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Coastal Louisiana’s Shrimp Industry’s Historic Connection to the Pacific Rim Enshrined in New Book

Coastal Louisiana’s Shrimp Industry’s Historic Connection to the Pacific Rim Enshrined in New Book

Coastal Louisiana’s historic connection to the Pacific Rim endures is enshrined in a new book by Carl A. Brasseaux and Donald W. Davis – ASIAN-CAJUN FUSION: SHRIMP FROM THE BAY TO THE BAYOU.  The book illustrates the history of the Asian influence on Louisiana’s shrimping industry.

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Louisiana Seafood Leaders Come Together After Hurricane Ida To Pave a Path Forward

Louisiana Seafood Leaders Come Together After Hurricane Ida To Pave a Path Forward

For almost two hours Louisiana’s seafood leaders from all sectors of the industry gathered via zoom, mobile phones at restaurants or in cars, and in a conference room in Baton Rouge to discuss the damage of Hurricane Ida’s wrath on the State’s seafood industry.  The consensus; the hurricane laid a path of destruction that has crippled almost every sector.

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Coastal Acadiana Seafood Supply Chain Study Reveals Obstacles and Opportunities

Coastal Acadiana Seafood Supply Chain Study Reveals Obstacles and Opportunities

A comprehensive seafood supply chain study of Louisiana’s St. Mary, Iberia, and Vermilion Parishes highlights obstacles and opportunities for an area battered by an array of environmental disasters, economic losses and competition from imports.  The study confirmed what the seafood industry in those parishes, as well as all along the entire Gulf coast, have speculated for years; without a unified voice and aligned economic development at all government levels, Gulf seafood is in trouble, big trouble.

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Red Swamp Crawfish Withdrawn from Injurious Wildlife Petition to U.S. FWS

Red Swamp Crawfish Withdrawn from Injurious Wildlife Petition to U.S. FWS

An effort to include Louisiana’s red swamp crawfish among 43 new “Injurious Wildlife” species under the Lacey Act has been withdrawn until more analysis can be done on the bayou staple, according to the organization that filed the federal petition.

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Certified Seafood: Going deep with Audubon G.U.L.F.

Certified Seafood: Going deep with Audubon G.U.L.F.

Labels. They remind us to sort 100% cotton shirts from polyester blends, and warn about excessive calories in our snacks. So what sort of information can labels provide consumers who want to navigate the world of sustainable seafood? “The devil is in the details,” said Jim Gossen, founder of Louisiana Seafoods, a respected seafood buyer […]

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Seafood Important Part of Louisiana Congressman Boustany’s Heritage

Seafood Important Part of Louisiana Congressman Boustany’s Heritage

In the U.S. Congress, Dr. Charles William Boustany, Jr. has always been a champion for the Gulf seafood community. The five-term Congressman serving south central Louisiana grew up with Gulf seafood playing an important part of his family life, and he works tirelessly to ensure that it remains an important part of Louisiana and the Gulf’s culture.

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Lance Nacio, Alligator Hunter

Lance Nacio, Alligator Hunter

Lance Nacio was raised surrounded by alligators. He now returns each year to a lease a few hundred yards from where he was raised, to harvest the large semiaquatic reptile during the state’s annual gator season.

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