Asia Trade Deal Unites US Gulf & Vietnamese Shrimpers In Worry

Savun Sim looked dejected as a large plastic vacuum hose sucked 2,600 pounds of wild Gulf of Mexico shrimp from his trawler's ice hold.

With dock prices at their lowest since 2009, pressured by a flood of cheap imports from shrimp farms across Asia, Sim said he would barely cover the cost of fuel for his two-day voyage at the far reaches of the Mississippi Delta.

The Cambodian immigrant got 75 cents a pound for his mid-size shrimp – less than half last year's price – from the Ditcharo Seafood dock in Buras, Louisiana.

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