The 13 new members of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board inherit an organization proven many times over as an advocate for the state’s commercial fishing community – in good times and especially bad.
They begin their terms representing six distinct industries: crab, finfish, oysters, shrimp, alligator and crawfish. And as diverse as those industries might be, the board’s overall effectiveness will come down to its ability to work together to benefit the entire community of 12,000+ fishermen.
That’s the vision behind its creation 30 years ago by the Mike Voisin, according to Ewell Smith, its executive director. Voisin, who passed away earlier this year, was the chief executive of Motivatit Seafoods.
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