Gone Fishin' - Out to Lunch - It's Acadiana

It's Acadiana: Out to Lunch

According to the United States Geological Survey, 71 of the Earth s surface is water. And 96 of that in other words, almost all of it is ocean. Seeing most of the planet is ocean, you might wonder why it s called "Earth" at all. In theory, it should really be called "Water." And seeing there are billions more fish than there are humans, you would think we relatively few humans would be dominated by fish. Whether you explain the fact that we eat fish rather than them eating us as evolution, God s design, or we re part of an alien experiment fish are a vital part of the diet of humans almost everywhere. In our part of the world, seafood is elevated to somewhere between religion and a way of life. And it s a vital part of our economy. No place more so than Delcambre. Although Delcambre only has 2,000 residents, on the day in 2013 when the Port of Delcambre launched the Seafood and Farmer s Market, 1,000 of them showed up. Today, the monthly market is a staple of the area. People come from as far away as Arkansas, lured mainly by the chance to get their hands on highly prized Vermilion Bay shrimp. The Assistant Manager of the Delcambre Seafood and Farmer s Market, and the Community Relations Coordinator for the Port of Delcambre, is Tammy Gordon. Tammy describes show she and her crew started up an online system where you can find out what fish are coming in to the port and go get em fresh on Delcanbre Direct. As you know, there are a lot of ways to prepare seafood. Fried. Grilled. Saut ed. And cooked up in a gumbo to name a few. It s only relatively recently though, that here in Acadiana we ve been able to eat fish that don t require any of these methods of cooking. Meaning, sushi In 2002 Michele Ezell opened Lafayette s first sushi restaurant Tsunami for no better reason than she loved sushi. And she was tired of driving to Baton Rouge or even New Orleans to get it. Since opening Tsunami in Lafayette, Michele has opened another Tsunami in Baton Rouge, and more recently a third one in New Orleans. Photos in the courtayrd of Cafe Vermilionville by Gwen Aucoin.

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