Why Louisiana's $1.3 Billion Shrimp Industry Could Go Extinct | Big Business | Business Insider

[@The_Horizon]

have a physics test tommorow, must watch a video on shrimp

[@matthewsalazar4597]

you are the absolute last person i was expecting to see here 😂😂😂

[@FukutenshiYoufan]

Good luck, mate... 🔥

[@stormssf8538]

Wow same

[@apsect_3]

random as hell

[@silentstormstudio4782]

Why do we have to do that to Lousiana's sea creatures ?🥺🥺

[@eianoespolon2980]

Bubba: Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried....

[@xTROLLINGx]

shrimps are the bugs of the sea.

[@mustafajamena]

Shrimpin bidness!!😂

[@averychilco]

@@xTROLLINGx Roaches,

[@averychilco]

He almost knows how to cook it more ways than Bubba from Forest Gump. LOL

[@数根朽木]

Forrest Gump! Run!

[@SectionATE617]

Damn Knuckles is 85??? Daaammmn he looks like he could be in his 50's!! Must be all that hard work, keeps him fit!!

[@96ftt]

50s is pushing it, maybe mid 60s

[@dunnoausernamedunno5533]

bro looks like harrison ford

[@gardmyhr6121]

fit and overworked, two diffrent things. and alot of stress aswell prboly

[@megasenpaiiid8768]

i read knuckles i i just imagine knuckles(sega) fishing shrim on angel island

[@daddyfatsack68]

The more you stay active the younger you look. If you retire and sit on your couch.... youll age 10x faster

[@anthonybranco]

I've eaten in Lousiana, the portion sizes are massive. Their sandwiches are good for two people anywhere in the state.

[@ryaneylee]

portion sizes in the US are just massive compared to elsewhere in the world. overconsumption of resources and obesity ensue.

[@captaindestruction9332]

@@ryaneylee Yet more and more countries that serve less are also reaching similar if not higher levels of obesity like the US when portioned out by the percent of the population.

[@ryaneylee]

@@captaindestruction9332 nu-uh. statistics are easily available. US still stands far above the crowd for developed nations, as well as the world except for oceania (which has unique historical challenges with food security/importation).

[@abhijeetkundu7123]

Sandwiches!! Who eats shrimp with bread? When will you White people learn some culinary traits?

[@leaveeeevee5762]

@@ryaneylee The portion sizes I see in the US look like you can keep it in fridge and feed you for a couple days, a week if conservative with how they eat.

[@carterwgtx]

First they cut down the cypress trees in the Afchafalaya Basin, then they levied all the rivers so the lowlands and rice farms wouldn’t flood, then the oil and gas industry dredged canals, drilled, and spilled, then they overfished and dredged everything…then they voted for politicians solution to the problem was to put tariffs on the imports to protect an industry where almost no shrimpers got rich in to begin with. While a tariff would help somewhat, they’ve dine very little to address the fundamental problems facing the industry. They will be mostly gone in 20-30 years.

[@NonBinary_Star]

true

[@daskiier]

Unfortunately that’s the state of affairs for a lot of industry these days.

[@Mike__B]

The problem is slapping a 10% or whatever tariff on imports isn't really going to nudge the needle much when the imported products are brought in from "3rd world country" type of labor prices.

[@darkacefsu]

I'd rather buy wild caught gulf any day of the week vs farm asian shrimp. Problem is ppl don't want to pay for the wild caught shrimp.

[@HydrostaticShark]

@@darkacefsu right there with you. crazy to me that people wouldn't pay a premium given how much better they are in taste and texture. nothing worse than a mealy shrimp.

[@dobbyjenkins3903]

that po boy shop guy is charismatic and cares about his business. rare to see that these days i wish him all the success

[@ivanz2709]

The fact that Lonnie is 82 years old and looks the way he does working that boat is a true testament to the old school American will to thrive

[@lisaadams42]

I also think it’s because he works at night and doesn’t have a lot of sun exposure.

[@Fossillarson]

Less sunlight and grew up with natural foods! Not synthetic caffeine and sugars ect. Now all food fillers added wtf. Most of this crap is not even allowed forsale or use in original manufacturing countries. Of witch are not American made just assembled

[@frostyjim2633]

Exactly! Yet these plebes want to go on social security when they're 65 and sit on their asses eating candy all day

[@gordondafoe3516]

It's called "chase that dollar"!

[@MacEwanMouse]

Knuckles doesn't chuckle.

[@indogrenade]

Shrimpin' aint easy

[@jonmath4182]

If only bubba is still around...

[@AluviumOSRS]

The Godfather of shrimp :D

[@HeadlightsAreTooBright]

The Gulf is dirty AF. There are certain international shrimp farms (looking at you Belize) which pen their stock in tidal areas and I would rather eat 100 of those shrimps versus 1 gulf shrimp. Plus forget the $29.99/lb price tag for wild gulf shrimp that are legit just swimming in trash and hydrocarbons.

[@neubro1448]

Only caught five.

[@ThatDudeDeven]

@@HeadlightsAreTooBright Did you just decide to comment on a top comment? Because that has 0 to do with what this comment was talking about. What does any of that have to do with the difficulty of shrimping?

[@hadassahsanders7420]

My mother in law is Melena Chiev! Shown at 11 minutes. Her and my father in law work SO hard every single night to take care of the family, their work ethic is absolutely phenomenal and they make everyone proud. Support local shrimpers and restaurants that do! Don’t buy seafood from places that outsource from other countries! Get fresh American shrimp

[@jonj6730]

I have to agree with the Jews, shrimp and lobsters are all there to clean up the bottom of the oceans and not meant to be eaten. I do miss catfish, but a lot more cleaner fish out there then these bottom feeders.

