Editing Empire, Louisiana (section)

==Seafood production==
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Empire, along with [[Venice, Louisiana|Venice]], is the third largest seafood port in the United States by weight and value{{cite web|url=https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/pls/webpls/MF_LPORT_YEARP.RESULTS|title=(NOAA, 2016)}}(Landings by Port Ranked by Pounds, NOAA, 2016). Some two thousand boats home port from Empire. Species landed include oysters, shrimp, menhaden, and other types of fin fish. During the BP oil spill, seafood landings came to a halt. Oyster landings did not resume for an entire year. Under the Coast 2050 plan, a 50,000 cfs freshwater diversion is proposed at Empire, which threatens the livelihood of the fishermen and the supporting businesses by drastically altering the salinity in the surrounding marshes.