Tag: Pontchartrain Blue Crab
God gave Louisiana crawfish and Gulf Menhaden to catch them. What God failed to do is correctly synchronize the seasons for their harvest. For the first time crawfish may not be on the Easter dinner menu because bait dealers have ran dry on fish in their warehouses.
As a result of record flooding in the central United States, the gates of the Morganza Spillway are set to send fresh water into a fragile ecosystem that is home to a wide variety of Gulf seafood. Louisiana Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser, the Gulf Seafood Foundation and other Gulf-wide organizations are calling for Gulf State governors to make a coordinated request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to declare a state of emergency existing specific to Gulf seafood and its related industries.
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