Marketing the superior quality of Louisiana's seafood is vital to distinguish it from lower-priced imports in the marketplace, industry members said as they opened the Louisiana Fisheries Summit in Houma on Wednesday.
“Imported shrimp is more of a commodity. I think domestic shrimp is more of a luxury,” Don Schwab, who runs the Bayou Barataria Foods seafood processing company in Lafitte, told the more than 300 fishers, suppliers and processors in attendance. “Domestic should always be like that fine wine.
“…The difference is the quality, and people can taste the quality. We can be that $500 bottle of wine.”
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