Buoyancy on the Bayou

by Jill Ann Harrison

Book Overview

Over the past several decades, shrimp has transformed from a luxury food to a kitchen staple. While shrimp-loving consumers have benefited from the lower cost of shrimp, domestic shrimp fishers have suffered, particularly in Louisiana. Most of the shrimp that we eat today is imported from shrimp farms in China, Vietnam, and Thailand. The flood of imported shrimp has sent dockside prices plummeting, and rising fuel costs have destroyed the profit...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801478332
• ISBN13: 9780801478338
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: ILR Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher