Gulf shrimpers want help from congress as fuel costs climb

Acy Cooper eats lunch out of his pickup truck at the Myrtle Grove Marina in Port Sulphur, La. on Friday, May 15, 2026. Cooper had just returned to the marina after a shift ferrying oil rig workers from offshore platforms — a job he

The declining number of Gulf shrimpers who are still in business are now struggling as gas prices rise and competition with cheaper imports remains high.

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