Louisiana’s shrimpers and fishermen have been in the headlights of state lawmakers as representatives look for new ways to protect the ‘industry in crisis,’ but that crisis is now rippling beyond the Gulf coastline, reaching northern areas such as Alexandria and Shreveport. In Alexandria, restaurant-goers have a 46 percent chance —worse odds than a coin toss— of being served authentic gulf shrimp instead of disingenuous or mislabeled foreign shrimp, according to a scathing report from seafood testers SeaD Consulting. Based off of samples from 24 restaurants across the city, only eleven were found to be properly serving authentic gulf coast shrimp, a revelation similar to that of Shreveport. Video, links, more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 09:12