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Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board: New Orleans Saints deal was telling ordeal
The potential that Louisiana’s Department of Wildlife and Fisheries could end up running the show upon whose stage the state will market its seafood is causing distress among some fishermen and fish dealers. Asked why that potential is seen as a bad thing, some opponents of legislation submitted by Sen. Gerald Long (R-Winnfield) and Rep. Gordon Dove (R-Houma) point to elements of a deal struck last year with the New Orleans Saints as proof. The contract with the Saints, continued