George Barisich has been shrimping and oystering in the Louisiana bayous--"everywhere I can float," he says--for 40 of his 50 years. He harvests oysters in brackish water (mixed salt and fresh) since they grow only in a certain salinity, and he catches shrimp from eastern Mississippi [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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