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The reopening of the commercial Gulf shrimp season follows its annual assessment of shrimp populations and growth in Texas coastal waters. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Texas sets July reopening for Gulf commercial shrimp season

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Water quality data from the Mississippi River watershed, like this collection of field parameters recorded at the Vicksburg, Miss., are used to compile NOAA's annual estimate of "dead zones" in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Geological Survey photo/Nick Barsott

NOAA Gulf hypoxia 2026 forecast

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Mace, Southern legislators back ‘shrimp honesty’ act

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Jeremy Zirlott's shrimper the Emily Ariel. Photo courtesy of VesselFinder

Alabama shrimper says transparency remains key

Carli Clancy

SeaD Consulting’s latest shrimp testing found imported shrimp is still being misrepresented in Gulf and Southeast markets. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Latest shrimp testing reveals gains, setbacks in seafood transparency

Carli Clancy

Brownsville, Texas, shrimp fleet — The shrimp fleet in Brownsville, Texas, lined up for its annual spring blessing. The Southern Shrimp Alliance reported that 2024 shrimp landings in Texas were the lowest "reported by NOAA Fisheries for the state over the last 75 years.”

US seafood producers seek ‘broad investigation’ of unfair seafood trade

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A NOAA Fisheries snapshot report on the Gulf shrimp sector noted that relatively low wages and the uncertainty involved in that work make it difficult for vessel owners to find willing and competent workers. Shutterstock photo.

Texas shrimpers ask Trump administration for more H-2B visas amid labor shortage

Nathan Strout

Early on the morning of May 12, 2026, tragedy struck when Mark, the owner and captain of the shrimp boat Lewis Boys. Photo courtesy of the Lewis family

North Carolina shrimping family loses vessel in fire

Carli Clancy

U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2071, the Save Our Shrimpers Act, by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 391-18-1. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

House passes Save Our Shrimpers Act

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Georgia has become the latest state and first East Coast state to require restaurants to disclose when they are serving imported shrimp. Photo by Paul Molyneaux

Georgia requires imported shrimp disclosure at restaurants

Carli Clancy

Jeremy Zirlott, of Bayou la Batre, Alabama, buys from his three boats and two others. He packs his own shrimp and is pushing up his wholesale prices to try to get more money to the boats as fuel prices rise. “I also preach fuel efficiency,” he says. Photo

Fishermen weigh fuel costs against the catch

Paul Molyneaux