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Article: Gulf Coast fisheries rebound after storms; Hurricanes Katrina and Rita sank or damaged 5,000 boats, but crews are making record hauls.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- April 4, 2006
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Byline: Patrik Jonsson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
VENICE, LA. -- When hurricanes Katrina and Rita blew through the bayous, putting shrimp boats up on land and wrecking 90 percent of the icemaking and peeling machinery, they sent a shudder through the country's biggest shrimp fishery.
But surviving shrimpers, oystermen, and crabbers are learning a key lesson, one foreseen in a Hollywood movie made 12 years ago: The storms have rejuvenated fish stocks, leading to record catches.
"You saw 'Forrest Gump,' well, it's a reality," says Steve Murawski, a senior scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ...