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Shrimper exodus more to blame for low Gulf harvests than hurricanes

Only about 1,000 of the 1,464 Gulf of Mexico shrimp permits allowed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are in use, estimates John Williams

By Jason Huffman | Nov. 27, 2017 16:42 GMT
A shrimp boat for sale in Biloxi, Mississippi, in 2008. Photo by Southern Foodways Alliance.
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Don’t blame the recent spat of hurricanes for the lowest October harvest of US wild-caught shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico in at least 16 years, says John Williams, executive director of the Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) [...]

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