U.S. shrimp market ‘still a mess’

We’ve yet to see the full impact of higher shrimp prices on consumers, as supplies remain tight, prices stay high and buyers keep waiting for a solution to the early mortality syndrome (EMS) disease in Thailand. The CEO of one East Coast seafood supplier says the situation is “still a mess” with “not too many lights at the end of the tunnel.”

“Many items are priced out of the market,” the CEO said, adding wild Mexican shrimp prices are too high to the point he can’t buy it and mak


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