Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins asks USDA to buy Gulf shrimp, citing concerns over cheap, potentially radioactive imports ...

U.S. Representative Clay Higgins (R-Louisiana) has asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to purchase more domestic ...

Higgins has written a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins requesting that the USDA initiate a purchase of wild-caught Gulf shrimp under Section 32 of the Agricultural ...

Louisiana’s inshore shrimp season will open Aug. 11, 2025 Biologists recommended the delay to allow shrimp to grow Larger shrimp fetch better prices, helping local shrimpers Season opening times vary ...

Louisiana's shrimping industry has suffered for decades as cheap foreign imports drive down prices and a pattern of seafood mislabeling worsens the problem.

LOUISIANA (KTVE/KARD) — The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced the 2025 Fall Shrimp Season will close ...

Gulf and South Atlantic shrimp groups are lining up behind a federal “manifest transparency” fix while pressing Congress and regulators for tougher screening of foreign shrimp they say is undercutting ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Every food vendor at the Louisiana Shrimp Festival and Shrimp Aid was verified as serving 100% local, wild-caught Gulf shrimp for the second consecutive year. According to SeaD ...

Louisiana's shrimping industry has been on the decline for years as cheap foreign imports dominate the supply chain.

One Louisiana seafood festival has done a better job of living up to its name. In a complete turnaround from last year, all seven vendors sampled at the Morgan City Shrimp and Petroleum Festival ...

WESTWEGO, La. (WGNO) — Inshore shr i mping season is underway in Louisiana; it opened this week. WGNO’s Kenny Lopez headed over to Westwego Shrimp Lot to find out what’s in store this shrimp season.