Indian shrimp exports to the U.S. totaled more than $2.5 billion in the 2023-24 fiscal year, according to the Indian Ministry of Commerce. Diaa Hadid / NPR / NPR Port workers toss baskets of ice to keep catch fresh at the port of Visakhapatnam. For the past decade, Sita had near-daily shifts in a shrimp processing plant around the corner, in the far-flung suburb of Marikavalasa. Diaa Hadid / NPR / NPR Fishwives sell mounds of dried fish and shrimp at the port of Visakhapatnam, India. Shrimp industry leaders told NPR that the ministry was engaging with them and promising to find them new markets.