NATURAL
FISHERIES
Members of
the Marine Extension team work with commercial and recreational
fishermen, regulators, and fisheries scientists for the wise management
of one of Louisiana’s renewable resources – natural
fisheries – which a $1.5 billion industry in the state.
Emphasis is given to species management, essential
fish habitat, leadership issues, community impacts, bycatch reduction,
and fisheries technology. Through workshops, newsletters, Web
sites, and personal contacts, Sea Grant agents and specialists
act as a conduit in sharing research results with the fishing
community and the concerns of the angling and commercial harvesting
sectors with university researchers.
More information
on fisheries is available at http://www.seagrantfish.lsu.edu/
