Louisiana’s struggling seafood industry teetering after Ida 

Oysters on a silver tray close up.(iStock photo)

Louisiana's oyster farmers, crabbers, shrimpers and commercial fishers are nothing if not adaptable, producing millions of pounds of seafood annually, often in water that was dry land a generation ago. They've fought off a devastating oil spill, floods, changing markets and endless hurricanes just to stay in business.


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