louisiana seafood

Oyster harvester Mitch Jurisich holds two dead oysters on a boat near Empire, Louisiana. Jurisich says weeks of freshwater from the flooding Mississippi River have killed many of the oysters on his leases this year.

Health Department Closes Oyster Areas Due To Spillway Freshwater

Travis Lux

Louisiana’s Department of Health is shutting down several oyster harvesting areas due to low salinity caused by a steady influx of freshwater from the...

Oyster harvester Mitch Jurisich picks up two dead oysters from a pile of freshly harvested oysters in Empire, Louisiana.

Local News

Katrina, BP, 2019 Mississippi River -- Oyster Industry Braces For Another Major Disaster

Travis Lux

The commercial fishing industry on the Gulf Coast has seen two major disasters in the last 15 years: Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill. Now, some...

Shrimper and President of the Louisiana Shrimp Association, Acy Cooper, Jr. unloads his catch at a dock in Venice, LA on August 22, 2017. Many local shrimpers say imports have been driving down the price of Gulf shrimp.

Coastal Desk

FDA Gets More Money To Inspect Imported Seafood; Local Shrimpers Hope To Gain

Travis Lux

The spending bill signed by President Trump last week will increase the amount of money for inspections of imported seafood -- a move praised by the...