Louisiana Fisheries, Coastal Agencies Working on Initial Oyster Recovery Strategy
By Mark Schleifstein
NOLA.COM
Oysters are such a mainstay of Louisiana cuisine that when President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited in 1937, Antoine's proudly served up a plate of them in the restaurant's signature Rockefeller style.
But over the past two decades, the state's legendary bivalves have been getting battered. In hopes of reversing those trends, the agencies that oversee Louisiana's fisheries and its coastal restoration efforts are developing a long-term strategy to revive the state's once-legendary and recently beleaguered oyster fishery.