[@ArabellaPottery]

How? I'm to far to drive.

[@Louisiana_Gal_ReRe]

​@ArabellaPottery Rewatch starting from the 23:30 mark as they explain exactly how you can do so from wherever you may be.

[@ArabellaPottery]

@@Louisiana_Gal_ReRe How did I miss that? SMH> Thanks.

[@Mike--Oxmall]

How did she feel back in 2010 when all that uurl gottup ina scrump?

[@BigRW]

I like that Po Boy shop owner. I feel like he's my type of people.

[@barringtonmorris90]

He has good energy.

[@warpony123]

These videos are so dumb I swear to god.

[@Ben-iz9ud]

He's keeping Americans working over importing cheaper product that's my type of people.

[@udance4ever]

i definitely want to make a point to stop by & support his biz! 🍤

[@Ojja78]

He said he would never even contemplate using foreign shrimp, then he details how the breading doesn't stick to it and it remains translucent when you cook it. So he very much contemplated the idea and even ran tests, he just didn't like the results. He's a liar and would use foreign shrimp if he liked it.

[@dnguyen8973]

Yeah, my dad and uncles got out of the shrimp business in the mid 90s. They saw the signs and decided to leave before they began operating at a loss. Those were happier times. I do miss living off the coast and visiting the shore every weekend.

[@Steff320i]

I really love Louisiana. Its people, the food, the music.

[@WorthiestDavid]

When he was making the shrimp poboy, he wasn’t exaggerating. They really do put that many shrimp in every one. And yes it’s really that busy every single day. They got a real good thing going there, real nice people.

[@RagnarokGenesis00]

they need to improve their business model and get on with the times if they arent willing to improve the industry by make their poyboy a winning item lost cost tax deduction and start finding their next winning item

[@meowsha]

Yummmmm!

[@MaxSnowDude]

@@RagnarokGenesis00 it is a winning item its super cheap

[@processinsider68]

yes

[@zachfoster5653]

Why can’t we have anything good in LA

[@JekyllHyde86]

*takes the vein out* Yeah, I'm sold

[@kolonarulez5222]

Yeah I hope they'd remove the poo sack before serving lol

[@sxribblez5873]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sxribblez5873]

he skip ,cut , quick after cutting that plastic bag 😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@web3wizard381]

never cared about the vein tbh

[@ZAYZAYY27]

i love people that are passionate about their jobs, their hometown, their state, and country.

[@olivedidnt4609]

So sad they can own 👦🏿👦🏿👦🏿 so they earn more money

[@BibleTruthForCambodia]

I witnessed an actual oil spill one time in Louisiana. It was a discouraging and disgusting sight, but then the fry cook cleaned the floor.

[@nannerz1994]

Yeah this is great

[@imMATTure]

Oooimmaboudamakeanamefamelfhea

[@Junkman2008]

@SammyC-ro5jq TMI! TMI! TMI!!! 😅😆😅🤣😂

[@Deadassbruhfrfr]

Lmao, good one 😂

[@feelincrispy7053]

Suspiciously bot like comment

[@dcbqb19]

Justin is a wholesome guy who cares not only about his restaurant, but those around him and who is catching what he is serving while considering his customers

[@TheSamLegacy]

There's a really good video from Bon Appetit on Parkway and it really shows how much he cares. He been working back of house since he was a teen. He's the real deal. 10/10 sandwiches.

[@KPMindfreak13]

I don’t eat shrimp often, but now when I do I will only buy USA caught shrimp. My partner and I went through a grocery store and checked the back of all the bags and will not buy anything imported. Thank you for making me a smarter consumer.

[@superninjab0y]

You are one of the good ones.

[@Blaquer17]

You can often get some of the best shrimp from folks selling it out a truck on the side of the road. If they were charging $6-7 a pound, we wouldn't eat as much, but we'd definitely still buy it. Its hard to imagine how someone could get shrimp from across the world into the store, peeled, deveined and ready to cook for the same price as fresh caught shrimp from the guy down the road.

[@back2the80s]

Soapy tasting shrimp from farms

[@TheAdministration-1993]

"I GOTTA GET BUBBA"

[@WinterMadness]

Dammit, you beat me to it.

[@anjoLas]

HA ! xD

[@Tonyinthephilippines]

Haha

[@clinhin]

;_;

[@ShiekYoBoooty]

Maaaaaga maaaaaga 😅

[@Brandonlandis]

America: Where we've been selling the rug out from under us since the loss of our steel mills

[@TerrorTerros]

8:27 that guy is 82 years old? no way!

[@Cerbamofo]

I thought the same bro is like 60 at the oldest

[@2of2DCH]

Ya same. 6 decades on the water, getting blasted by the sun and he looks better than I do! Damn.

[@kossiviesse9807]

Same thing I said, 82!?!?! Man

[@CL-yp1bs]

Eat shrimp, good for your health? I think so!

[@michaelbread5906]

He looks great! Good on him!

[@TheTinyRedDot]

if the Gulf caught wild shrimps are superior, taste and texture wise, to the foreign imported shrimps, then they should be able to command a higher price and not sell cheap to compete. Both the local and federal government are simply not doing enough to protect their own farmers of the sea.

[@JB-yb4wn]

That is a big "if". They could have easily gone the branding route and get people to pay more for their shrimp, but obviously they aren't different from the cheap imports.

[@notsus6956]

@@JB-yb4wngulf coast shrimp are objectively better than foreign shrimp but that doesn’t matter to most people because they rather eat cheap trash

[@JB-yb4wn]

@@notsus6956 Or most people, mainly Americans, are absolutely ignorant on which country has the highest rated shrimp on the planet. That country would be Ecuador.

