Hurricane Katrina: Fishing and Aquaculture Industries -- Damage and Recovery

Abstract

The Gulf Coast where Hurricane Katrina struck is an especially important center of commercial and recreational fishing, producing 10% of the shrimp and 40% of the oysters consumed in the United States. Because of the damage wrought by Katrina, many areas of the Gulf Coast have been closed to fishing because of pollution-related contamination concerns. In addition, inland areas account for much of the U.S. farmed catfish production. This report summarizes damage assessments and recovery efforts, with initial reports primarily anecdotal until more accurate assessments become available. The report will be updated as warranted to incorporate new information.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 07, 2005
Accession Number
ADA465457

Entities

People

  • Eugene H. Buck

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Biological Phenomena
  • Congress
  • Damage
  • Damage Assessment
  • Domestic
  • Ecological And Environmental Phenomena
  • Ecological And Environmental Processes
  • Hurricanes
  • Information Operations
  • Natural Resources
  • Personnel Management
  • Recovery
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Storm Surges
  • Storms
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security