Louisiana’s Grand Isle launches “Jewel” oyster brand to promote off-bottom farming $140K LED grant supports marketing and infrastructure development Technique revives oyster farming post-Hurricane Ida ...

SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA TOOK A MAJOR HIT FROM KATRINA 20 YEARS AGO, AND THE BP OIL SPILL JUST FIVE YEARS LATER. AND WDSU FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST DEREK SIBLEY SAT DOWN WITH THE LOUISIANA OYSTER ...

GRAND ISLE, La. -- Not all jewels shine deep-green like emeralds or have the sparkle of diamonds. Some tumble from algae-coated cages in a rush of rock and shell, briny water splashing alongside them ...

Elizabeth Robinson enters a cool, damp room with fluorescent lights and dozens of large plastic bags holding liquid ranging from pastel yellow to dark rust. It's not the typical image associated with ...

Five months after Jefferson Parish officials launched an effort to support the oyster industry on Grand Isle, the seafood farming operation on the barrier island is set to double in size and ...

It’s day two of qualifying for November elections and there are already candidates vying to represent Louisiana’s new majority-Black congressional district. The Times Picayune/New Orleans Advocate’s ...

This year at Jazz Fest you can get delicious raw slurps of specialty local seafood, and a taste of the changing tide of Louisiana oyster culture, right between the Blues Tent and Jazz Tent at Jazz ...