Collection:LPB

Genre: Newsmagazine

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1985-11-01

Duration: 00:09:03

Subjects: SEAFOOD INDUSTRY | Shrimp fisheries | Shrimpers (Persons) | Vietnamese Americans

Contributors:

• Johnson, Ken Host
• Duet, Livingston Interviewee
• Estay, Wayne Interviewee
• Richoux, Irving Interviewee
• Dnguyen, Hoa Interviewee

This segment from the November 1, 1985, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Ken Johnson’s report on the changing shrimp industry in Louisiana due to an influx of Vietnamese refugees in coastal communities becoming shrimpers. Johnson reports that a rapid increase in the number of shrimp boats in Louisiana has caused shrimp prices to go down. He interviews: Livingston Duet, a retiring shrimper; Wayne Estay, seafood dealer; Irving Richoux, shrimper; and Hoa Dnguyen, Vietnamese refugee and shrimper.