Amid a flood of cheap imports, shrimpers in Alabama's Bayou La Batre are pleading with the Trump administration for steep tariffs.

A deluge of cheap, imported shrimp tanked the economies of small shrimping towns like Bayou La Batre in southern Alabama.

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. (WKRG ... “There’s going to be a section on this project where bay boats can come in and unload their shrimp and sell them straight to the public,” Barnes said.

You may remember from the movie that Forrest's army friend Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue lived in Bayou La Batre. This is the area where Forrest Gump became a shrimp boat captain. Disney also ...