‘We’re Trying to Live Out a Legacy’: After Ida, Louisiana’s Oyster Farmers Fight for Family Business

By Harrison Golden

WDSU

EMPIRE, La. — It doesn't take long to learn what's important to Tony Tesvich. Just look at what he named his boat: "Legacy."

"We're trying to live out a legacy of our people, of our family, to produce oysters," said Tesvich, a fourth-generation oyster farmer from the southern tip of Plaquemines Parish. "It's with tremendous pride that we deliver these to New Orleans restaurants."

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