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Judge: Army Corps’ 2019 spillway decision hurt Mississippi’s seafood sector

A 2019 spillway release allegedly decimated Mississippi's farmed oyster supply and harmed the juvenile recruitment of shrimp, blue crabs and wild oyster reefs

By Undercurrent News | Jan. 26, 2023 15:46 GMT
A commercial shrimp boat heading through Biloxi Bay Channel, with nets extended. The shrimp industry is vital to segments of the Biloxi, Mississippi, economy. Credit: Simply Photos/Shutterstock.com
A commercial shrimp boat heading through Biloxi Bay Channel, with nets extended. The shrimp industry is vital to segments of the Biloxi, Mississippi, economy. Credit: Simply Photos/Shutterstock.com
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A US federal judge ruled that the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) harmed the Mississippi Sound when it opened the Bonnet Carré Spillway in 2019 to relieve flooding in New Orleans, Louisiana. USACE was required under the Magnuson-Stevens Act to consult the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on the potential impacts on US "fishery resources" but failed to do so, WLOX-TV reports. [...]

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