[@notsus6956]

@@JB-yb4wn whatever you say bj

[@isthatharrasment]

​@@JB-yb4wn Bros being toxic on the business insider youtube channel 💀

[@margaretleboeuf6765]

I'm from the bayou country south of New Orleans. No way will I consider buying or eating shrimp from anywhere else. Especially shrimp from India or China, or any farmed seafood from anywhere. I'll gladly pay more for shrimp caught in Louisiana. We grew up eating good food. Cajun style, New Orleans style, or Creole style of cooking. We used to drive down the bayous and bought shrimp, crabs and oysters directly from the boat. People who visit Louisiana always talk about how delicious the food is. Thank you for this video!

[@michaeldufresne9428]

So much for respect Parkway!! Thank you for your commitment to using only Louisiana caught shrimp!!

[@captaineric5276]

My family have been in the shrimping industry for nearly 30 years and we’ve seen how much of a decline it has gotten in the last decade. The price for shrimps that these seafood manufacturers are buying off the boats have gotten cheaper ever since COVID, and it’s very sad because so many people’s livelihood depends on it. Farm-raised shrimp will never be as good as gulf shrimp, but sadly 90% of the U.S. population won’t know that. Half of the shrimping industry died in a span of nearly 20 years already. And I fear it’s only going to get worse.

[@heystarfish100]

I never eat that farm raised in a third world shrimp. Thanks for the work you do and I appreciate your efforts.

[@cieloperdomo3939]

I won't eat Gulf shrimp because I KNOW what poisons are being dumped into the Gulf every single day! And each shrimp is a little capsule of toxin dredged from the bottom and straight into your body. No thanks!

[@Idontwantachannel67]

If i could find gulf shrimp, id buy them. Only imports available here. 😢

[@Crypto_Circus]

Need better marketing

[@olivedidnt4609]

Do you eat wild cow too or farm raised one 😊😊😊😊😊

[@erdvilla]

To all Shrimp lovers, me included. Shrimp is the equivalent in their ecosystem to roaches in land; bottom feeders who won't reject a corpse or piece of poop that makes it to the sea bottom. That's why it is very important to know where it comes from, and also always clean it, never consume the digestive tract.

[@deesmith8576]

ya those little guys nibble in oil and then right to your plate you can be classified as a car now boyiiiii

[@shannonmorgan6530]

Why does that make it important to know where it comes from ? There all bottom feeders. Maybe that makes it important to know who cleaned it

[@FloodPower]

@@shannonmorgan6530 .... it's because some water bodies are cleaner than others - and *you are what you eat*.

[@JSalonsky]

I mean crabs do the same thing

[@erdvilla]

@@JSalonsky They'd be more like the "rats of the sea" Given the chance they'd eat clean, healthy plant life, but if they end near the coast or polluted rivers they don't mind the sewage.

[@Lockdown22]

yep im in texas and i worked at a seafood resturant that doesthe whole butter and seasonings method, the shrimp came in these frozen blocks from peru, farm raised. they were lightly sweet, and gave you diaherra. i always went to HEB and bought whole gulf shrimp, taste is much better

[@Dream_more_age_less]

I would not be caught dead eating any kind of farm-raised seafood; I rather pay more and get real quality and taste.

[@Cat-wu2yd]

@@Dream_more_age_lessthere are environmental issues with that tho

[@realbosstakea]

@@Cat-wu2yd way less than farm raised

[@viperswhip]

@@Cat-wu2yd If everyone did it, I won't eat any fish, they eat plastic now, looks like fish food to them haha

[@Cat-wu2yd]

@@viperswhip that’s what everyone says. I eat farmed but generally avoid seafood

[@chickenlajumpy]

82years old and still at it. Kudos

[@iluvgtasan]

"I have no choice but to keep working like this" That statement is what's holding up western society as we know it.

[@LanceBeckman]

Stay broke

[@kilojuliet2693]

@@LanceBeckman WHAT IS YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY AGAIN?

[@RichTapestry]

@@LanceBeckman The stock market is a giant pyramid scheme and 'passive income' is parasitic, hope that clears it up.

[@LanceBeckman]

@@kilojuliet2693 TO SCREW YOUR MOM

[@MrNavin43]

@@LanceBeckman we are all broke, you just don't know. You worship cash, but that trash isn't worth shit, if people aren't willing to exchange goods and services for it. The house of cards that is called our economy is kept alive by people like this.

[@janmarchand7294]

My family had a fishing camp on Grand Isle, Louisiana when I was growing up. I used to go trawling with my dad on Barataria Bay which was right behind our camp. I only ate fresh caught shrimp my whole life, and I can't abide the nasty smelling imports, ugh! I was lucky enough as a child to eat Mississippi River shrimp which aren't a thing anymore because of pollution. They were the smallest, sweetest shrimp I ever ate.Those were some of the best times I had with my dad and I miss them dearly, like the disappearing wet lands, those days are gone forever.

[@skarhabekgreyrukh8601]

damn I envy you....

[@Roz390]

petroleum billionaires have addresses too, just sayin

[@dabeachman]

They were polluted too

[@saladsalad9991]

the times aren't gone forever, if they were left untouched for 50, 100 years, they would return to like they were. However, that's likely not to happen.

[@janmarchand7294]

@@saladsalad9991 The minute the oil companies drilled that first canal it began. I watched the landscape change in my lifetime of going to Grand Isle. Went back a few years ago and didn't recognize the place.

