Lasting impressions are made with working examples. That is why area seafood industry leaders, in cooperation with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board, invited 21 congressional staff members to join them in Terrebonne Parish and New Orleans for an inside look at the business.
The tour included multiple activities ranging from cutting fish to harvesting oysters and crabs to skinning an alligator. Federal government insiders – most had never been in this environment – rode along on working vessels, toured oyster, shrimp and tuna processing facilities and dined at area restaurants Thursday through Saturday. The intention was to give those that help process legislation for their elected employers a real-life look at one primary industry of coastal Louisiana.
The tour was capped-off by participating in Saturday’s Restaurant Association’s American Seafood Cook-off in New Orleans.
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