Kimberly Chauvin
Owner, Mariah Jade Shrimp Company
Kim Chauvin has spent 22 years as a fisher, 5 years as a wholesale/retail business owner, and 3 years as a dock owner. She is the fourth generation of fishers in the shrimp trawling business. As part of her work as owner of the Mariah Jade Shrimp Company, she owns three boats: the 73ft. Steel hull Mariah Jade, the 65ft. Steel hull Capt. David, and the 60ft. Steel hull Dusty James.
She is also involved in other shrimp organizations, serving as a board member of Wild American Shrimp, Inc., the Southern Shrimp Alliance, and the Louisiana Shrimp Task Force. She has actively participated in the domestic shrimp industry for the last 16 years in some form or fashion.