Mississippi shrimpers are concerned for their livelihoods following a Supreme Court ruling that blocked President Trump’s sweeping tariffs.

According to local reports, boats in the state are stuck on the docks in large part due to what Bosarge Boats COO Leann Bosarge calls an unfair trade system benefitting international business in the industry rather than American workers.

“They’re using slave labor and child labor, and they’re putting chemicals in these shrimps that are banned here in the United States,” Bosarge said. “That unsustainable, unethical fishery overseas is what’s putting us out of business.”

In the shrimping industry, Bosarge described the tariffs as a way to “level the playing field” and said that her company is completely fine with having competition.

Bosarge said she’s confident customers would choose American shrimp with a fair market, but that without the regulations, it’s not a fair battle.

“We’re perfectly fine with competition from overseas, as long as it’s a fair fight,” Bosarge said. “You give us a fair fight in this country as fishermen, and we’ll win every day.”

After SCOTUS ruled on Trump’s sweeping tariffs, Trump imposed a temporary import duty under section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 in the meantime.

Without a permanent tariff alternative, many fisherman are facing the possibility of having to close up shop entirely.