Dana Honn

The event at the Broadside in New Orleans features food, live music, and family-friendly activities, all while raising awareness for the urgent challenges facing Louisiana's shrimping community.

For more on this educational and delicious event, managing producer Alana Schreiber spoke with shrimper Kendra Arnason, author, chef, and co-founder of the Louisiana Shrimp Fest and Shrimp Aid Dana Honn, and assistant professor and fishery specialist at Louisiana State University Jeff Bloom.

Well, let's start with the current state of the shrimping industry.

Jeff, I know that among the many challenges shrimpers are facing is competition from cheap imported shrimp.

Mm-hmm

... seafood from folks who don't know [laughs] where it's coming from.

We are speaking with shrimper Kindra Arnesen, chef and co-founder of the Louisiana Shrimp Festival and Shrimp Aid, Dana Honn, and assistant professor and fishery specialist at Louisiana State University, Jeff Plumley.

We're discussing the upcoming Louisiana Shrimp Fest and the work that they are doing to help sustain our shrimp industry.