Oystermen 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.
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For 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.
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Louisiana 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.
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Louisiana'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.
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Texas 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.
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The 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.
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Few 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.
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Crawfish 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.
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Earlier 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.
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Grand 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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LDWF closed the private recreational Red Snapper season in state and federal waters off the Louisiana coast earlier this month, but there is a hope there will be another Red Snapper fishing opportunity again this summer. LDWF assistant secretary Ryan Montague says the season had to close because Louisiana is approaching its statewide quota, but LA creel is still counting what was caught during the first week of August.
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The Louisiana Shrimp Task Force has announced that their upcoming meeting will be held locally in downtown Houma. The public is welcomed and encouraged to attend.
The Task Force Meeting will take place Wednesday, August 5, 2026, at 10:00 AM at the Terrebonne Parish Main Library. The address is 151 Library Drive in Houma.
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According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the United States imported more than $25 billion worth of seafood last year, making it one of the world’s largest seafood importers. Domestic shrimpers like Acy Cooper say that volume of imports has made it harder to compete.
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According to state wildlife and fisheries agents, more than 71% of Louisiana's 2026 annual private recreational allocation of red snapper has been caught.
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Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued a statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2715, the Destruction of Hazardous Imports Act.
Congressman Higgins and Congressman Troy Carter (D-LA) introduced the legislation in April 2025. The bill would authorize the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to destroy imported products that pose significant health risks.
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