Hurricanes

Port of Delcambre Receives Infrastructure Grant From Dept. of Transportation

January 7, 2022 Ed Lallo, Gulf Seafood News

The Twin Parish Port District has received a two million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for infrastructure at the Port of Delcambre. The MARAD Port Infrastructure Development Program grant will fund dock restoration on two aging structures, as well as the construction of a new industrial fabrication facility. …

Louisiana’s Seafood Infrastructure Under Water from Rash of Hurricanes

December 27, 2021 Ed Lallo, Gulf Seafood News

On August 29, 2021 Hurricane Ida blasted ashore along the Louisiana coast almost complete destroying everything in its path.  Infrastructure was hard hit, especially infrastructure vital to Louisiana’s $2.4 billion seafood industry.  Four months later little has changed, and the state’s fishermen, docks, processors, fish houses and restaurants are wondering if it will ever return. …