As summer approaches, fear and intrigue is building in south Louisiana over the latest menace prowling the waters of the Gulf of Mexico: the tiger shrimp. Last year, mainly in the summer and fall, ...

BILOXI, Mississippi -- Commercial and recreational shrimp fishermen are being asked by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources to aid in the on-going process to watch for Asian tiger shrimp, an ...

Do not be alarmed, but the cannibal shrimp invasion has begun. The influx of the jumbo-sized shrimp (which look more like a small lobster than the little pink crustaceans you see at the grocery store) ...

The invasive Asian tiger shrimp, which can grow as long as a human forearm and weigh as much as eleven ounces, has gained a foothold in Gulf of Mexico waters. Photo by Ryan Werner In the coastal town ...

They're big and they're invasive.So the question begs: How do they taste? The large tiger shrimp popping up in Louisiana waters taste similar to lobster, and a bit more chewy and firmer than Louisiana ...

BATON ROUGE — State wildlife and fisheries officials are asking shrimp harvesters to report catches of Asian tiger prawns. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says there is little known ...

Giant tiger prawns from southeast Asia may be gaining a foothold in the Gulf of Mexico, threatening to push out prized native shrimp and spread disease. More of the tiger prawns — a sudden increase ...

NEW ORLEANS - A big increase in reports of Asian tiger shrimp along the U.S. Southeast coast and in the Gulf of Mexico has federal biologists worried the species is encroaching on native species' ...

New Orleans-- A big increase in reports of Asian tiger shrimp along the U.S. Southeast coast and in the Gulf of Mexico has federal biologists worried the species is encroaching on native species' ...

BROWNSVILLE — When the shrimp boat Captain Wallace pulled into port last week, it carried something sinister in its catch: a nearly 11-inch black tiger shrimp. Characterized by their super size and ...