by Benjamin Alexander-Bloch, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
As the spring Louisiana shrimp season gets ready to launch, a metro New Orleans area seafood supply chain program — direct from fishers’ boats to your plate — is making a push for more participants. SouthShore Direct Seafood allows interested New Orleans area residents and restaurants to sign up for a newsletter that will alert them to when fishers are coming to shore and what they are carrying.
“We think we should have 30 or so vessels ready (to sign up for the SouthShore Direct program) for this upcoming shrimp season,” said Tom Hymel, director of the Louisiana Direct Seafood project.
The effort to get SouthShore Direct in full swing comes as the spring shrimp season begins hitting its stride. On Tuesday, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is opening a portion of waters for shrimping off Terrebonne Parish. The opening is occurring because most recent trawl samples taken by state Wildlife and Fisheries biologists show that small white shrimp out in those waters have reached marketable sizes.
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