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• Gov. Edwards announces program to help Louisiana shrimpers

  October 13, 2020 11:14 AM

  On Monday, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the creation of a $250,000 program that will pay part of the cost shrimp fishermen will have to pay for mandated devices to protect sea turtles and other animals from getting trapped in their nets. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries... more »

• NTSB: Plane crash that killed fisherman Theophile Bourgeois flew into bad weather

  August 19, 2019 6:03 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - In their initial report, federal investigators say the seaplane crash that killed popular fishing guide Theophile Bourgeois flew into bad weather before going down. Authorities say the plane initially took off during a break in heavy rain, but conditions deteriorated. The Coast Guard recovered three... more »

• Livingston Parish deputies report 1 dead in apparent drowning

  December 31, 2015 3:37 PM

  ALBANY - Sheriff's deputies say an Albany man drowned while fishing in a Livingston Parish pond late in the morning on New Year's Eve. 25-year-old Benjamin McKinley was one of two boaters fishing in a small body of water located off Highway 442 near Pea Ridge Road when the... more »

• Body of missing fisherman found in Terrebonne Parish

  November 18, 2015 5:39 PM

  HOUMA – Deputies in Terrebonne Parish said they found the body of a missing fisherman who went missing Tuesday. Deputies found the body of 69-year-old Gary P. Crochet of Houma Wednesday afternoon after a two day search in Lake Decade in Terrebonne Parish. According to Sheriff Jerry Larpenter,... more »