Louisiana Shrimp Industry Celebrates Trump Tariffs. 'We Can't Live Like This Anymore.'

By Josie Abugov

NOLA.com

After decades of plunging prices and a dwindling workforce, Louisiana shrimpers are cheering President Donald Trump’s tariffs on countries supplying the U.S. with almost all of its shrimp.

The coastal industry has for years struggled to compete against cheap foreign imports and a pattern of fraudulent mislabeling at seafood restaurants.

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