Amid influx of imported shrimp, Bayou La Batre declares disaster for shrimping industry

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Bayou La Batre, the home of Alabama's seafood industry, is hoping for help from the state and federal government, as imported shrimp has driven the industry to the brink of collapse.

Shrimp boats undergoing maintenance at a dock in Bayou La Batre. The city government of Bayou La Batre declared a disaster for the shrimp industry this month, following an influx of imported shrimp that has lowered prices. The city of Bayou La Batre, the epicenter of the seafood industry in Alabama, is looking for the federal and state governments to provide relief to shrimpers in the area, following an influx of imported shrimp that has depressed the industry.

On August 17, Mayor Henry Barnes sent a letter to Gov. Kay Ivey, asking for assistance for the seafood industry in the city. The same day, the Bayou La Batre City Council passed a resolution declaring a disaster due to “shrimp dumping”—the practice of foreign shrimp vendors flooding the market with farm-raised shrimp that sells for lower prices than the wild-caught Alabama Gulf Shrimp.

“Any kind of help would do,” Barnes said. “We’re not the kind of people that actually are used to asking for help. Bayou La Batre people are normally independent, and this is something new, us asking for help. It’s a lot of hard-working people down there.”Tammy Hall, owner of SeaHarvest Fresh Shrimp in Bayou La Batre, says that the shrimpers are having trouble selling the shrimp they catch to processing factories.

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