Shrimp Tales

  • American Shrimp Processors Association Launches Trade Petitions Addressing Unfair Dumping and Illegal Subsidies

    Read additional information about the trade petitions, including public copies of ASPA filings. Today, the American Shrimp Processors Association (ASPA) filed trade petitions seeking antidumping duties on imported frozen warmwater shrimp from Ecuador and Indonesia and countervailing duties on imported shrimp from Ecuador, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam. The U.S. shrimp market has been overwhelmed by…

    Read More October 25, 2023
  • Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Ensure the Availability of Healthy and Safe American Shrimp

    WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Garret Graves (Louisiana) and Kathy Castor (Florida) introduced legislation to stop unsafe, illegally-produced shrimp from reaching consumers. Much of the shrimp that flood the U.S. market are foreign, farmed seafood packed with illegal antibiotics or are products of illegal fishing operations. These low-quality and illegally-sourced shrimp are sold at artificially low…

    Read More August 31, 2023
  • Wild American Shrimp® Announces Chef of the Year Winners 2022

    November 3, 2022, BILOXI, Mississippi – Wild American Shrimp®, the American Shrimp Processors Association (ASPA)’s marketing program for wild-caught Gulf and South Atlantic Shrimp, has announced the winners of the 2022 Chef of the Year Awards: Chef Carl “Flavor” Stanton for “Hometown Chef,” Chefs Adam and Tommy Waller for “Influencer Chef,” and Chef Armando Vasquez for…

    Read More November 3, 2022
  • Wild American Shrimp® Chef of the Year Awards Program Expands, Call for 2022 Nominations Announced

    Nominations Must Be Submitted Online by Friday, October 21, 2022 BILOXI, Miss., Oct. 1, 2022 – Wild American Shrimp® and the American Shrimp Processors Association (ASPA),representing the wild-caught Gulf and South Atlantic shrimp industry, are calling for nominations for the 2022 Chef of the Year Awards. This year, the annual Chef of the Year Awards program…

    Read More October 4, 2022
  • Monte Sheffield Named 2020 Wild American Shrimp® Chef of the Year

    October 30, 2020, BILOXI, Mississippi – Wild American Shrimp®, the American Shrimp Processors Association (ASPA)’s marketing program for wild-caught Gulf and South Atlantic Shrimp, has named Chef Monte Sheffield, Chef/Owner of Palmer’s Restaurant Bar & Courtyard in San Marcos, Texas, as its 2020 Chef of the Year. Chef Sheffield will reign for the next year as…

    Read More October 30, 2020
  • Wild American Shrimp Announces Call for 2020 Chef of the Year Nominations

    Wild American Shrimp Announces Call for 2020 Chef of the Year Nominations Nominations Must Be Submitted Online by Wednesday, October 21st October 2, 2020, BILOXI, Mississippi – Wild American Shrimp®, the American Shrimp Processors Association (ASPA)’s marketing program for wild-caught Gulf and South Atlantic Shrimp, announces a call for nominations for 2020 Chef of the Year….

    Read More October 2, 2020
  • David Guas Announced as 2019 Wild American Shrimp Chef of the Year

    October 25, 2019, BILOXI, Mississippi – In the third year of annual award, Wild American Shrimp®, the American Shrimp Processors Association (ASPA)’s marketing program for wild-caught Gulf and South Atlantic Shrimp, named Chef David Guas, Chef/Owner of Bayou Bakery Coffee Bar & Eatery in Arlington, Virginia, as its 2019 Chef of the Year. Chef Guas…

    Read More October 25, 2019
  • 2019 ASPA Chef of the Year Nominations

    Wild American Shrimp®, the American Shrimp Processors Association (ASPA)’s marketing program for wild-caught Gulf and South Atlantic Shrimp, announces a call for nominations for 2019 Chef of the Year. Out of 38 Chef Advocates who represent Wild American Shrimp®, only one can be named the “Admiral of Advocacy” for ASPA each year. To be named Chef…

    Read More September 10, 2019