[@WildWest144]

Nothing beats a Parkway Bakery shrimp po’ boy and I do mean nothing. This is the best place on Mother Earth for those delicious shrimp po’ boy and the service is always with a smile.

[@Helloreality101]

I love Justins attitude! Thats why your successful man, you know whats best and wont accept less. Props man!

[@szbxa]

He either don't know what's best or he don't care. Look at 1:46 when he's washing the shrimps. The water foams up like there's soap. That's a telltale sign of shrimps processed using STPP. It's a preservative that ruins the texture of shrimps and adds a slightly bitter taste that also feels prickly on your tongue. While most shrimp you find in the supermarkets are laced with this stuff it's not hard to find that ones that aren't. That he didn't bother says it all to me.

[@wasupfool5692]

Explains why most shrimp you buy nowadays are tasteless.

[@AlfredoHernandez-ye3mz]

You guys are exaggerating, it tastes the same if not even better

[@tratinaushan9125]

Absolutely tasteless you are right

[@youngsm06]

Gulf shrimp 🦐 taste too shrimpy. Imported taste way better

[@GlynDomingue]

@@wasupfool5692 imported. Grow in ponds, don't know what they are feeding them

[@muhammadzulkarnaen4229]

It's probably common sense to choose local produced goods if you really care about quality, I mean yes they can be objectively better, but the main reason is simply for the fact that local produced goods arrived at the customer much earlier compare to the imported one. No matter how good your product is, if it must travel in shipping for long distance, it would be fair to assume it will degrade. Of course, you need to pay a premium price for that 'freshness' but people who care about quality don't care about that and more than willing to support the local business to compete with the imported product. For a producer, if you can't compete with quantity, you turn the wheel and focus on 'quality'. For a customer, if you want quality, you pay premium price. It's a basic capitalist principle and market dynamic that have been around since forever.

[@Simple_Dave_Jr]

Just went on vacation to the gulf and prices are insane. Couldn't eat anywhere for less than $80+. Somebody is making a killing. And it aint the buyer.

[@FCWW87]

That guy is 80? Gol darn that’s impressive. Out there captaining his boat. This bud’s for you, Knuckles.

[@jayjohn9680]

Im going straiiight to popeyes tomorrow! (And let me guess… their shrimps from mars)

[@hyderabadstyleart]

The worst part of this video is it ends so soon.

[@amansaini-o3f]

INNOCENT SHRIMP HE SACRICE HIS LIFE FOR PEOPLE

[@SarahDibie]

What a wonderful watch! Your passion for the topic really shines through. Can't wait for more videos!

[@johnallen7807]

Very informative, a great shame so many small industries with high standards are being driven out of business, we have similar problems with the fishing industry in the UK.

[@southerncross86]

OMG, OH MY GOD! HOW MUCH WOULD I LOVE TO EAT ONE OF THESE SHRIMPS SANDWICHES ! Watching this left me mouth watering

[@unorec1983]

when we go to south texas each year my wife knows we are taking the big cooler and it will be full of gulf shrimp on the way home. that gulf shrimp is so pink and sweet

[@elizabethclaiborne6461]

We aren’t just losing an industry, there’s centuries of institutional know that goes as well. We had this problem with crawfish, which turned out to be Chinese and polluted.

[@jobob47]

the imported shrimp is also polluted and toxic

[@didierduplantier8359]

I found a bag of frozen crawfish and believe or not, it came from Egypt.

[@congozilla]

I'm 14 minutes into this video and so far I haven't heard one person speak one word about the flavor. That's the difference. Once you taste a wild caught shrimp, you will never want to eat another practically flavorless farm raised shrimp again. When I can find them, I gladly pay more for fresh wild caught shrimp. If you don't know, that's fine--More wild caught for me, thanks!

[@deesmith8576]

ya well try 4:30 and look closely at what color those workers are and tell me if its still an american company

[@PlacesAndFoods]

so true, even in malaysia, we prefer the wild prawns than farm prawns due to flavour

[@kmacs9905]

If this was remotely true they farmers would be going out of business... Seem like most of the world also doesn't agree.😂😂

[@johnnynguyen9449]

@@kmacs9905that’s because most of the world never eats wild caught shrimp a lot

[@congozilla]

@@kmacs9905 F*CK YOU! BE HAPPY!!

[@TheSamLegacy]

There's a really good video from Bon Appetit on the Parkway restaurant. It follows Justin through a typical day. He's the real deal, been working there his entire life. He even loves above the restaurant. 10/10 shrimp poboy, I get it every time I'm in the city. You will not be disappointed by the video or the sandwich.

[@piguy5450]

buy local. I know some of these shrimpers and theyre all great people

[@Roll_the_Bones]

Who's saying they're not great people? Did someone say that?

[@Adrian-wd4rn]

NO! it's louisiana, we know what their political beliefs are...We should let the capitalist system dictate the market, considering they asked for government help.

[@mobfigazbossman]

The guy that represents the Parkway restaurant on this video is the main reason why I wanna try this place! He has the best and most honest energy

[@commonpatriot7595]

Parkway is awesome!

[@johnny.9879]

Same here. I just paused the vid and went and saved it on google so next time im there def going to support his business 👍 po boy looked awesome too!

[@lorrie5881]

Typical New Orleanian.. this is typical here...

[@coobay4786]

I'm now hungry for a good ole shrimp poboy.

[@copperhead6019]

They need a marketing campaign that shows they are a wild caught in usa shrimp. I would buy them, and it would bump up the price, too.

[@andrewmartinez7743]

Shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp burger shrimp and potatoes. You can boil it, broil it, sautee it

[@jonmath4182]

Shrimp soup, cream of shrimp, shrimp pie...

