Dec 20 2007
Chenier Ecology for December 2007
Fisheries Infrastructure Recovery — Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the commercial,
charter and recreational fisheries industries in coastal Louisiana. Much of the infrastructure that
supported the industry along the coast, which included docks, wharves, ice houses, loading and offloading
equipment, cold storage, processing, and shipping facilities, and lifts, boat ramps and other critical
infrastructure to clean-up and remove vessels, was damaged or destroyed. Louisiana’s fishermen and
fisheries related businesses suffered great financial losses with estimates ranging from $580 million
to almost $2 billion.
ZRODLO: Louisiana Sea Grant