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Bringing a Taste of Louisiana to China While Stimulating Business Back Home

Bringing a Taste of Louisiana to China While Stimulating Business Back Home

A contingent from the Terrebonne Parish Economic Development Authority is in Weihai, China, a port city on the north coast of the Shandong Peninsula. Its mission? To explore further economic development opportunities around seafood and other industries.

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Seafood Board’s Credible Media Voice Takes New Job at Wildlife and Fisheries

Seafood Board’s Credible Media Voice Takes New Job at Wildlife and Fisheries

Given everything that’s been reported about Louisiana Seafood, what makes for good media relations? Without hesitation, for the past five years it has been the honesty and credibility of the board’s manger of communications, Ashley Roth.

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SeafoodSource.com: Gulf Shrimp Prices Soar on Disease Scare, CVDs

SeafoodSource.com:  Gulf Shrimp Prices Soar on Disease Scare, CVDs

Prices on Gulf of Mexico brown shrimp are rising after overseas shrimp producers report problems with disease and the U.S. government set preliminary countervailing duty (CVD) rates for shrimp imports.

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NOLA.com: Save Our Lake Director Concerned about Crab Numbers in Pontchartrain

NOLA.com: Save Our Lake Director Concerned about Crab Numbers in Pontchartrain

The Lake Pontchartrain crab fishery saw a down year in 2012, and it’s setting up to be even worse this year, according to John Lopez, coastal sustainability program director of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation.

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