. “We certainly empathize with anybody that views this as a negative downturn…but [with] this suffering that our industry has had for the last 20 years, our view is that it will provide a lifeline. The domestic shrimping industry has suffered in recent decades as foreign countries like India, Indonesia, Ecuador, and Vietnam dump billions of pounds of shrimp into the market, thereby artificially deflating the price. “It’s squeezing us out of the market where we once had 80% of the market share 20 years ago, we’re now down to 6%,” Jones said, who also serves as vice president of the South Carolina Shrimpers Association. “That’s really stifling to, you know, the people that are trying to make a living and feed their families here in these rural coastal communities.” Video, more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 06:53
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