Kenney Seafood and other longtime retailers in Slidell, La., won top marks from SeaD Consulting's ongoing studies to verify where seafood dealers and restaurants are selling U.S. domestic shrimp. Kenney Seafood photo.
Seafood restaurants and markets in Slidell, La., serve locally sourced shrimp almost exclusively, according to a report by the Louisiana Shrimp Task Force and seafood analytics firm SeaD Consulting.
A study of the city’s food purveyors tested samples of 24 shrimp dishes at Slidell area restaurants and found 21 were made with “locally sourced, wild-caught American shrimp,” according to the task force, an advisory group to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
“That means Slidell…
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