Thank You for Being a Friend, Jazz & Heritage Festival, to the Local Commercial Shrimping Community
Thank You for Being a Friend, Jazz & Heritage Festival, to the Local Commercial Shrimping Community
Media Liaison
Glenda Beasley
(512) 750-5199
gb@seadconsulting.com
Genetic testing reveals festival vendors supporting local shrimpers
Genetic testing reveals festival vendors supporting local shrimpers
Interviews Available Upon Request*
Founder of SeaD Consulting
Chief Scientific Officer
Chief Operations Officer
*Other available interviews upon request:
Andrew Blanchard, Shrimp Processor, Vice-chairman of the Louisiana Shrimp Task Force
Cheri Blanchard, a Louisiana Board Director for the Southern Shrimp Alliance
Dana Honn, Founder of the Louisiana Shrimp Festival/Shrimp Aid, New Orleans, Louisiana
Doug Olander, Owner of Big D Seafood Fishing Dock and Commercial Fisherman, New Iberia, Louisiana
Jeremy Zirlott, Boat Owner and Processor, Bayou La Batre, Alabama
Sources:
Testing Report (New Orleans, 4/24/25)
Seafood Labeling Laws State-by-State
Scientists' testing detects fake shrimp labeling
Simplified Methodology of restaurant selection
FTC Letter Warns Against Deceptive Marketing Practices in Seafood Restaurants
Business Insider “Why Louisiana’s $1.3 Billion Shrimp Industry Could Go Extinct
Florida State University
Southern Shrimp Alliance
Nationalfisherman
Seafoodsource
Intrafish
NOAA Fisheries