Mar 17 2008
Dockside for March 2008
Caught in the Rip Tide: The Louisiana Shrimping Industry – More than two thousand years ago,
Great King Canute stood on the shores of the North Sea and commanded the tides to halt. He ordered them
to not wet his sandals. To the surprise of his followers, the sea did not obey. As one focuses on the
coming tide, one is forced to wonder what the future holds for Louisiana’s Vietnamese shrimping industry.
To better understand the state of affairs, I will write a three part series examining where the industry
came from, where it is and where it is going. King Canute failed to halt the coming tides. However, the
fate of the shrimping industry is far less certain.
Oryginal: Louisiana Sea Grant