Senators approve requiring shrimp advertised as local to come from SC’s shores

By: Skylar Laird

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: April 30, 2026

Words: 580

Last Updated: 2 months, 4 weeks ago

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COLUMBIA — When diners at a South Carolina restaurant order shrimp advertised as local, that should be their guarantee the crustaceans were caught off this state’s coast, senators said in passing a bill meant to cut down on what some called shrimp fraud.

Under the bill the Senate approved unanimously Thursday, restaurants and bars could tell patrons their shrimp is local only if they’re actually harvested off South Carolina’s shores.

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