Saving our shrimpers

April 30, 2025 International News, National, South Atlantic

It’s no secret that Georgia’s shrimpers are struggling to stay in business due to foreign imported shrimp that continues to saturate the market through unfair trade practices. Not only is the price of foreign shrimp artificially lowered to undercut domestic producers, but it is also harvested in an unsustainable way, making it a product that is more harmful to the environment and personal health than its American-sourced equivalent. In fact, the price manipulation has gotten so bad that shrimpers can’t even cover the cost of their fishing trip with the profits from their harvest. These are the kinds of inequities that President Trump is seeking to address through his tariff policies, and we are already seeing results from his America First leadership. For the first time in a long time, domestic shrimpers are able to compete on a level playing field, and with a superior product, this vital industry for our coast is stronger than ever. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 12:44

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

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