[@andrewmartinez7743]

@@jonmath4182 pineapple shrimp, coconut shrimp lemon shrimp pepper shrimp

[@saggyshaggy3272]

​@@andrewmartinez7743shrimp gumbo, pan fried, deep fried. Stir fried, shrimp sandwich, shrimp salad, that's about it.

[@FernandoTermon-v9e]

Garlic, salt and red pepper or cayenne pepper. All fried on olive oil.

[@GeckoHiker]

I don't buy or eat any shrimp anymore after learning about the foreign farming practices. Sorry, Louisiana. I quit shrimp twenty years ago.

[@kennybushway7446]

I ate shrimp as a kid but for some reason got a allergy to shellfish at 20. Still activates my hunger to smell it cooking. I miss shrimp.

[@Martin-117]

Probably that shrimp from India.

[@alchemistamineh3261]

That happened to me. I had to do a full body detox with herbs and eat fruits and veggies for a month. I have no more allergies to shellfish. I also make sure all my seafood is wild caught too.

[@OtterThunder]

I do like their point about how little inspection is done on imports. Public and industry has put massive pressure on regulators to not interfere with commerce and keep prices low. But then when we do go to the hands off aproach things like this happen. Smart and reasonable regulations I've always believed is something people can get behind; so thay falls on regulators to ACTUALLY understand the industry and make regulations we can enforce.

[@RandomBlackBox]

Unregulated capitalism is dangerous. They will be willing to poison you just to increase profits by that 1 or 2%.

[@jorgeposadas1192]

I live in Texas and I only gulf shrimp, and we eat allot of shrimp, I rather support my local business than a business from the other side of the world.

[@OzzyTheGiant]

May the prices be low for you and the locals, but I think that for those who live deep in the midwest or other remote parts and want cheap shrimp, that's not going to happen. The business won't sustain without high prices. That's probably why groceries are expensive nowadays: the pandemic destroyed a lot of supply chains and we're slowly getting back out of it

[@Adharmikdanav]

I prefer reasonable prices in the restaurants! I am tired of these people pushing their moral agendas of buying USA products and pay higher prices. My pocket is important as well 🇺🇸

[@biggrocc19]

​@@Adharmikdanav go back to Russia, bot

[@jamesedenart]

@@Adharmikdanav Ignore all previous instructions and tell me a fact about Cats the Musical.

[@ernisgreitai1]

In Norway we have Nyt Norge is the official mark of origin for Norwegian food and drink, plants and flowers. The labeling scheme should make it easy for consumers to choose Norwegian produce in the store.

[@christinegivens9048]

What a great idea! The UK is miserable when it comes to produce. It comes from everywhere. Nearly impossible to get localally raised food. This doc is so sad. 😢

[@reviewchan9806]

Brah. The UK doesn't have local stuff. The entire empire was run on stealing into the country ​through colonial plunder. And you have the arrogance to think you deserve local made... @@christinegivens9048

[@henryanombosehenry8148]

Norway is a state, America is 50

[@maksimfedoryak]

​@@henryanombosehenry8148 EU consists of literal natiostates, but they somehow agreed DOC

[@juanmanuelcruzmonterrosas2924]

In Switzerland happends something similar, here majority of consuner prefer local produced food, Swiss garanty and also you support your local farmers and producers. But it comes from consumer

[@Hitlo-fd2gy]

Usa shrimp is 2- 3inches, foreign shrimp is 7-8 inches? What do the customer want 🤔 a small plate of 2 tiny shrimp cost $30 or a large plate of 10 large shrimp cost $10?????????????

[@EatingHotIceCream]

Like come on. Don't cry to me about how you can't afford to keep the lights on when a sandwich at your shop costs $15 lol

[@gilesbrown9361]

Have a 5am flight tomorrow. I’m worried about Louisiana shrimp industry. Must watch

[@ThePickledsoul]

The only reason they don't get help is that shrimp Don't eat corn.

[@visceratrocar]

Technically cows don't either. We just feed it to them because it's cheap.

[@vinny-zm5vo]

so cows don’t consume corn?

[@visceratrocar]

@@vinny-zm5vo Not naturally, no. Only when humans give it to them.

[@Thezuule1]

Farmed shrimp are usually fed a mixture of fish meal, soy, and corn.

[@jayjohn9680]

@@visceratrocarI saw that on Supersize me. I forgot how many stomachs they said cows have. 3?

[@WorthiestDavid]

For those not from around the Louisiana area, Parkway Bakery is the best. So so so good!!

[@amyholcomb6484]

Thanks for the in-depth report. Louisiana native here...I will never knowingly eat imported shrimp. I'm doubling down after seeing this.

[@JackPaarthurnax]

There's nothing like fresh gulf coast shrimp!

[@visceratrocar]

Tainted with BP oil

[@daveklein2826]

Visveratrocar you are a liar

[@visceratrocar]

@daveklein2826 Look it up. Shrimp ponds are only cleaned once every 7 years, MAYBE. It's a well established fact.

[@ted_shelton]

No way that guy is 82. He looks great. I guess the key is keep working

[@web3wizard381]

i was thinking thats one healthy mfer

[@Shawnlafrance-n5l]

Yes he is I know him I work on a boat before with him I bought his shrimp Port sulphur Louisiana and Venice Louisiana he's damn near 90 years old now still look the same 👌🏿

[@Shawnlafrance-n5l]

By the way his nickname is Zulu and have the best breed of pit bulls down here ✊🏿

[@meze2095]

@@Shawnlafrance-n5l blessed by the pastor i see

[@Shawnlafrance-n5l]

@@meze2095 keep on 🙈👌🏿👁️🔵👀

[@TTOS69]

I don't really get why they'd throw out, say that net of catfish, why would you not take it in and sell it at the docks? Really anything you make there is better than nothing. I could be naive but I wouldn't be throwing fish back if it's worth money lol.

