The waters are open, but the shrimpers aren't biting, as oil and dispersant remain in water and on beaches. "The fish are safe," declared LaDon Swann...

THERIOT, La. (Associated Press) - Docked boats were bedecked with fluttering red, white and blue streamers and rainbows of balloons in a bayou-country...

Tonight as I was speaking with the shrimpers I’ve gotten to know this week, I could tell they were leery about going out to fight the oil spill ...

In case there was any question of the amount to which oil and the oil industry are an entrenched part of Louisiana's culture, the 75th annual Shrimp and Petroleum Festival should serve to make things clear.

GOLDEN MEADOW, La. -- The men still bark orders in a French patois here while at work along the banks of Bayou Lafourche, a watery main street whose l...