PHOTO: Breaux Bridge businessman and civic leader Ray Pellerin (center) accepts an award from the American Trails organization for his work on Tour du Teche, the annual kayak and canoe race on Bayou Teche.
A House concurrent resolution requesting the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to “examine the issue of a wild-caught crawfish fishing season,” which was fast-tracked through the House, failed to make it out of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources Wednesday.
A House concurrent resolution that would create a committee to study ways to further regulate crawfishing, anathema to St. Martin Parish commercial fishermen, was derailed in committee last week.
Bayou Teche Brewing will be one of only 73 small and independent craft breweries chosen to represent the craft brewing industry at SAVOR: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience. Presented by the Brewers Association and in its eighth year, SAVOR is the premier beer and food pairing event in the U.S.
PHOTO: Bayou Operations director Dane Thibodeaux of The TECHE Project exults over a load of trash picked up by volunteers in one morning on Bayou Teche in New Iberia. (The TECHE Project)