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Congressmen Graves And Carl Ask USDA To Renew Domestic Shrimp Purchase

Congressmen Graves And Carl Ask USDA To Renew Domestic Shrimp Purchase

U.S. Congressmen Garret Graves of Louisiana and Jerry Carl of Alabama recently sent a letter to Thomas Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, requesting the department once again purchase Gulf shrimp under Section 32 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act to be donated to schools, the underprivileged and disaster relief groups.

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USDA Announces $50 Million Seafood Industry Pandemic Grants for States

USDA Announces $50 Million Seafood Industry Pandemic Grants for States

Approximately $50 million in grants to support seafood processors, processing facilities and processing vessels through the Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Block Grant Program (SPRS) will come from the The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).  This funding is linked to COVID and the pandemic’s impact on the fishing industry.Louisiana Seafood Processors are slated to receive $4.2 million of the available funds.

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Louisiana Seafood Economic Damage Assessment Opens Door For U.S. Seafood To Assess Treatment in Disasters

Louisiana  Seafood Economic Damage Assessment Opens Door For U.S. Seafood To Assess Treatment in Disasters

The recently released Infrastructure, Revenue and Resource Losses to Louisiana Fisheries From the Hurricanes of 2020 and 2021 report is historic. “This gives us a golden opportunity to correct a problem that’s longstanding, how the marine industry, particularly the seafood industry is treated in disasters,” said Dr. David Veal, director of the American Shrimp Processors Association.

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