Nebraska fish and shrimp farmers swim against challenging tides

Nebraska fish and shrimp farmers swim against challenging tides

Emma Croteau, Flatwater Free Press Shrimp don’t have eyelids, so when Nolan Wellensiek turns off the lights in his repurposed machinery shed outside Cook, the sudden change prompts them to flip to escape what they perceive to be a predator. He often has to walk around his 15,000-gallon tank, cellphone flashlight in hand, to retrieve the shrimp that jumped out. Wellensiek has been raising Pacific white shrimp since he was a junior in high school.…