HOUMA — While the Fourth of July is a time to light up your grill in much of the country, in south Louisiana, it’s one of the last big summer weekends for a seafood boil, according to locals.
“The boil is a way to bring the family together,” said Tim Angelette, owner of Seafood Outlet in Thibodaux. “You can feed a lot more people with a bushel of crabs or a sack of crawfish than a steak.”
The holiday is usually a big weekend for crabs. It’s also the last big weekend for crawfish sales, said Mike Voisin, owner of Motivatit Seafood in Houma.
But with the Gulf oil spill, many local fishing grounds have been closed on and off for months, and fishermen have sought cleanup work with BP or are keeping their boats docked to avoid the risk of running into oiled fishing grounds. Shortages have made some types of seafood, like oysters, nearly impossible to find. Others have gone up in price due to shortages.
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