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Monday, October 15, 2012

State to Launch Official Louisiana Certified Seafood Brand | Baton Rouge Today

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, in coordination with the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, LSU AgCenter, Louisiana SeaGrant, Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board and fisheries industry leaders, launched the Louisiana Certified Seafood Program this week. This origin-based certification program aims to build a unified brand that will attract not only consumers, but also food service and seafood distribution buyers who want to ensure they are sourcing the best tasting seafood in the world – Louisiana seafood...

Read more via Baton Rouge Today

New Orleans wants you to know that the seafood is safe | WDBJ

seafood, sports

There are a lot of eyes on New Orleans city this week. With the Sugar Bowl, then the BCS Championship game. So the city wants to use this attention to promote it's local tourism and seafood. It's only been about 18 months since the Gulf Oil Spill, but BP has partnered with the Sugar Bowl to help get the word out that the eatin's good in the Big Easy...

Seafood promotion targets Sugar Bowl and BCS fans‎ | WVUE-TV

oil, seafood, sports, tourism

The January 3rd football face-off is thrusting the city back into the national spotlight and also giving the area a big opportunity to promote its seafood as safe following the BP oil spill. An estimated 300,000 fans will travel to the city to witness the Sugar Bowl and the BCS championship game at the Superdome and the seafood industry hopes to capitalize on that...

Costly Changes For Plant That Caused Fish Kill | WDSU

environment, health, seafood

Major, expensive improvements to the Bogalusa paper mill responsible for a massive August fish kill in the Pearl River will begin at the end of the year. The state Department of Environmental Quality released a timeline last week detailing when the Temple-Inland mill must begin and complete construction of new infrastructure designed to prevent another fish kill...

New Orleans fishing top spot: The Trestles | NOLA.com

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Bob Marshall/The Times-Picayune

The rest of the sporting world may think the World Series ended a week ago, but Lake Pontchartrain anglers know that just isn't so. Their special season is now into extra innings, with no end in sight. We're talking about one of the most interesting points on the local fishing calendar, "The World Series of Trout." Each October, just as the pennant winners are set to square off, something equally special happens along the bridges that span the narrow eastern neck of Lake Pontchartrain between Irish Bayou and Slidell: Hefty speckled trout that had been largely missing from the area during the summer suddenly return...

Bountiful waters lure saltwater fishermen to Louisiana | Louisiana Travel

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To make the most of your Louisiana saltwater fishing adventure, consider hiring a licensed charter guide who knows the locations of local reefs and wrecks as well as where the fish are and what they’re biting.

You’ll also want to decide on an inshore or offshore fishing excursion, and both can be found all along the coast, in spots like Lake Charles, Cocodrie, Grand Isle and Venice...

Year after oil spill, Gulf seafood rebounds | Washington Times

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President Obama meets and eats with Grand Isle, La.-area residents
at Camardelle’s, a seafood restaurant, in June 2010.

(Associated Press)

The slick disappeared faster than just about anyone predicted, but not before it canceled vacations, ruined seafood meals and left people out of work coastwide. Now, a year later, the vacationers are back in force, and the local seafood industry is steadily reviving, but the national markets are still down as former customers found new suppliers outside the Gulf...

Crab Fest starts tomorrow | Slidell Sentry News

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If you’re looking for two great days of music, crab races, great seafood and much more, head out to the 2011 Lacombe Crab Fest, at John Davis Park in Lacombe, Saturday and Sunday.

Lacombe is known for its blue crabs and home grown soft shell crabs, and there will be plenty of them to eat at the fest. But also, there will be lots of crawfish, shrimp, crawfish beignets, alligator, catfish, hamburgers, hot dogs chicken, pasta, drinks, desserts and cool fruit smoothies.

Gulf seafood still a concern for shoppers May 29, 2011 | Shreveport Times

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Many consumers are still hseitant to trust seafood fromthe Gulf of Mexico, but restaurateurs and other seafood suppliers feel confident in the safety of the lucrative product / Larry Crowe/AP

When you're the head chef at one of New Orleans' top restaurants, you don't serve bad seafood. Consumers still have doubts. In an informal online poll, for example, 59 perecent of 1,582 USA TODAY readers say they still wouldn't eat seafood from the Gulf...

The return of oyster po' boy | Marketplace-American Public Media

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A po-boy sandwich (Adriene Hill)

A year after the BP oil spill, the Gulf Coast oyster -- and the oyster po-boy -- are back. Though maybe not like you remember. The Justice Department says BP has agreed to put $1 billion into coastal restoration projects in the Gulf of Mexico. Projects like rebuilding marshes and barrier islands...

Read more via marketplace.publicradio.org

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Gulf Alive - A celebration of Louisiana cuisine, the Fishermen of the Gulf ...

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A celebration of the cuisine and culture of Louisiana, the Fishermen of the Gulf, the Farmers of Louisiana, our Creole and Cajun Chefs and home cooks, the American Culinary Federation visiting chefs and everyone who has ever tasted the gumbo, danced to the rhythm and loved the French Market!

April 18 - 20, 2011 at the historic French Market

Seminar speakers will represent the finest of Louisiana's chefs, cooks, food authorities, farmers and fishermen.

Some signs of normalcy return for shrimpers | WWLTV.com

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The blue-and-white hull of James Blanchard’s trawler, the Waymaker, glided south Wednesday on Bayou Little Caillou. The veteran fisherman headed out for shrimp at a time of year when many others remain in port...

Local shrimpers to get aid | NOLA.com

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For several hours one day last week, about 20 Gulf Coast shrimpers sat indoors on an unusually warm December morning in lower St. Bernard Parish, learning about a program that could net them $12,000 apiece in subsidies because of increased shrimp imports, smaller domestic catches and plummeting shrimp prices in the past five years...

Dine America: Night Out for Gulf Seafood, December 1, 2010 | dineamerica2010.com

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On December 1st, 290 chefs and restaurateurs will participate in "Dine America/Dine Louisiana" serving Gulf Seafood quality to diners, friends and family. This communal activity will demonstrate that our professional food experts whose livelihood depends upon quality of their ingredients and cuisine recommend Gulf Seafood.

This “America's Night Out for Gulf Seafood” is a chef/restaurant statement supporting the Gulf Coast fishing families and their Gulf Seafood catch. TIZM online auction site will include restaurant donated cookbooks and dinners for the Louisiana Community and Technical College System Foundation culinary programming...

Feds to study whether oil endangered bluefin tuna | MiamiHerald.com

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The National Marine Fisheries Service will study whether the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has depleted the population of Atlantic bluefin tuna to the point that the food fish should be placed on the endangered species list. The fisheries service will make a recommendation by May 24, 2011 - a year after The Center for Biological Diversity filed its petition.

BP oil spill 'not to blame' for mass fish deaths in New Orleans | Metro.co.uk

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This grisly mass of fish – a mix of trout, flounder, redfish and others – were seen on Friday in Bayou Chaland, west of the Mississippi.

Tens of thousands of fish bob lifeless on the water surface near the oil-hit coast of New Orleans...

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Many consumers are still hseitant to trust seafood fromthe Gulf of Mexico, but restaurateurs and other seafood suppliers feel confident in the safety of the lucrative product / Larry Crowe/AP

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