Odds are in Lake Charles, You're Getting the Reel Deal on the Plate

Interviews Available Upon Request*

*Other available interviews upon request: 

Andrew Blanchard, Shrimp Processor, Vice-chairman of the Louisiana Shrimp Task Force

Cheri Blanchard, a Louisiana Board Director for the Southern Shrimp Alliance

Dana Honn, Founder of the Louisiana Shrimp Festival/Shrimp Aid, New Orleans, Louisiana

Doug Olander, Owner of Big D Seafood Fishing Dock and Commercial Fisherman, New Iberia, Louisiana

Jeremy Zirlott, Boat Owner and Processor, Bayou La Batre, Alabama 

Sources: 

Testing Report  (Lake Charles, 5/7/25-5/8/25)

Seafood Labeling Laws State-by-State 

Find U.S. Wild-Caught Shrimp 

Scientists' testing detects fake shrimp labeling

Simplified Methodology of restaurant selection 

FTC Letter Warns Against Deceptive Marketing Practices in Seafood Restaurants 

https://lailluminator.com/2024/09/30/testing-finds-mostly-foreign-shrimp-at-louisiana-shrimp-petroleum-festival/

Business Insider “Why Louisiana’s $1.3 Billion Shrimp Industry Could Go Extinct 

Florida State University

Southern Shrimp Alliance

Nationalfisherman

Seafoodsource

Intrafish

NOAA Fisheries