Shem Creek Outpost · Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
← The Outpost
A position, printed on a shirt.
I Love Local Shrimp
SCO Provisions · Tee № 001
The official tee of people with strong feelings about where their shrimp came from. Olive print, heather white, Shem Creek forever.
$32
The Story
We Put It In Writing
There is a certain kind of shrimp cocktail, served at a certain kind of restaurant, that came frozen on a boat from somewhere very far from here. We are not going to name names. We are simply going to point out that Shem Creek has its own fleet, its own dock, its own brown and white shrimp seasons, and a perfectly serviceable boulevard for driving over to buy them. This shirt does not solve the problem. It does, however, put the wearer on the correct side of it. Pair it with a cold beer, a paper basket, and the willingness to ask your server one specific question.
The Particulars
Cut, cloth & care
- Material
- 100% ring-spun cotton, 5.5 oz, pre-shrunk
- Color
- Heather white with olive print
- Fit
- Classic unisex — roomy in the body, true to size
- Water-based screen print, soft hand
- Care
- Cold wash, tumble low, hang it on the porch
- Printed in
- Charleston, S.C. — for Shem Creek Outpost
Why it matters
The Actual Stakes
About ninety percent of the shrimp eaten in this country is imported, most of it farmed overseas. Meanwhile the South Carolina fleet — Shem Creek, McClellanville, Port Royal — keeps shrinking, boat by boat, season by season. The math is not complicated. When the local boats stop being a paying business, they stop being a business. The shirt is a shirt. The choice it gestures at is the part that matters.
Imported
~90%
Share of shrimp eaten in the U.S. that arrives from somewhere else.
S.C. Fleet
Shrinking
Boat by boat, season by season, along the lowcountry coast.
The ask
One question
Ask your server where the shrimp came from. That’s the start.