Today, President Trump announced the America First Seafood Strategy, a key directive under the president’s Executive Order Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness. NOAA plays a key role in the Strategy, which details a coordinated federal plan to expand domestic seafood production, modernize infrastructure, improve market access for American harvesters and processors, and ensure fair competition in U.S. and international markets.
Read MoreThe US Food and Drug Administration refused 11 shrimp entry lines in September 2026 for banned veterinary drug residues, taking the year-to-date total for antibiotic-related shrimp refusals to 67 entry lines, according to an analysis of agency refusal data by the Southern Shrimp Alliance reported by The Houma Times.
Read MoreCommercial vessel owners and fishermen affected by hurricanes now have the opportunity to claim a part of $27 million allocated by the NOAA.
The $27 million was allocated to Louisiana by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for fisheries disaster assistance programs under NOAA Grant Number NA25NMFX477C0009.
Read MoreFor years, the shrimping industry has battled wave after wave of challenges, from surges of imported shrimp to plummeting prices and wild weather. Now, a new threat looms: skyrocketing diesel fuel costs.
Read MoreIn South Louisiana, a field of rice may have a second life after the grain is harvested.
Months later, that same field can be filled with water, dotted with traps and producing another Louisiana staple: crawfish.
Read MoreOystermen heading to Louisiana’s public harvest areas as this year’s season opens will find more than twice as many shellfish ready for market this year.
Read MoreFor generations, agriculture has helped shape the economy, landscape and culture of Vermilion Parish. Rice fields, crawfish ponds and sugarcane farms stretch across the parish toward Louisiana’s Gulf Coast.
Now, another industry is preparing to put down roots alongside them.
Read MoreLouisiana shrimpers say that industry is under increasing pressure as they struggle with low dockside prices, rising operating costs and competition from imported shrimp.
Acy Cooper, president of the Louisiana Shrimp Association, says the pressure starts at the dock, where the price fishermen receive for their catch can make it difficult to justify the cost of going out.
Read MoreLouisiana's Lieutenant Governor, Billy Nungesser, issued a response to an article recently published about several Baton Rouge-area restaurants selling and serving mislabeled shrimp. The article specifically mentioned Nungesser because of his close connection to Louisiana's Seafood Industry and tourism.
Read MoreTexas isn't the only Gulf Coast state facing a crisis in the shrimping industry. The Louisiana Shrimp Association (LSA), a nonprofit coalition of commercial fishermen in the nation's top shrimp-producing state, drafted a petition earlier this week urging the Trump administration to throw it a lifeline.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced plans to purchase $20 million in wild-caught American shrimp through its Section 32 program.
This will be the first USDA purchase of warm water, wild-caught shrimp in more than a year, bringing much-needed demand at a time when Gulf shrimpers are facing extremely low dock prices, high operating costs, and continued pressure from imported farm-raised shrimp, according to the Louisiana Shrimp Association.
Read MoreFew agricultural success stories are more uniquely Louisiana than the remarkable growth of crawfish farming. What began as a relatively small agricultural enterprise has evolved into a major contributor to the state’s economy. Amazingly, Louisiana now produces an estimated 90 to 95 percent of the nation’s crawfish! I was fortunate to witness and participate in part of that transformational growth during my early career with the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service.
Read MoreCrawfish is part of our culture in South Louisiana, and Abbeville High School is educating its students about the industry by using a pond on its campus.
If you're from Acadiana, you already know that the crawfish industry is huge across our region, and many farmers in our area make great money by harvesting crawfish.
Read MoreEarlier in 2026, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission approved rules to establish a recreational alligator hunting season. And soon, you'll be able to apply for tags via a lottery system.
Read MoreGrand Isle is set to take center stage on the national television screen later this month. The 2026 Hurricane Hole Louisiana Open, presented by Visit Jefferson Parish, is bringing national broadcast coverage to Grand Isle for the first time in its history. ESPN+ will broadcast the four-day offshore fishing tournament live from August 28–30, culminating in a nationally televised recap show airing on ESPN2 over Labor Day Weekend.
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