Louisiana Seafood Industry Says Adequate Federal Help is Needed as the Pandemic Persists
August 7, 2020 | 1 min to read
NEW ORLEANS, La. – People working in Louisiana’s seafood industry and their advocates hope Congress treats fishermen better when it passes the latest COVID-19 aid package.
The pandemic is crushing restaurants and by extension the local seafood industry.
Pete Gerica is a longtime commercial fisherman.
“Your in-town sales, your sales out of state and all that, everything is at a standstill basically,” said Gerica.
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