Once business resumed, a series of storms and hurricanes wiped out areas where those who rely on the state's plentiful harvests of crawfish, shrimp, crabs, oysters and alligators make a living.
While the 2022 season offered a reprieve with no hurricanes,"people were still trying to pick up the pieces," struggling to find fuel, bait, and other essentials, she said. A report from the LSU Agricultural Center and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries found that hurricanes in 2020 and 2021 cost the industry about $570 million in total revenue and resource losses.
"There was a drop in several parameters during the period, but it's hard to isolate out effect of COVID from other factors affecting the seafood industry, both positively and negatively," he said."The industry is going through a lot of difficulties right now, it's always facing some type of challenge.
America consumes about 1.5 billion pounds of shrimp per year, while imported shrimp have hit 2.2 billion pounds annually, he said.
How about the runoff of the Ohio uncontrolled explosion
Louisiana citizen's deal with major issues from Covid, weather, poverty, addiction, etc. and still remain strong. Some states should take reference from some of their actions to help with their own problems.
Just add it to the list: More COVID deaths & cases More overdose deaths More suicide deaths More crime More empty shelves Most inflation in 40 years Highest gas prices EVER No 99 cent stores No mean tweets Afghanistan replaced with Ukraine 81 million votes? Let’s go Brandon🎈
Do you mean Hurricane Biden ?
Misspelled 'Plandemic'