Crab industry brings state lawmakers to Slidell to help them become familiar with how one of the country's top blue crab fisheries works and with the challenges facing the industry since hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Read more >>
Crabbers Still Trying to Rebound from Katrina - Posted 12/15/2006
In the hope of drumming up support for the embattled crabbing industry, crabbers met with state representatives at the Pontchartrain Blue Crab processing facility in Slidell to illustrate how labor-intensive the industry is while illustrating the challenges crabbers face. Read more >>
State's crabbers aim to claw back - Posted 12/15/2006
Representatives of industry tell legislatures of difficulties
In what marked the crab industry's first official attempt to lobby lawmakers since Katrina, crabbers convened with state representatives to provide insight into their trade and the hurricane-induced factors that threaten it. Read more >>