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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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Gulf Seafood Institute’s Jim Gossen Joins SXSW Fishery Bycatch Panel

Gulf Seafood Institute’s Jim Gossen Joins SXSW Fishery Bycatch Panel

As the 2016 South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival returns to Austin for the 30th time, the interactive incubator of cutting-edge technologies and digital creativity portion will feature five days of compelling presentations and panels from the brightest minds, including the Gulf Seafood Institute’s Texas Board Member Jim Gossen who will join three other presenters on a panel discussion on seafood by catch.

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For Sabrina Galloway Shrimping Is Still a Part of Her Life, Even After Father’s Death

For Sabrina Galloway Shrimping Is Still a Part of Her Life, Even After Father’s Death

Trapped in the engine room of her father’s capsized shrimp boat for more than four hours while struggling to stay alive with her father’s lifeless body somewhere beneath the murky waters of Galveston Bay, 19-year-old Sabrina Galloway has good reason to hate her father’s boat, hate shrimping, hate Galveston Bay and hate a passion that has been a part of her life since a little girl.

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