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Louisiana’s struggling seafood industry teetering after Ida

Stranded fishing boats sit against a tree on Isle de Jean Charles, La., a Native American community that is vanishing due to coastal erosion, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Storm clouds from Tropical Storm Nicholas hang above camps that were destroyed by Hurricane Ida at the Pointe-aux-Chenes Marina in Pointe-aux-Chenes, La., Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. The wrecked boats, docks and processing equipment left by Hurricane Ida has some wondering what the future holds for Louisiana's seafood industry. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Part of a shrimp boat, one of several that caught fire and burned during Hurricane Ida, lies in the channel of Delta Marina in Plaquemines Parish, La., Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. The wrecked boats, docks and processing equipment left by Hurricane Ida has some wondering what the future holds for Louisiana's seafood industry. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Cane poles mark oyster beds in Plaquemines Parish, La., Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Terren Dardar, 17, and Dayton Verdin, 14, left, family of Patti Dardar, who works at the marina, pour barrels of rainwater they collected from Tropical Storm Nicholas in Pointe-Aux-Chenes, La., Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. They have had no running water since the hurricane, and collected 140 gallons of rainwater in two hours from the tropical storm, which they filter and pump into their house for showers. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, family of Patti Dardar, who works at the marina, move barrels of rainwater they collected from Tropical Storm Nicholas in Pointe-Aux-Chenes, La., Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. They have had no running water since the hurricane, and collected 140 gallons of rainwater in two hours from the tropical storm, which they filter and pump into their house for showers. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) An oil sheen drifts between a sunken shrimp boat and pieces of a destroyed home along Bayou Pointe au Chien in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in Pointe-aux-Chenes, La., Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. The wrecked boats, docks and processing equipment left by Hurricane Ida has some wondering what the future holds for Louisiana's seafood industry. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Dale Williams, who cannot speak due to a tracheotomy from cancer, writes on a pad next to his shrimp trawler that overturned and cracked during Hurricane Ida, in Plaquemines Parish, La., Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. Ida's Category 4 winds flipped Williams' trawler on its side, bending the frame and tearing nets, but it should be ready to go after about $1,500 in repairs, he said in an interview conducted by written notes. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Mike Gaines, a deckhand, sits on the overturned and destroyed shrimp trawler that provides his living, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in Plaquemines Parish, La., Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) John Williams, a marina employee, tries to help raise a shrimp trawler that sunk during Hurricane Ida, in the aftermath of the storm in Plaquemines Parish, La., Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Dale Williams, who cannot speak due to a tracheotomy from cancer, stands in front of his shrimp trawler that overturned and cracked during Hurricane Ida, in Plaquemines Parish, La., Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. Ida's Category 4 winds flipped Williams' trawler on its side, bending the frame and tearing nets, but it should be ready to go after about $1,500 in repairs, he said in an interview conducted by written notes. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Steven Voisin discusses the destruction of his oyster processing plant, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in Houma, La., Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Voisin said he has yet to compute a dollar estimate for damage to the company, which also operates boats that harvest oysters, but it's substantial. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Steven Voisin walks past some of the destruction of his oyster processing plant, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in Houma, La., Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Voisin said he has yet to compute a dollar estimate for damage to the company, which also operates boats that harvest oysters, but it's substantial. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Mitch Jurisich shucks oysters he pulled from his oyster beds in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in Plaquemines Parish, La., Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Mitch Jurisich checks on oysters from his oyster beds in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in Plaquemines Parish, La., Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. Ida's heavy rains caused freshwater and sediment to flood coastal estuaries, killing the shellfish, Jurisich said. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Mitch Jurisich and his brother Frank Jurisich, right, checks on oysters from their oyster beds in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in Plaquemines Parish, La., Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. Ida's heavy rains caused freshwater and sediment to flood coastal estuaries, killing the shellfish, Mitch Jurisich said. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Frank Jurisich motors past shrimp boats that caught fire and burned during Hurricane Ida, as he and his brother go check on their oyster beds in Plaquemines Parish, La., Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. Ida's heavy rains caused freshwater and sediment to flood coastal estuaries, killing the shellfish, Jurisich said. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)