Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a small fishing village near Mobile and Dauphin Island. Known as the seafood capitol of Alab ...

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These same imports had decimated the economy in Bayou La Batre in recent years, as the small fishing town couldn't compete with the influx of cheap farmed shrimp ... lines of boats and trucks ...

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala.—Investors are losing trillions. Corporate leaders are sweating. Consumers are stockpiling. But in a tiny bayou town dotted with marshes, the shrimpers are celebrating Presid ...

In Bayou La Batre and small shrimping towns like it, the economy has cratered in recent years on the back of a deluge of cheap, farmed shrimp. Fishermen unable to sell their shrimp to break even on ...

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala.—Investors are losing trillions ... labor and supplies have had to tie up their boats. Supply shops, seafood processors, marine technicians and others in the industry ...

Meanwhile, the Bayou La Batre’s Utilities Board reports it responded ... waters for recreational purposes should exercise caution. Seafood harvested in these areas should be thoroughly cooked.

It has been four months since Henry Barnes, the mayor of Bayou La Batre, a struggling fishing village in southern Alabama, wrote to Trump for help. A flood of cheap imported shrimp is killing ...