Southern Shrimp Alliance Applauds Introduction of the Save Our Shrimpers Act
The proposed legislation stems from concerns raised by the Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) last year in A Crisis of Our Own Making, a research report cataloging the role played by international financial institutions, like the World Bank, in the creation of excess shrimp aquaculture capacity. U.S. taxpayers help fund development programs through international financial institutions, including billions of dollars invested in foreign shrimp aquaculture. …