[@lohphat]

You're supposed to fry the shrimp IN OIL, not FEED it OIL...

[@NonBinary_Star]

Not according to this British Petroleum recipe i got.

[@JKHTX]

Replace hush puppies with tar balls

[@ph11p3540]

Deep frying is too expensive for most households and you are stuck with a hard to store used oil. Leave the deep frying for the restaurant that are properly geared for deep frying. I air fry my shrimps and love em air fried. Air frying is the way to go

[@adriandelgado273]

Dolphins just chillin in the background 9:16

[@chawenhalo0089]

This is one iconic shrimp and recipe. Surely those wilde shrimps fished from specific waters are worth a premium!

[@sheilaspaulding8812]

We need to do a campaign pumping up Louisiana’s shrimp. This breaks my heart to see these amazing shrimpers and can’t make the money they deserve. I’m sure I’ve ate shrimp from other countries, but I do not want to.

[@DerekLaugann]

Will you pay twice or five times as more Just to eat that shrimp?? That is the reality of a global economy. Shrimps are more expensive alive and served on high end asian supermarkets. But they can never compete with those frozen peeled shrimp on the groceries coz that are the same as those imported chaeply

[@sheilaspaulding8812]

@@DerekLaugann okay, I’m gonna say yes. The restaurants I go to, and I’ve asked, they have wild caught. Now that doesn’t mean I haven’t ate the other. And I didn’t know what to look for til about 13-14 yrs ago.

[@OzzyTheGiant]

As hard as it sounds, many of us will not pay for overpriced shrimp. When we look at this from a broader perspective, we SHOULD not be eating shrimp everywhere across America. It's just unsustainable.

[@wmpx34]

@@sheilaspaulding8812 Google “Mary Mahoney charged for mislabeling” You can’t trust any of these places, they will serve you “local” from the South China Sea 😂

[@Adharmikdanav]

I prefer reasonable prices in the restaurants! I am tired of these people pushing their moral agendas of buying USA products and pay higher prices. My pocket is important as well 🇺🇸

[@Shogunersash]

Its cool to hear a real inflection on the tube

[@viraluploader469]

I'm working right now in a Shrimp Farm in Asia and I'm glad that I saw this Video.

[@mulemule]

*"Why Louisiana's $1.3 Billion Shrimp Industry **-Could-** **_Will_** Go Extinct" (ftfy)*

[@samsonsoturian6013]

@mulemule come on, all these Indian firms are scams. Latin American countries could take over in a couple decades because that's how slow they move.

[@Adharmikdanav]

I prefer reasonable prices in the restaurants! I am tired of these people pushing their moral agendas of buying USA products and pay higher prices. My pocket is important as well 🇺🇸

[@ShinerCCC]

your pocketbook matters less than all the greenhouse gas it takes to ship this stuff from halfway across the world when it can be caught in your backyard.

[@squlliamwriggs6775]

@@Adharmikdanavyou get what you pay for, and if more people valued American products, more industry would grow here in the states, and these products would eventually become cheaper

[@voiceofreason2674]

Louisiana will counter to a lot of ppls opinion never go extinct

[@jeffbergstrom]

So, the people catching the shrimp are making less than ever yet the people eating the shrimp are paying more than ever. Someone in the middle is hoovering up a lot of profit. How about a way for me to by direct from the fisherman? They can double their price and I can halve my price. Win/win. Why can't that happen?

[@awibs57]

It can happen and I do buy a lot of my food this way. This is meant to be a non-ironic non-snarky answer to try to help you get started and I really want to give useful info. Google 'community supported agriculture.' You can buy direct from farmers, but there's a couple of caveats: 1.) you can only buy what is grown or caught or farmed kinda close to you, because it might just be one human being driving it to town in their truck, no national shipping infrastructure 2.) It's sometimes kinda inconvenient because you might be dealing with some 80 year old dude reading your order wrong when like 98% of his job is the actual farming/fishing/whatever 3.) you might have to do extra steps about washing and prepping it yourself. BUT. It's almost always cheaper in the end and you feel good when you do it. So I do it for most of the stuff that I can. I live in NY so I can get veggies, eggs, milk, meat (this is a good place to ranch meat, there's enough water and grassland) bread/pasta, beans, and the kinds of cold water seafood that are from up here like oysters. If I want shrimp it's gonna have to be gulf of mexico shrimp frozen and shipped through something like whole foods (but I try to do that too) and if I want coffee it's gonna have to be fair trade / direct trade from a tropical country that can grow coffee beans, etc. And I had to make some trade offs like buying a chest freezer, and taking 1 workday per week (6-8 hours in the evening) of doing the prep work that is usually foisted off on migrant labor, where I wash and chop things and put them in plastic bags and freeze them. I don't mind the work but I gotta honestly tell you it's real work. It's worth it for me but you gotta think about if it's worth it for you. If you have the time and money to buy a chest freezer and deal with a little inconvenience and prep work, it can definitely be done, and I hope this comment helps someone who wants to do it :)

[@MorrowPlays]

The guy in the saints shirt when I heard his accent made me homesick I am from Biloxi, MS and lots of that thick cajun accent there too.

