Under new legislation, restaurants prep to post origin country for shrimp

By: Gracie Nelson, The Current

Outlets: Georgia Recorder

Published: August 18, 2026

Words: 1,293

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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Coastal Georgia is known for its hospitality as well as its shrimp-abundant waterways and estuaries. However, not all restaurants along the coast source their seafood from local waters, while allowing people to assume they do.

Foreign imports have flooded the market in the United States, selling farm-raised shrimp for lower prices and making it difficult for local shrimpers to compete.

A new state law, House Bill 117, took effect on July 1, turning the …

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