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Massive, unexplained bivalve die-off sends many Louisiana oystermen back to square one
Halle Parker
Mitch Jurisich, a third-generation oysterman, dropped a long pair of oyster tongs into the Gulf of Mexico and lightly raked the water bottom.
When he brought up his catch several oysters that he laid along the side of his boat all but one were dead. The more resilient hooked mussels, typically found clustered along the area s oyster reefs, had suffered the same fate.
The stench of rotting bivalves filled the air. That s the smell of death, Jurisich said.
Early this month, millions of pounds of oysters in leases that line Plaquemines Parish s west bank creatures that had been healthy and alive the week before were found dead, their mouths open. It s unclear why.