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Louisiana and Japanese Seafood Leaders Share Ideas as Both Rebuild Businesses
The head of a six-foot alligator sits on the desk of a meeting between Japanese business and economic leaders of the east coast of Japan destroyed by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami....
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Asia’s Seafood Industry Learns From Louisiana Crisis Management
For the second time in less than eight days, business people and officials from Asia’s seafood industry sought out the crisis management expertise of the Louisiana Seafood Promotions and Marketing...
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Vermilion Bay Sweet: Bountiful Harvest for Shrimpers, Local Businesses and...
The shrimp for the pilot project are being peeled and packed at the docks of Vui Nguyen’s Gulf South, Inc. in Intracoastal City – about 30 miles southeast of Delcambre. They are peeled by hand,...
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Turtle Excluder Devices Hampering Shrimp Harvest in Isaac Aftermath
“Right now, shrimpers cannot work at all. They’ve been dropping test nets, which have been coming up completely full of debris (left).” said Pete Gerica, president of the Lake Pontchartrain Fishermen’s...
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The Business of Louisiana Alligator – Part One: From Rice to Gators
Mark Shirley (l) of LSU AgCenter and Sea Grant, inspects a wild alligator hide with Craig Sagrera of Vermilion Gator Farm near Abbeville, La. Photo: Ed Lallo/Louisiana Seafood NewsFamily Trades Cash...
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New Orleans Wins World Tourism Award
One of New Orleans famed cable cars travels Canal Street. Photo: Ed Lallo/Louisiana Seafood NewsSpecial to Louisiana Seafood NewsThe Crescent City is once again a big-time winner – something tourists...
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Louisiana Seafood Joins Maine Lobster and Idaho Potatoes in...
Seafood consumers nationwide are paying closer attention to their seafood choices and demanding transparency on point of origin, like this Louisiana blue crab. Photo: Louisiana Seafood Newsby Ed...
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Louisiana Draws Line in the Sand in Fight against Coastal Erosion
Coastal Louisiana has lost an average of 34 square miles of primarily marsh land per year for the last 50 years. From 1932 -2000 coastal Louisiana lost 1900 square miles – highlighted in red on map....
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Post-Isaac Assistance Available for Louisiana Fishermen
The remains of Hurricane Isaac can still be seen in the fishing communities of southeastern Louisiana. Destroyed houses wait to be rebuilt. South Central Planning & Development Commission is...
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New Louisiana Vessel Monitoring System Designed to Manage Public Oyster Seed...
John Mendoza, a field service engineer for Radio Holland, installs a vessel monitoring device on the oyster boat of Sam Slavich in Hopedale, LA. Mendoza installs numerous device each day on oyster...
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Two New Orleans Seafood Eateries Named Best In US by Travel+Leisure
BBQ oysters that are flash-fried, tossed in Crystal Hot Sauce, and served with blue cheese dressing—“a clever riff on Buffalo wings.” Photo: Red Fish Grillby Ed Lallo/Louisiana Seafood News“Red Fish...
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Saving Shell Beach – Campo’s Marina A Linchpin of the Community
Blackie Campo (left) with his father Celestino in the early days of Campo’s Marina. Photo: Campo Marinaby Veronica del Blanco/Louisiana Seafood NewsExactly seven years to the day after Hurricane...
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Preserving New Orleans “Cultural Economy” Includes Mayor’s Support of Fisherman
During the heart of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu was responsible for gathering mayors from around the country to support the Louisiana seafood industry. Photo: Ed...
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San Fran Chronicle: ACME’s Chef Refslund Creates Louisiana Seafood Menu for...
On October 22nd, Chef Mads Refslund of ACME Restaurant (9 Great Jones Street) in NYC served 25 Sous Chefs from prominent NYC restaurants a 4-course menu as part of Culintro’s Sous Chef Dinner...
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New York Times Green Blog: A Multitude of Oysters? Looks Can Be Deceiving
While business has gradually been improving, P&J Oyster Company in New Orleans, the oldest shucking operation in the United States, is still at only 35 percent of its normal production – and the...
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The Business of Louisiana Alligator – Part Two: Gators to Gucci, Louisiana...
Craig Sagrera of Vermillion Gator Farms stretches out on a pile of wild alligator skins worth more than $150,000. The skins are being readied to ship overseas. Photo: Ed Lallo/Louisiana Seafood Newsby...
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LASPECKS.COM: Shrimp Leave Marshes en Masse Overflowing Boats
Nickie Alfonso caught so many shrimp Friday night he ran out of storage space, and had to stack them on his deck. The migration of the shrimp out of the marshes will have impacts to speckled trout...
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HUFFINGTON POST: Invasive Gulf Tiger Shrimp Could Creep Into Local Markets
This article was originally published in The Louisiana Weekly in the Oct. 29, 2012 edition.Trawlers in Louisiana’s Gulf are catching Asian tiger shrimp this fall but in numbers that are too small to...
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Fishermen Haul in Record Catches With “Bubba Gump Shrimp” Effect
On the day the shrimp swam out of the marshes, Nicky Alphonso and his granddaughter Karrisa are surrounded by shrimp aboard his boat docked at Delecroix Island. Photo: Nicky Alfonsoby Ed...
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NOLA.com: Louisiana Agencies Get $16 Million in BP Funds for Tourism, Seafood...
by Richard Thompson, NOLA.com | The Times-PicayunePatrick Juneau is administrator of the Deepwater Horizon Claims Center. The Times-PicayuneMore than 100 nonprofit organizations and government entities...
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