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'It’s going to wipe us out': Fishing industry vows to sue over $2 billion land-building project

Por: The Advocate Business October 08, 2022

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Leaders of Louisiana’s commercial fishing industry say legal action may be the last and best tool they have to fight a $2 billion that will dramatically alter a large section of the coast.“It’s going to be litigation,” said Mitch Jurisic, an Empire oysterman and chairman of the . “It’s the only way to stop this.”The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion is the flagship project of an ambitious state-led plan to fight coastal land loss.... + full article



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