Information regarding PPP Loans
Beginning today, January 11, 2021, PPP loans are again made widely available to fishing and shoreside small businesses and other eligible entities in the shrimp industry. SBA will begin by processing ‘first draw’ applications (see below). PPP loans provide an important source of financial relief from the impacts of the pandemic on the shrimp industry. They are relatively easy to apply […]
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Issues Withhold Release Order Barring Imports from Fishing Vessel
In the context of the $6.5 billion worth of shrimp imported into the United States from all over the world in 2017, the $4.6 million in shrimp we imported from Myanmar (Burma) that year was just a small drop in a huge ocean. But $4.6 million worth of shrimp is still a lot of shrimp. And it was a substantial jump up […]