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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreAccording 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.
Read MoreAccording to state wildlife and fisheries agents, more than 71% of Louisiana's 2026 annual private recreational allocation of red snapper has been caught.
Read MoreCongressman 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.
Read MoreLouisiana’s $2.4 billion seafood industry is growing despite constant competition from international products, and a partnership between Tulane Hospitality and the Audubon Nature Institute is working to keep Gulf cuisine at the forefront by training the next generation of culinary professionals.
Read MoreThe Southern Shrimp Alliance, joined by the American Shrimp Processors Association, the Catfish Farmers of America, the Crawfish Processors Alliance, and the Crawfish Commodity Committee of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, submitted comments expressing strong support in favor of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) proposal that additional tariffs of 12.5 percent be imposed on imported goods from China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam, including seafood, and additional tariffs of 10 percent be imposed on imported merchandise from Ecuador, Indonesia, and Mexico, including seafood.
Read MoreA recent audit of New Orleans restaurants has discovered that the rate of shrimp authenticity has declined over the last year. SeaD Consulting diners ordered shrimp dishes at 44 restaurants, and of those, 11 served imported shrimp. Chief Operating Officer Erin Williams says of those 11, nine of them misrepresented the origins of their shrimp.
Read MoreWhen Lance Nacio started out in the shrimping industry in the late 1990s, he had a bag phone. At the dock, he could get $4 a pound for shrimp, and he paid a lot less for diesel. Today, he has Starlink satellite internet, navigation technology and an iPhone on his shrimping boat, the Anna Marie.
Read MoreState officials will temporarily expand the number of red snapper recreational anglers can take home in Louisiana for the Fourth of July holiday.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will allow those fishing in state coastal waters for red snapper to take home five fish per person per day, increased from the typical four-fish limit, Thursday through Sunday.
Read MoreLafayette chef Kris Allen was named the new King of Louisiana Seafood at this year’s Louisiana Seafood Cook-Off earlier this week. To win the crown, Allen used modern techniques to highlight a classic crab-stuffed flounder. Allen says seafood has always been part of his life.
Read MoreU.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and several of her colleagues endorsed a request made by the U.S. farm-raised catfish industry for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help the industry by purchasing surplus catfish products.
In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, the senators asked her to approve a request to purchase U.S. farm-raised catfish products through the Agricultural Marketing Service Section 32 Program.
Read MoreImported shrimp is still being sold as American wild-caught at New Orleans restaurants despite a series of Louisiana laws aimed at forcing seafood transparency, according to new genetic testing commissioned by the Southern Shrimp Alliance.
SeaD Consulting tested shrimp dishes from 44 randomly sampled New Orleans restaurants in May, according to a release from the company. The testing found 33 restaurants served authentic American wild-caught shrimp, while 11 served imported shrimp.
Read MoreU.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) will introduce the Home Market Restoration Act of 2026 to protect Louisiana crawfish, shrimp, rice, catfish, and other American producers from unfair foreign competition. The legislation would establish tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) on import-sensitive food and agricultural products to stop import surges, restore fair prices, and keep American producers in business without shutting down lawful trade.
Read MoreLouisiana lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are sponsoring legislation that would reclassify those who work on crawfish farms. Congressmen Troy Carter, Cleo Fields and Clay Higgins are joining forces in proposing what’s known as the CRAW (Crawfish Reclassification for Agricultural Workforce) Act. Andy Brown with the Louisiana Farm Bureau says Congress had gotten it wrong by not classifying crawfish processors as agricultural workers.
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