DELCAMBRE — A Port of Delcambre program that uses the Internet to connect fishermen with seafood lovers who want to buy directly off the boat is spawning similar programs across the Louisiana coast.
“That thing has really taken off. They want to expand it across the state,” Port of Delcambre Director Wendell Verret said.
The Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission has awarded a $560,000 grant to launch new direct marketing programs for fishing communities in three other regions — Cameron Parish, Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes, and the New Orleans area.
The commission, a five-state coalition that works to manage Gulf Coast fisheries, learned of the Delcambre program and believed it could serve as a model in other areas, said Thomas Hymel, an agent with the LSU Agricultural Center and the Louisiana Sea Grant program.
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