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We are making a video of the "Good Ole' Days" of trawling, but I'm looking to gather old photos of older trawl vessels along with the fishermen. Example: Your dad or grandfather on their vessel trawling or building it and vessels of the boat blessings and such. You can DM them to me.

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COMMERCIAL CRABBING TRIP | I spent the day on a CRAB BOAT | Catching lots of BLUE CRABS In this video I went out with Robert Celestino Campo and his deck hands Ethan and Dalton. The guys showed me a lot about the commercial crabbing business and...

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Working on the Water

Louisiana Fisheries Forward Summit | LA Fisheries Forward Register Now – Louisiana Fisheries Forward Summit >> Click here to register as a participant (fisherman or processor) >> Click here to register as a vendor Join us on March 11, 2020 at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner! Workshops will run throughout the day, in conjunction with a trade show that ...

Senator John Kennedy is calling for a permanent taxpayer-supported safety net for the fishing industry.

“The shrimp and oyster seasons produced significantly lower yields on average this year due to disastrous freshwater intrusions in the Gulf,” Kennedy said in a prepared statement. “We need to give our fishing industry a break.

Read more via New Orleans CityBusiness.

Kennedy calls for permanent relief fund for fishing industry U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican, is calling for a permanent taxpayer-supported safety net for the fishing industry.

"This is generations and culture, there is not a whole lot of people that want to get into that business, so once you lose a family, you lose a lot of that economic engine that is St. Bernard Parish." Read more about how St. Bernard Parish Government is supporting the local fishing industry via WWL Radio.

St. Bernard officials heading to Washington D.C. to hold meetings to help the fishing community in the Parish Now that Barry is behind us, St. Bernard is looking to make sure it's fishermen are taken care of, and it's been a long few months for those who make their living off of the seafood industry.

Read the latest from WWLTV on the crisis facing our fishing industry, including how tropical weather may alleviate some of the problems.

Tropical weather may be blessing or curse for ailing fisheries A low pressure front could develop into tropical system by end of the week. Those in the already-suffering seafood industry disagree on if it will help or hurt them.

St. Bernard Parish President Guy McInnis is calling on the federal government to provide immediate disaster aid to help the struggling seafood industry.

St. Bernard officials call for federal aid as seafood industry suffers "We’re not talking about a disaster that’s just happening today. Our fishermen are going to feel these effects for many years to come"

Read the latest from today's Louisiana Crab Task Force meeting in Chalmette where issues facing the commercial crabbing industry as a result of the spillway openings were discussed, via WVUE FOX 8 News:

Crab Task Force works to request federal help after spillway opened The Louisiana Crab Task Force met Tuesday (June 4) in Chalmette to discuss the issues facing the commercial crabbing industry as a result of the spillway openings.