Local shrimpers see tariffs as opportunity, want targeted approach

Shrimpers eyeball tariffs as opportunity, others concerned - Charleston City Paper

MORNING HEADLINES  |  South Carolina shrimpers say increased tariffs on imports would help the state’s struggling shrimp industry.  But in other sectors, officials don’t share their enthusiasm. The post Shrimpers eyeball tariffs as opportunity, others concerned appeared first on Charleston City Paper.

GULF SHRIMPERS CHEER ON TRUMP'S TARIFFS

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Gulf shrimpers cheer on Trump’s tariffs

PALACIOS, Texas — While American consumers and markets wonder and worry about President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs, there’s one group cheering him as they hope he’ll prop up their sinking business: Gulf Coast shrimpers.

Local shrimpers see tariffs as opportunity, want targeted approach

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) -- As President Donald Trump's shifting tariff policies rattle the stock market and worry consumers, one local industry sees them as an opportunity. "The first news of the tariffs, we were all excited," said Bryan Jones, a first-generation shrimper who lives in McClellanville. "We certainly empathize with anybody that views this as a negative downturn...but [with] this suffering that our industry has had for the last 20 y…

Tariffs Bring Renewed Hope to Struggling US Shrimpers

Forty-three percent of restaurants in Gulf Shores, Alabama, recently sampled by SeaD consulting still serve imported, farm-raised shrimp, despite marketing the seafood as Gulf wild-caught.

US Shrimpers Winning Under Trump Tariff Plan - Or Are They?