June 23, 2026 — Following the legislation’s passage in the U.S. House, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi) has introduced a version of the Save Our Shrimpers Act in the U.S. Senate.
The bill would instruct the U.S.’ representatives at international financial institutions like the World Bank or the Asian Development Bank to vote against funding for shrimp farming projects in other nations. The U.S. domestic shrimp industry has expressed frustration over the years that those institutions – which are supported with U.S. tax dollars – have supported foreign shrimp enterprises that ostensibly compete with their own product.