Last Year’s Floods in Southern Louisiana Lead to Small Shrimp, Difficult Fishing This Year
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [KATC.COM] By Valerie Ponseti - July 20, 2017
FRANKLIN, La. - Shrimpers across south Louisiana are still feeling the effects of last year's Historic Flood.
In fact, commercial fishermen say they're noticing this year's shrimp population is smaller in both size and number than in the past.
By all accounts, last year's shrimp season seemed to be off to a sunny start.
"The shrimp were showing up, the fish were showing up, good water, good outlook, it looked like it might have been one of the best years yet. Then the rain came," said commercial fisherman and owner of Big D's Seafood Douglas Olander...
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