http://civileats.com/2009/11/05/nola-heros-the-white-boot-brigade/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:08:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://civileats.com/2009/11/05/nola-heros-the-white-boot-brigade/comment-page-1/#comment-4431 BR Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:20:59 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=5467#comment-4431 Perhaps I misread what you wrote (and I hope that I have) but are you saying that the White Boot Brigrade trawls for shrimp? If this is indeed their practice, I'm not sure how you can condone it. Trawling for shrimp is the sea's equivalent of deforestation. Somewhere between 80-90% of sea creatures caught during the trawling process are bycatch therefore, they are dead or half dead and thrown back into the sea - not counting the plant life that has been eviscerated. Over 100 other species (some of which are endangered) die in trawling's quick, indiscriminate practice. Statistics state that in 50 years there may no longer be fish in our seas. Please tell me I misread your article...??? Perhaps I misread what you wrote (and I hope that I have) but are you saying that the White Boot Brigrade trawls for shrimp? If this is indeed their practice, I’m not sure how you can condone it. Trawling for shrimp is the sea’s equivalent of deforestation. Somewhere between 80-90% of sea creatures caught during the trawling process are bycatch therefore, they are dead or half dead and thrown back into the sea – not counting the plant life that has been eviscerated. Over 100 other species (some of which are endangered) die in trawling’s quick, indiscriminate practice. Statistics state that in 50 years there may no longer be fish in our seas. Please tell me I misread your article…???

]]> http://civileats.com/2009/11/05/nola-heros-the-white-boot-brigade/comment-page-1/#comment-4369 Peggy Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:32:24 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=5467#comment-4369 I would be interested in knowing if shrimp fishing practices in Louisiana are helping the recovery of the Gulf of Mexico "Dead Zone." I would be interested in knowing if shrimp fishing practices in Louisiana are helping the recovery of the Gulf of Mexico “Dead Zone.”

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