The Cameron Direct Seafood website is live on the Internet at www.camerondirectseafood.com.
The Cameron site is part of the larger Louisiana Direct Seafood website, one of four locations across the state where consumers can find and contact local fishermen and dealers to purchase seafood. The website benefits both producers and consumers in that the producer receives a little better price for high quality, fresh seafood, while consumers get a good deal on locally produced, fresh seafood.
The project is modeled after the highly successful Delcambre Direct Seafood project that began three years ago. Fishermen participating in the Delcambre project get more for their catch and typically have their harvest sold before the boat returns to dock from a trip.
The majority of the seafood sold on the website will be shrimp since shrimp is the number one seafood product consumed in the U.S., but other products may be available as the market develops.
The spring inshore shrimp season for western Louisiana is just getting underway (opened May 21) and typically lasts six to eight weeks. Shrimp and other seafood will be available throughout the summer months and into the fall, even during inshore closures when many fishermen harvest from nearshore Gulf waters and open areas of the ship channel.
Nearly 90 percent of shrimp consumed in the U.S. are imports, primarily from the South China Sea region and South America. These are farm-raised shrimp that come to the U.S. in frozen packages to fill the display cases of our supermarkets.
The demand for shrimp in the U.S. has created a need for imports. However, if you prefer to eat locally produced fresh or frozen shrimp and other seafood products straight from the boats, contact one of the captains on the Cameron Direct sellers’ page. While on the website, you also can sign up for the newsletter which will go out periodically, notifying consumers of upcoming seasons, openings and when the boats are catching. Click on the fresh catch button to see the latest landings and what the local fishermen have to offer.
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