Crustacean controversy; Shrimpers sue restaurants allegedly serving fraudulent shrimp

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Charleston shrimpers are saying they’ve had enough. They’re accusing more than 40 restaurants of selling fraudulent shrimp, imported, mislabeled, and passed off as local catch. Now, those shrimpers are taking their battle to court, filing a legal injunction that could shake the industry to its core.

Gedney M. Howe IV, Attorney for the South Carolina Shrimpers Association, said, “everything that we are doing is with the goal of legacy and longevity, that’s what we’re working towards.”

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