Tag: Gulf of Mexico

New Orleans Food Truck Travels the Texas Trail Serving Louisiana Hospitality

New Orleans Food Truck Travels the Texas Trail Serving Louisiana  Hospitality

Bringing a food truck into a city known for great food trucks takes a lot of chutzpah, but if one city can pull it off it is definitely New Orleans.

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Serendipity Played Major Role in Seafood Career of GSI’s Bob Gill

Serendipity Played Major Role in Seafood Career of GSI’s Bob Gill

Serendipity has played a major role in Gulf Seafood Institute’s (GSI) board member Bob Gill’s life and career. His first attempt at forestry and wildlife management studies at the University of Maine ended in his second year when he decided to pack his bags and head to the Great Northwest to work on Mt. Hood for the U.S. Department of Forestry.

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Wood’s Fisheries is Unprecedented in Traceability and Sustainability Initiatives

Wood’s Fisheries is Unprecedented in Traceability and Sustainability Initiatives

Bringing origin and quality assurance in the shrimping industry to a whole new level, Florida’s Wood’s Fisheries raises the bar by promoting electronic traceability, sustainability and quality initiatives for all Gulf seafood.

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Deanie’s Serving Certified Authentic Louisiana Wild Seafood

Deanie’s Serving Certified Authentic Louisiana Wild Seafood

For more than 50 years, Deanie’s Seafood Restaurants & Seafood Market have been a leader in serving the best boiled, broiled and fried Louisiana seafood prepared with signature seasonings. A new chapter has been added to this Crescent City seafood purveyor, it is the first restaurant and seafood market in New Orleans to earn the Louisiana Wild Seafood Certification.

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High Prices, Low Production; Gulf Oysters at Zero Population

High Prices, Low Production; Gulf Oysters at Zero Population

From Texas to Florida, the number of oysters harvested in the Gulf is at one of the lowest on record. Three years after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, oyster industry experts have no answers on the cause of the steep decline; especially on public grounds relied upon by commercial fishermen.

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GSI Board Member Corky Perret is International Expert in Marine Fisheries

GSI Board Member Corky Perret is International Expert in Marine Fisheries

William S. “Corky” Perret has experienced large-scale devastation and disaster in Gulf fisheries first hand. He is also one of the few experts having the skills and knowledge to help those fisheries successful recovery time and time again.

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Louisiana Oyster Industry Convention Set for May 2nd

Louisiana Oyster Industry Convention Set for May 2nd

During the past few years the Gulf oysters industry has had to adapted to both man-made and natural challenges. Oystermen from around the State of Louisiana will meet discuss the important issues and challenges currently being faced in the Gulf of Mexico at their annual Louisiana Oyster Industry Convention.

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Gulf Grouper Group Gropes for Stable Sustainable Quota

Gulf Grouper Group Gropes for Stable Sustainable Quota

The popularity of grouper in both recreational and commercial fishing sectors is leading to a showdown between the commercial and recreational fisherman.

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South Atlantic Council Overturns Gulf Council’s Mackerel Fishing Dates

South Atlantic Council Overturns Gulf Council’s Mackerel Fishing Dates

More than a dozen Gulf of Mexico commercial king mackerel fishermen, from as far away as Louisiana, attended South Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s public hearing on management alternatives for king and Spanish mackerel.

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Great American Seafood Cook-0ff Expands to Cover Gulf; GSI Partners with Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, Louisiana Restaurant Association and Gulf Seafood Marketing Coalition

Great American Seafood Cook-0ff Expands to Cover Gulf; GSI Partners with Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, Louisiana Restaurant Association and Gulf Seafood Marketing Coalition

The Great American Seafood Cook-Off expands to begin a new chapter under the leadership of four Gulf seafood institutions.

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Federal Ruling on Allocation Favors Gulf Commercial Red Snapper Fishermen

Federal Ruling on Allocation Favors Gulf Commercial Red Snapper Fishermen

A federal ruling has been handed down that the U.S. government violated the law by failing to properly manage the Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper fishery.

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GSI Partners with Center for Sustainable Fisheries and National Fisherman on Magnuson-Stevens Discussion

GSI Partners with Center for Sustainable Fisheries and National Fisherman on Magnuson-Stevens Discussion

The Gulf Seafood Institute, the Center for Sustainable Fisheries and National Fisherman will hold a public workshop at the Embassy Suites on reauthorizing the Magnuson-Stevens Act.

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Galveston Re-opens to Vessel Traffic, Oil Still Being Cleaned Up

Galveston Re-opens to Vessel Traffic, Oil Still Being Cleaned Up

Fishing operations have been greatly reduced in Galveston Bay over the past few days due to channel restrictions as works continues to contain a spill that occurred when a barge carrying almost 1 million gallons of heavy oil collided with a ship near Houston.

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Misinformation Spreads in War of Words Over Gulf Red Snapper Allocation

Misinformation Spreads in War of Words Over Gulf Red Snapper Allocation

Misinformation has spread in both traditional and online media about the current proposed Red Snapper allocation change under consideration by the Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council.

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Roosevelt Conservation Partnership D.C. Link For Recreational Gulf Fishermen

Roosevelt Conservation Partnership D.C. Link For Recreational Gulf Fishermen

The goal of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, which is involved in lobbying and advocacy for 37 partners including saltwater sportfishing groups, is to “guarantee all Americans quality places to hunt and fish by uniting and amplifying our partners’ voices to strengthen federal policy and funding.”

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