South Carolina Shrimper says Trump’s fees will offer ‘immediate relief’ for industry

A shrimp in South Carolina told Fox News on Friday that President Donald Trump’s fees It will provide “immediate relief” for a shrimp industry that has been “killed by imports” for decades.

The owner of the Craig Reave sea sea told the “America’s Reports” that so much from the industry is being transferred to Southeast Asia, Ecuador, India and South America, while American fishing is “crushed”.

“I’m an eternal shrimp. My dad was a shrimp, so we are generating fishermen and we were killed by imports not only for years, but literally decades,” Reave said. “So we have suffered iNduSTRyWho is dying. We have transferred outside our entire industry. Ninety -four percent of the shrimp consumed in the United States are imported. ”

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Reaves said the shrimp imported from other countries have not necessarily set up in better environments than shrimp in the United States.

“They are a product raised in the pond, set up on the farm. They don’t care about the environment in Southeast Asia,” he said. “They are destroying ecosystems, mangroves to introduce into these ponds. They are using illegal hormones and antibiotics. They are using forced labor, slave work.

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Sea Owner CJ Craig Reaves spoke to “America’s Reports” about how President Donald Trump’s tariffs will help the shrimp industry. (Craig Reaves)

The business owner in South Carolina explained that the fulfillment of industry requirements Locally it would not be possible due to lost infrastructure, but it is hope that “the help is on the way”.

“In the seafood industry, we have been destroyed for decades,” he said. “So we have lived under pressure and pain, and I think this short -term pain is in the end if we can save our industry. Unfortunately, we have transferred a lot to the United States. We have to bring it home.”