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Gulf Coast shrimpers say tariffs are a lifeline for their industry
Fox Business ^ | 4/11/25 | Sarah Alegre, Bowen Kedrowicz

Posted on 04/12/2025 5:10:47 AM PDT by Libloather

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To: Libloather

I’m sitting on a pier right now in Grand Isle, Louisiana watching shrimp boats out on the horizon do their thing.


21 posted on 04/12/2025 10:32:49 AM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical object)
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To: Libloather

This article was like a breath of fresh air. Have you noticed how the powers that be are saturating all media with breathless prose about how bad the tariffs are for [fill in the blank]. The are so desperately searching for a fable that will resonate with Americans.


22 posted on 04/12/2025 11:11:47 AM PDT by atomic_dog
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Yup. Much to-do today about the Brits nationalizing their steel industry after the Chinese owner shut it down. What allowed the U.S. steel industry to survive under a similar onslaught of foreign competition was tariffs. The NYT would be collectively boiled in oil before they reported that.


23 posted on 04/12/2025 11:15:31 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Libloather

American shrimps are pretty tasty.

Yes, they are but they do not produce the quantity the market demands - likely due to the turtle exclusion panels, the highly regulated nets size, and limited time to fish per state and federal regulations.


24 posted on 04/12/2025 12:58:29 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: metmom

Only a fool would purchase contaminated farm raised seafood. Fixed


25 posted on 04/12/2025 1:01:08 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: AbolishCSEU

US shrimp boats are mostly right out of the early 20th century, as are the onboard storage & handling. Primitive.


26 posted on 04/12/2025 1:03:29 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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Fair enough.

From anywhere.

It’s just that the horror stories I’ve heard about third world pollution and sewage....... ***ugh!***


27 posted on 04/12/2025 1:08:21 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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That’s why I grow my own garlic. Grows great around here i get more than enough for us and to share.


28 posted on 04/12/2025 1:09:18 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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Same applies to the farmed salmon sold in American groceries.


29 posted on 04/12/2025 1:32:28 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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