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New Orleans job market ahead of the curve
WGNO NewsIt’s a great time to look for a job in the New Orleans metro area. The local economy added more than 6,000 new jobs in the past year, according to the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. New Orleans’ unemployment rate now stands at 6.4% -...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Employment, Career and Workplace, Aquaculture, Health
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Gulf Residents Miffed By BP Resuming Dividends
WGNO NewsBP's decision to resume paying dividends rankled Gulf Coast residents Tuesday who saw it as another sign the company wants to move on even though many are still suffering from last year's massive oil spill. Oil stains linger in marshes along Louisiana'...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Business, Environmental Issues, Justice System, Seafood
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Post-Oil Spill Poll on Seafood Attitudes
ABC26 NewsA marketing survey commissioned by Louisiana's seafood promotion board shows more than 70 percent of consumers polled nationally express some level of concern about seafood safety following the BP oil spill, and 23 percent have actually reduced their...Tags: Shrimp, Consumers, Food Industry, Satellite and Cable Service, Television Industry
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La. Shrimpers Worry About Prices For New Season
ABC26 NewsShrimpers trawling Louisiana waters Monday in the first commercial season since the Gulf disaster don't know what dangers from the massive BP oil spill still lurk and what market there will be for their catch if consumers don't believe the seafood is...Tags: Shrimp, Texas, Seafood, Fishing, Education
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La. Shrimpers Reporting Clean 1st Day Catch
ABC26 NewsCommercial shrimpers out for the first season since BP's disastrous spill indicated their catch was plentiful and free of oil, despite a report by scientists that much of the crude remains below the surface of the Gulf. Fishermen spent much of the summer...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Shrimp, Economy, Business and Finance, Florida, Texas
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DHH Reopens Oyster Harvesting Area
ABC26 NewsState health regulators are reopening an oyster harvesting area after it was determined there was no oil intrusion from the spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals says the affected area, which has been closed...Tags: Oysters, Shrimp, Texas, Seafood, Education
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Governor Jindal Announces Funding For Fishery Resource Monitoring Program, Calls On Bp To Fund Long-term Seafood Plan
ABC26 NewsToday, Governor Bobby Jindal announced that BP has agreed to fund a three-year, $13 million fishery-resource monitoring plan and he also called on BP to fund the state's long-term comprehensive seafood certification and marketing plan that was submitted...Tags: Biology, Shrimp, Oysters, Environmental Issues, Government
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Long-term Recovery Plan For The Gulf Coast Is Released On Tuesday
ABC26 NewsThe Obama Administration released America's Gulf Coast: A Long-Term Recovery Plan After The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Tuesday. The report was presented in New Orleans by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, who was appointed by President Obama to develop...Tags: Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Disasters and Accidents, Environmental Politics, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010)
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Gulf Alive Showcases Fresh Seafood & Produce
WGNO NewsThere's still oil out there and still a lot of people suffering in the seafood industry because of it. Gulf Alive is a new festival focusing on the fruits of the labor of Louisiana fishermen and farmers. Fresh fish and produce were on display. But Gulf...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Shrimp, New Orleans, Iowa, Disasters and Accidents
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Jindal to Obama: Lift Offshore Drilling Ban
ABC26 NewsGovernor Bobby Jindal sent the following letter to President Barack Obama and Secretary Ken Salazar about the severe impacts of the moratorium on deepwater drilling for the Louisiana Gulf Coast. -------------------- June 2, 2010 Dear President...Tags: Bobby Jindal, Credit and Debt, Economy, Business and Finance, Government, Executive Branch
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Jindal pushes for faster federal seafood testing
ABC26 NewsLouisiana's $2 billion seafood industry is threatened not only by the BP oil spill but also by a government bureaucracy that has been too slow to re-open waters off the state's coast to commercial fishing, Gov. Bobby Jindal and industry representatives...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Maryland, Bobby Jindal, New Orleans, Seafood
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Governor Jindal Calls On BP To Fund Louisiana's Long-term Seafood Safety Plan
ABC26 NewsToday, Governor Bobby Jindal met with commercial fishermen at Cypress Cove Marina in Venice and called on BP to fund the state's long-term seafood safety plan. Calling the plan part of BP's obligation to fully restoring the coast, Governor Jindal said the...Tags: Shrimp, Environmental Issues, Government, Regional Authority, Seafood
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