Chad Portier and his son, Chad Jr., spent their Labor Day pulling the last harvest of shrimp that was caught before Hurricane Ida blew through their small fishing village in southeastern Louisiana.
In a community of about 2,800 people, more than half rely on the fishing industry to make a living. Even if they aren’t directly working for a purveyor, many residents are employed at the marina, the dock or are helping to support the sport fishing industry down the road in Cocodrie.
Just 26 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico, seafood is a major market and has been for generations of Chauvin families. The Portiers’ operation alone employs nine fisherman who go out on boats for three weeks at a time, plus their dock, which employs about five people and bought shrimp from 100 different fisherman last year.
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