While shrimp want Higher rates, others in the seafood industry have opposed them. The governor of Maine has expressed concern about the reprisals of Canada, the largest commercial partner. The National Fisheries Institute, a commercial association, also distrusts seafood tariffs, and points out that they could cause inflation.
John Sackton, an industry analyst who directs a publication called Seafood Source, cited a recent survey that shows that consumers are more likely to reduce restaurant meals and buy less expensive groceries when they try to spend less.
“We depend on people hitting the seafood counter instead of walking,” he said. “If this economic wind against the seafood will hurt a lot.”
Regardless of what happens with tariffs, it could soon be reached for Bayou la Bolre, since another main industry, naval construction, will grow. An expansion of the shipyard is expected to believe 136 jobs in the coming years.
Standing on the porch of his network store, an old church, Barnes said he says so that things improve for shrimp. He believes he will have to do on Wednesday.
“People are going to be happy or sad one or the other,” he said. “I hope we are some of the happy people.”
