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Oyster Industry in Danger

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    FBN's Ashley Webster breaks down the impact of the Mississippi River floods on oysters.

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-- the rising waters off the Mississippi River taking a big toll on businesses across several southern states we talked about flooded farmland -- close shipping routes.

But we have yet to speak of the oyster industry.

That is until now Ashley -- following the river south bringing us the story from New Orleans actually.

Yeah actress and at the acme oyster house just stop above -- street here in New Orleans and you know what the oyster industry in his state.

He's snake bitten just can't get a break -- freed up back in 2005.

Hurricanes Rita and this stuff up to that.

Last year we had the BP oil spill and now.

We have the Mississippi floods and why does that affect the oyster beds well all of that fresh water coming downstream.

Gets into the oyster beds along the coastal bays -- the swamps of these oysters need.

A mixture of salt and fresh water is like brackets water to grow and survive what happens is the -- orders come in.

And they ruin the environment for the oysters -- will then suffered if it stays like that the fight nasal -- They begin to die so production company -- backed by 50%.

Just as this industry is trying to get back on its face.

I spoke with those affected by these -- borders may say it is going to have a big impact in the -- -- The impact here short term.

Is wanna be detrimental.

When you look at all the fresh -- that's coming through.

You're talking about the intrusion into those beds -- the mortality rate will be -- Wildly.

The mortality rate will be high as they say could be as much as fifty presented this year's crop that means supplies will be -- up prices will go up.

Here at the -- while -- sales they are trying to keep those prices down and not -- on to the consumer but.

There's some 101000 jobs linked to the oyster industry in Louisiana it generates.

More than 250 million dollars -- years so it's another part of the economy that's being affected guys by these floodwaters.

And we still have yet to see all of those borders -- south.

Here to ultimately into the gulf of Mexico's so once again the boys to men in the always the -- Fishing community here in Louisiana just can't get I say they don't even know what a break looks like.

What how much it costs but they certainly aren't getting any right now unbelievable accident site judging by the -- crowd there and act he looks like demand is still.

Pretty high.

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