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Shrimpers face rising costs and foreign competition on coast
On Saint Helena Island the Gay family says decades of fishing may end as foreign shrimp farms flood US markets. NOAA data show inflation adjusted values and licenses down since the 1980s, with local supply failing to meet even 13 percent of SC consumption.
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