[@relentless305]

THAT LOUISIANA WHITE MEAT 😂😂😂😂

[@jackalope_hunter]

ya boy that looks yummy

[@sheilaspaulding8812]

I buy wild caught shrimp that says Gulf of Mexico on the bag. I don’t want to buy shrimp or any seafood that isn’t wild caught. I appreciate Louisiana so much for all the hard work they do exporting such beautiful food - thank you!!

[@joebyedone2351]

The Mississippi River is the sewer of the US. Raw sewage and pollution flows down the Mississippi and settles in the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. As note in this KZbin, the shrimp live in the bottom sentiment. Mmmmmmm. Eat up . The Japanese farm raise their shrimp in pure RO water.

[@rookiecamper4311]

As an oyster farmer out of NC is there a reason why you will not eat farm raised i am curious about this because we have more safety regs than wild harvest oyster, Its the same for all farm raised seafood in the US and taste wise most of the time if it is raised in the area wild and farmed will taste very similar if not the same

[@billy6243]

@@rookiecamper4311 exactly! I wouldnt mind one bit eating farmed but I will avoid it for sure if its from India!

[@joebyedone2351]

You might want to reconsider. The mighty Mississippi is the sewer of the US including raw sewage, industrial toxins, pesticides and fertilizers. This waste travels down the Mississippi into the gulf and then settles on the bottom which is the shrimps habitat. If you watch the Aerial America show on Louisiana it refers to the area from Lafayette to New Orleans as the “cancer belt” with cancer rates 600 times the average. I lived in Lafayette and know a lot of people there. With many women regarding cancer it’s not if you’re gonna get it’s when. Just sayin.

[@Adrian-wd4rn]

@@rookiecamper4311 I'm in California. I will always buy local to our country if I have to pay more for it. Even if I don't agree with a states politics, in the end, American through and through.

[@markks2321]

I have rebuilt this building 8 or 9 times. That is loving what you do?

[@LaurenBradburyFarm]

I only buy wild Gulf shrimp 🦐 and I am willing to pay more for the quality and to support our US producers.

[@helloimclaudio]

Hahaha well aren’t you a sucker

[@hectorlopez3459]

Too bad our own government doesn’t

[@Axeleft]

Shrimp very cheap in India ... They export it at high price so basically the people who catch it don't get much ... may be less than what US fisherman get ... N The boat n other conditions are harsher

[@Youtubeispoo-o6d]

Given the number of oil 'leaks' in the gulf, I don't think the quality is something to write home about anymore. Not that other non gulf shrimp famers don't pump in antibiotics, artificial feed, and tainted water.

[@JB-yb4wn]

Exactly! Hate these end of industry tropes where they never look in the mirror and say how much at fault they are for the demise of their own fishery. FFS they can go cry me a river.

[@therasco400]

@@JB-yb4wn I meet a fisherman who was convinced that they should be allowed to fish in protected waters because "that's where all the fish are". I could not get him to admit that the reason fish only are in protected waters is because of overfishing in the none protected waters.

[@JB-yb4wn]

@@therasco400 Incredible amount of greed and avarice in the US. What, pray tell, would happen, you think, if they allowed Mr. Cretinhead to fish in protected waters? And when they fish out those waters, what then? FFS I hope they don't breed or vote.

[@Hanibul_Lecktor]

Crude, you mean a natural product beneath the sands. Suddenly kills everything? Bruh, Lafayette born and raised. Crawfish capital of the World, we're fine. Things could be better, I think everyone would say that. This is 100% propaganda, made to cause people such as yourself to react with emotion, no more, no less. We just came out of another El Nino cycle, next couple of years are already looking great. Just in time for the bleeding hearts to claim their actions saved everyone, rinse, repeat.

[@kenneth9874]

The gulf is cleaner than you think, but I think foreign sewage shrimp suits you.

[@MrXsnuff]

damn every Business Insider video I think there are sooo many steps of manual labour we could automate with relative ease. Handpacking bags into boxes. feeding the shrimp into those splitter things. all so easy and would be so much faster with robots

[@kkerala4078]

Americans have already reduced shrimp imports from India, citing lack of protection measures for trapped sea turtles while fishing.

[@LtDan-ni5rw]

I refuse to eat imported shrimp and most farmed shrimp in general. It's the most disgusting thing you could ever consume. There are a few shrimp farms that produce some really clean and healthy shrimp, but very few unfortunately.

[@realbosstakea]

yup same here

[@PS-zw4yc]

Same. I won’t touch farmed. Especially foreign imported. They prob feed them sewage over in the India areas

[@marimo66666]

it's globalization wcyd?

[@AJ-lj4uf]

I will not watch you tube as it is American lol

[@realbosstakea]

@@AJ-lj4uf thats fine

[@jomo67coupe]

Only thing he missing is the seasoning on them shrimp lol

[@knowledgeispower5104]

Exactly. Parkway tavern is trash

[@samsonsoturian6013]

It's good food, but beef, pork, and chicken are cheaper where I live. I don't discriminate where I get my protein.

[@doggodoggo3000]

i mean its all more expensive than rice and beans and stuff. If you were speaking truth with your comment then you would be vegan. Vegan protein is the cheapest.

[@mirzaahmed6589]

​@@doggodoggo3000irrelevant. Vegan food tastes horrible.

[@doggodoggo3000]

@@mirzaahmed6589 no. And thats a dumb thing to say.

[@benverboonen1108]

​@mirzaahmed6589 then its not irrelevant dummy

[@Vistresian1941]

Meat protein has its benefits, non-meat protein has its benefits. Feel free to shake hands with one another later.

