Louisiana Oyster Harvest Up, But Stocks Are Way Down
if slurping down salty oysters for you is like standing in the cool shade of valhalla, then Steve Beck has some good news and some bad news. Beck, a biologist with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, presented numbers Thursday showing that private-lease oyster harvests in 2015 set a record, producing more than 12 million pounds of oyster meat for the first time ever. …