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Fish Consumption Linked to Good Health
A recent study shows a positive link between expectant mothers eating fish weekly and the health of their newborn children. A recent study has shown that a consistent diet of fish –– broiled or baked...
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Whatever Comes after Hurricane Isaac, Strategies Already in Hand to Help
Ewell Smith has been through this drill before – not that riding the storm out gets any easier. Dealing with its wake, however, does become more manageable with the right strategies in place to move...
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Preparation Pays Off – Oyster Industry’s Story Still Unfolding
Motivatit Seafoods lost electricity Tuesday night when Isaac hit. A reduced staff spent Wednesday morning putting product – 80,000 to 90,000 pounds of oysters – in refrigerated trucks and coolers...
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Louisiana Shrimper Tales from Hurricane Isaac
After sizing up the situation, the anonymous captain of the shrimper Deacon Blues offered to right the 21 Mako owned by Brian Richardson of Madisonville. In five minutes he had the boat right-side up...
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Oyster Harvesting Re-Opens in Some Areas, Funds Being Made Available for...
Oyster Harvest areas 26, 27 and 28 along the central coast of Louisiana have been re-opened by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals for the harvesting of oysters. According to a recent...
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Fish Info & Services: Fishing Sector Faces Huge Loss Due to Isaac
Isaac hurricane arriving at the Gulf of Mexico shores. Photo: FIS/Daniel Cima/American Red Cross by Fish Info & Services/Monday, September 03, 2012 Alabama’s conditions post-Isaac improved rapidly,...
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Alligator Harvest Season Sees Little Effect from Isaac
Gator fisherman Lance Nacio with nine gators on the third day of the Louisiana alligator season, include four 10 footers. Photo: Anna Marie Seafood by Gordon Curry, Louisiana Seafood News While...
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Seafood Chair Harlon Pearce – No Stranger to Adversity
Harlon Pearce, owner of Harlon’s LA Fish and chairman of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board at his Kenner, LA plant. Photo: Ed Lallo/Louisiana Seafood News No Stranger to Adversity:...
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NOLA.com: Hurricane Isaac hits Louisiana Crabbers Hard
by Kevin McGill/The Associated Press Louisiana crab fishers took a big hit from Hurricane Isaac, according to the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board. Board member Gary Bauer, who runs a...
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Louisiana Seafood Inks Partnership With New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints Jean-Paul Dardenne, vice president of Marketing Partnerships, explains the benefits of being a Saints marketing partner to the Louisiana Seafood Board. Photo: Ed Lallo/Louisiana...
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WWL Radio: Mudbugs May Feel the Impact of Isaac
by Don Ames/WWL Radio Record rains from Isaac could impact next season’s crawfish harvest. Rains that fell across much of southeast Louisiana have filled crawfish ponds ahead of their normal schedule....
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Knife and Fork in Hand, Louisiana Seafood Restaurant Week Whets Appetite for...
During the kick-off ceremonies, Stan Harris, president and chief executive officer of the Louisiana Restaurant Association, presented a surprise award of special recognition for leadership and...
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“Scales and Ales” – Eat, Learn and Contribute To Conserve State’s Wildlife
So, if you’re casting about Friday for a night of fun and fins, then the Audubon Nature Institute’s “Scales and Ales” is the place to be. Photo: Audubon by Ed Lallo/Louisiana Seafood News New Orleans...
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Seafood Processor Battles Hurricane, While Working Through Labor Needs
Sitting on his new dock on the bayou after Isaac left the old one torn to shreds, Gary Bauer of Lake Pontchartrain Blue Crabs conducts business from his cell, while shrimper Brian Thibodeax uses the...
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NY Daily News: Catch of the Century! Louisiana Fisherman Snares Monstrous...
Rob Neil poses with the 12-foot alligator he caught in the Intracoastal Waterway in Bourg, La. Photo: Chris Heller/Associated Press by Philip Caulfield / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS That brute will make one...
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New Guest Worker Rules Threaten Livelihood of Seafood Processors
Gary Bauer, owner of Pontchartrain Blue Crab, depends on guest workers. He says his business wouldn’t survive without these workers. That’s because, according to Bauer, it’s hard finding local people...
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LDWF Search and Rescue Teams Weather Isaac’s Worst to Save 1,500+
During Hurricane Isaac on August 29th, Travis Huval helped residents of Laplace evacuate their homes from rising floodwaters. Photo: LDWF by Mark Evans/Louisiana Seafood News Almost seven years to the...
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Fishermen Show Grit In Aftermath of Isaac
“Fishing is just something you grow up doing and it’s part of our culture here,” said Clint Guidry, a third-generation Louisiana shrimper and fisherman and president of the Louisiana Shrimp Association...
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Oyster Community Continues to Recover From Isaac as Seasonal Harvest Begins
About 10,000 people make a living from the state’s $350-million oyster industry, including Michael “Hollywood” Broadway, ACME Oyster House’ senior master shucker. Photo: Ed Lallo/Louisiana Seafood...
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One Oysterman’s Story – Soon to Assess Isaac’s Damage
Before the storm hit, Slavich had to evacuate Hopedale, where his dock is, and take his boats up to safe harbor at Violet in St. Bernard Parish. Last week, he brought them back down, but had no...
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