At the same time, the 52-year-old Gale, who has been shrimping since he was 12, said he’s worried that whatever benefits the industry stands to gain from Trump’s initial tariff proposals will get bargained away when countries start negotiating with the administration. Even if tariffs beneficial to the local shrimp industry were to survive the negotiations that lay ahead, the industry has shrunk to such an extent in recent years that U.S. shrimpers wouldn’t be able to take the place of these foreign suppliers anytime soon. Last season, local shrimpers suffered under the twin burden of high prices for fuel and low prices for shrimp, making it “hard to find people to work,” recalled Boone, captain of “The Little Man.”