By Amma Siriboe
KPLC-TV 7
Shrimpers in Louisiana have been struggling to make ends meet the last few months. Some say after calculating the cost of fuel to harvest shrimp and what they’re getting per pound, it’s simply not worth it.
“We’re just steady shrimping for nothing,” Cameron Parish shrimper Anthony Theriot said.
Theriot says the return on investment is making him reconsider leaving the dock each day.