One of Mount Pleasant's few remaining shrimp docks soon may be sold, and that's raising questions about the future viability of Shem Creek's shrimping fleet.

A natural gas tanker docked at Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass loomed large as Phillip “Rooster” Dyson Jr.’s small shrimp boat rolled by in the Calcasieu Ship Channel. The narrow waterway ...

Teresa Hiatt took time out to write an email expressing her love for shrimp and the people whose livelihood depends on harvesting and distributing it.

One long-held truth about the Lowcountry: A shrimp festival isn’t complete without shrimp boats. Cruise ships still can’t tie up at Beaufort’s famed Waterfront Park seawall because of severe ...

Fishermen sell shrimp out of their pickup trucks to cut out the middle man. And "For Sale" signs are posted on boats. "I gave it all up. I'm driving an 18-wheeler now," said Welton Guidry, 35.

Fewer boats and bigger shrimp. That just about sums up the first day of Mississippi's shrimp season, which began Wednesday at 6am. Thanks to Katrina, the shrimpers that were on the water snagged ...

More than a decade ago, Dale Williams built the 105-foot Gulf shrimp boat "Miss Hannah" for Dominick Ficarino, who owns one of the largest seafood processing plants in Bayou La Batre, Dominick's ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced a rule that would apply to fewer than 1,100 inshore shrimp boats in the Gulf of Mexico and along the southeast Atlantic coast.

Tuesday afternoon, seas along the upper coast were hovering in the 3-foot range under 12- to 15-mph wind — sufficient to rock small-boat traffic.

About two years ago, St. Bernard Parish passed a local law banning the sale of certain imported seafood in the parish, including shrimp. Walmart has not yet responded to a request for comment.

Hurricane Ida struck Louisiana shrimp towns right at the start of shrimp season, destroying homes, sinking boats and threatening the livelihoods of local shrimpers.

MOUNT PLEASANT — One of Shem Creek's last remaining shrimp boat docks is quietly up for sale. The loss of the Wando dock could be the tipping point for the vanishing fleet in the creek made ...