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Ed Lallo is the editor of Gulf Seafood News and CEO of Newsroom Ink, an online brand journalism agency. He is also owner of Lallo Photography based in Chapel Hill, NC.

Paul Prudhomme, Big Easy Chef Who Led Cajun Cooking Revolution, Dead at 75

Paul Prudhomme, Big Easy Chef Who Led Cajun Cooking Revolution, Dead at 75

Paul Prudhomme, the New Orleans beloved celebrity chef responsible for turning a once underulitized Gulf fish into one of the most popular in the world, died Thursday, October 8th in his beloved Crescent City.

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Sea Grant Pubs Focus on the Deepwater Horizon Impact on Gulf Fisheries

Sea Grant Pubs Focus on the Deepwater Horizon Impact on Gulf Fisheries

Two new oil spill science outreach publications have been released from the Sea Grant Oil Spill Science Outreach Team. They focus on fishery landing and disasters and the impact of the BP Deepwater Horizon spill on Gulf seafood.

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Gulf’s First Oyster Farmer Continues to Grow

Gulf’s First Oyster Farmer Continues to Grow

Steve Crockett planted the first off-bottom oysters in the Gulf as a reef restoration projects for the Mobile Bay National Estuary program. Fifteen years later Point Aux Pins Oysters is one of the largest Gulf off-bottom oyster operations supplying restaurants and grocery chains across the South.

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GSI’s Newest Member Jennifer Young is International Seafood Safety Specialist

GSI’s Newest Member Jennifer Young is International Seafood Safety Specialist

Sitting on a beach enjoying the sunset has been a perk enjoyed by Jennifer Young during her last seven years as a food safety specialist based in Hawaii, but in her heart she missed the bayous of Louisiana and the Gulf seafood she enjoyed.

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First Major Gulf Oyster Hatchery Revs Up Production on Grand Isle

First Major Gulf Oyster Hatchery Revs Up Production on Grand Isle

The recently opened Mike Voisin Oyster Hatchery may not face the same exposure to the elements as the old, but instead face new challenges both manmade and natural.

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Granger Family Committed to Quality Gulf Shrimp and Shrimpers

Granger Family Committed to Quality Gulf Shrimp and Shrimpers

Selling shrimp from a shop in the back of their house in Maurice, LA, Al and Cheryl Granger are on a mission to elevate the quality of shrimping in the Gulf, as well as educate consumers on why it is important to buy Gulf shrimp.

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Off-Bottom Caged Oysters Rise to Top In Louisiana

Off-Bottom Caged Oysters Rise to Top In Louisiana

The Aristocrat, Caminada Bay, Beauregard and Champagne Bay oysters are changing the playing field for a Gulf oyster industry in decline since Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon spill. These Louisiana oysters join others in Alabama as the first commercial success stories for farm raised oysters grown in off-bottom cages; breathing new life into the industry.

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Homeland Security Commissioner Kerlikowske Meets With Gulf Seafood

Homeland Security Commissioner Kerlikowske Meets With Gulf Seafood

Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske listened earlier this week as members of the Gulf seafood and business communities expressed concerns over H2B visa issues, international seafood safety and testing, international food coding and other issues.

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Gulf Council Shifts Red Snapper Quota From Commercial to Recreational Sector

Gulf Council Shifts Red Snapper Quota From Commercial to Recreational Sector

In a highly contested vote, the Gulf Council voted to remove snapper quota from the commercial fishery while allocating additional quota to the recreational sector.

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GSI Opens Membership As Influence Grows

GSI Opens Membership As Influence Grows

After a very successful two-year Founding Member period, GSI is now initiating its standing, long-term dues structure recently approved by the Board of Directors. With this new dues structure, GSI will be well positioned to solicit new members as the organization continues to grow in numbers and scope.

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Texas Attorney General Files Oyster Lawsuit Against Chambers Liberty County Navigation District and STORM

Texas Attorney General Files Oyster Lawsuit Against Chambers Liberty County Navigation District and STORM

Storm clouds circling Galveston Bay have collided releasing what promises to be a hurricane of paperwork, legal wrangling and an inevitable end to the “Battle for the Bay” that has for more than a year compromised oyster production, damaged businesses and hurt the American oyster consumer.

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Finalists Selected for Florida’s Gulf Coast Innovation Challenge

Finalists Selected for Florida’s Gulf Coast Innovation Challenge

An Innovation Challenge open to individuals, institutions, governments, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit businesses to benefit Florida’s Gulf Coast communities, marine science industry, and Blue Economy has announced five finalists.

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TV Production Company Searches for Multi-Generational Fishing Family

TV Production Company Searches for Multi-Generational Fishing Family

Are you a hardworking commercial fishing family determined to keep your way of life alive? If so an award winning production company developing a documentary reality series about multi-generational fishing families is looking for you.

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GSI Leads Support Preserving Access to Gulf Red Snapper for All Americans

GSI Leads Support Preserving Access to Gulf Red Snapper for All Americans

Members of the Gulf Seafood Institute (GSI) have joined representatives from across the national seafood supply chain to continue educating key Members of Congress on the importance of preserving federal management of the commercial and charter-for-hire red snapper fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Gulf Oil Spill Science Outreach Answers Unanswered Questions

Gulf Oil Spill Science Outreach Answers Unanswered Questions

A new oil spill science outreach program now allows Gulf Sea Grant specialists to examine what types of information these target audiences need and develop tailor-made solutions providing answers to these unanswered questions.

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