August 1, 2019

US shrimp industry mover Elaine Knight passes away at 78

Elaine Walker Knight, hailed as one of the pillars of the US shrimp industry, has passed away. She was 78.

Knight was a founding director of the Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) and also served two terms as its president. She died on July 15, the SSA announced.

Knight was also a founding director and the first president of Wild American Shrimp Inc., the shrimp industry's first national marketing initiative.  

"The shrimp industry has lost one of its most formidable and capable advocates with the untimely passing of Elaine Knight," said John Williams, SSA's executive director. 

"Miss Elaine was a rock-solid pillar of our industry to whom we all owe a huge debt of appreciation and gratitude."