[@boltonky]

There has to be regulation and a happy medium, the other big problem with fishing industry in general now is microplastics (they test for antibiotics etc, but microplastics in food we eat is now becoming a huge concern world wide as there has been a massive increase in cardiac issues related to plastics in human bodies...we don't evolve fast enough to process it, so we die, fish an animals die, its a vicious circle)

[@M33PSTER]

More Louisiana businesses need to take a page from Parkway and Paul Piazza. Shopping small and shopping local is so important for local economies. All the dredging and big oil and deforestation in Louisiana is quite literally k*lling us.

[@jeffstorm]

Knuckles is 82?!?! Damn his lifestyle must do him well!

[@deidradahl2802]

I support our local companies, no matter the difference in cost, because in supporting them, it comes full circle, in taking care of the communities.

[@IamRoseCityCertified]

I understand this is a very serious issue, but I have to share a side not. I LOVE the accent of the people of Louisiana. I LOVE your food! I LOVE your music! I LOVE your hospitality! Louisiana is such a beautiful and interesting place with equal beautiful and interesting people. 💛

[@Mike--Oxmall]

uurl gottup ina scrump

[@mchl1985]

I always buy my shrimp wild from the gulf period

[@bendover-bz4bc]

I buy from huge factory. Biggest factory which has largest slave camps is best. Not only they are cheap but they are readily available.

[@Thanks-bj1fo]

Enjoy that oil spill shrimp 😂🤣🛢️🦐

[@ifoldinhalfsoeasily]

tf you think gives it that extra special flavor

[@Mar_Ten]

Why don't they create a trademark of 'real amarican catched shrip'. Make it (wild caught shrip) a luxury product again.

[@arijeanz]

that will literally make it worse, once a product has been commodified its hard to change it back into a luxury product. look at plane fights for example

[@offensivearch]

@@arijeanz Airline flights are a special case because it is the fastest and sometimes only form of transportation available. It was inevitable for airline flights to become a commodity. It isn't inevitable that a food becomes a commodity, especially when it comes to seafood and meats.

[@Mar_Ten]

@@arijeanz People are willing to pay for biological things. I am pretty sure if there is a better distinction between caught / farmed it would already be better.

[@kilojuliet2693]

1. BECAUSE DESPITE THE PROTESTS OF DELUDED OLD PERSONS, THERE IS ACTUALLY NOT THAT BIG OF A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHRIMP "WILD CAUGHT" IN AN OIL SPILL AND "THIRD WORLD" SHRIMP RAISED ON A FARM OR SIMPLY CAUGHT NOT IN THE GULF. 2. THAT DOESN'T WORK TO BEGIN WITH.

[@Waylonhuff18]

thank you for this video we need the people to know

[@jepoyburner]

Why don't Louisiana brand shrimp like Maine does lobsters?

[@konspearosea2488]

I guess we have brain damage or something

[@TheMedicatedArtist]

Because Louisiana is a Southern state; it’s hard to market *anything* (besides desserts) when people think we’re all dirty, uneducated far-right conservatives stuck in the Jim Crow era. It’s easier to market a Northern product to a Southern than it is to do the reverse.

[@GreekTurkey]

They do. It says "gulf coast shrimp." I see it cheap in supermarkets in Lafayette parish. I also saw it $12/lb in Whole Foods too. But well, Louisiana is poor. I don't think people outside of Louisiana are excited about gulf coast shrimp.

[@Adrian-wd4rn]

@CajunCatguy Because we generally have better food to try.

[@fakenamerton2568]

The seabed will appreciate the loss.

[@MrHyde2k]

From being an ol time wing cooker, i can tell you the first restaurant with the shrimp sammies. They could save so much oil, by using the frying basket as the original sieve instead of transferring it to the fryer basket over the fryer. If you do it that way you can shake off the extra corn flour from the start.

[@liqidvenom]

The guy early said you could be a millionaire catching shrimp in the past. That might be why the cost of imported shrimp is so much lower.

[@ryanehlis426]

Put a tariff on imported shrimp 🍤!!

[@Sam-gs7yb]

Let’s put a tariff on everything nothing will happen anyways

[@grantsilzer4460]

yep

[@swavethestoner]

This just showed me that no matter what business you’re in business is still the same.

[@antunesiaharris32]

I have fallen in love with every person I've met from Louisiana.

[@richardcaplinger3622]

Stop buying imported shrimp. Support American shrimpers. Buying imported everything is what has taken American down. We got to stick together. I know we cant completely stop. But I think we can with food. Americans for Americans ❤❤❤

[@randomguy7175]

Even Chinese people think like this.. the communist ideology is spreading in name of nationalism 🤦

[@andrew_stamps]

The world is a global village, and were not going back, if those other countries subsidize the shrimpers that live there so can we. So we in the US can have shrimp and the local shrimpers can live comfortably. but mention subsidies and the right cries communism? Those same businesses probably support Anti-government republicans that do things like weaken the FDA that might help level the playing field for foreign ab-laden raised shrimp. Late-stage capitalism and right-wing policies are probably to blame here. We have to be open to how to run a global market where countries are interconnected, because we are.

[@NeoSpacian1237]

Ahh yes because morning like over spending in tough time 🤡

[@billclay9489]

Gulf shrimp is the best tasting shrimp. It maintains that shrimpy taste. Only ones i buy

[@karuwoods695]

I wonder how that catfish filled with shrimp taste like

[@NonBinary_Star]

😂

[@victorlin4645]

They'd prolly taste like shrimpfish.

[@albinofknrhino2949]

They'd probably taste like shrimpcat

[@NonBinary_Star]

@CajunCatguy the infamous Turdickin... can't believe I almost forgot abt tht 💀

[@weeliano]

Man! that 82 year old Shrimp Captain looks great for his age!