Source: Cullen Browder, WRAL, 5/26/21

 Fresh and local are huge selling points for seafood, but when you buy fish or shellfish from local grocery stores and markets, are you getting what you’re paying for? "People want Carolina shrimp. It’s that simple," said Doug Cross, co-owner of Pamlico Packing, which gets locally caught seafood to North Carolina plates. "Our shrimp, most of them, are caught in a more brackish environment in the Pamlico Sound, which is one of the best places in the world to grow a shrimp," Cross said.

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