What DNA tests reveal about shrimp served at Galveston, Texas restaurants [Video]

GALVESTON, Texas — When you go to a seafood restaurant in Galveston you might think you’re eating Gulf shrimp. You’re probably not.

Researchers contracted to test the shrimp served at restaurants in Galveston and Kemah found what customers are eating is more likely to be imported from outside of the country than caught in the Gulf of Mexico.

SeaD Consulting, the company that performed DNA tests on the shrimp served at 44 randomly selected restaurants is calling its findings a case of massive consumer fraud.

Shrimpers say the competition from cheaper, farm-raised imported shrimp has driven down the price per pound of Gulf shrimp so much, they are losing money each time they put gas in their boats.

“There used to be 300 boats in Galveston, now there’s seven or eight,” says Nikki Johnson-Kunz. “It’s sad. It’s just really sad.”

Nikki Johnson-Kunz, also known as the “Shrimp Diva,” married into a family of Galveston shrimpers …