Southeast Texas shrimpers celebrate new laws for import transparency

June 24, 2025 Gulf of America, Gulf of Mexico

Texas shrimpers are celebrating two key legislative victories they say will level the playing field against foreign imports that have long undercut their industry.two key legislative victories signed two measures this session aimed at cracking down on imported shrimp. One of the new laws, Senate Bill 823, will require restaurants to label where their shrimp comes from. The other, House Concurrent Resolution 76, is headed to President Donald Trump’s desk, asking the federal government for additional oversight and regulation. For shrimpers like Tricia Kimball of the Port Arthur Area Shrimpers Association, the new laws mark progress in an ongoing battle to keep the industry afloat. Video, more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 09:54

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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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