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Department of Wildlife & Fisheries assistant secretary Patrick Banks, who oversaw the agency's oyster programs for 14 years, told the CPRA on Wednesday that the production of oysters on the state ...
Louisiana's $317 million oyster industry has been battered with challenges such as the BP's Deepwater Horizon oil disaster in 2010 and record Mississippi River flood seasons.
Louisiana is the No. 1 commercial oyster producer in the United States. Twenty years after Katrina, oyster farmers say they ...
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014, set the 2014-15 Louisiana public oyster seasons Various portions of the state waters will open Sept. 3, Oct. 20 and Oct. 27.
Dozens of oyster leases have been canceled because the owners haven’t paid their rent, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said Thursday. The 44 leases had been held by 19 people ...
There’s a meeting in Baton Rouge on Wednesday, Oct. 13, between the Oyster Task Force and Louisiana’s Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to discuss bringing the program back 16 years later.
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Louisiana Department of Health closed an oyster harvesting area after 15 people reported norovirus-like illnesses. Oysters from Area 3, located east of ...
As the state continues to lose land, advocates argue that the demise of the Mid-Barataria diversion project will leave coastal communities only more vulnerable.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says it will start taking orders for oyster larvae through its online portal on Monday morning. The Michael C. Voisin Oyster Hatchery typically gets ...
In a photo taken summer 2019, oyster harvester and LOTF member Mitch Jurisich picks up two dead oysters from a pile of freshly harvested oysters in Empire, Louisiana. Hurricane Ida is just the ...
“Mike Voisin was a tireless champion for Louisiana seafood, and the oyster industry in particular,” U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., said in a statement.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says the closure is necessary because recent harvest pressure has depleted the limited supply of oyster resources in that area. The department says ...