If you listened to the first episode of our new podcast Sea Change, you’ll know that local seafood producers are being outprices by foreign importers. But recently, Congressman Clay Higgins re-introduced legislation that would increase scrutiny on imported seafood, holding them to the same standards that domestic seafood is subject to.

George Barisich, a third generation commercial fisherman, member of the Louisiana Shrimp Association, and president of the United Commercial Fishermen's Association, joins us for more on the potential upsides of this bill.

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