Council Split Over How to Enforce Imported Shrimp Ban

At the latest St. Bernard Parish council meeting— which was held on Wednesday, July 5 rather than its usual Tuesday date due to the July 4 holiday— an intense argument broke out between council members over how they should enforce an ordinance banning imported shrimp they adopted in late 2022. In the end, the amount of discord surrounding this issue forced the council to table the ordinance…

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