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==Economy== Plaquemines has a significant seafood industry. The parish exports millions of pounds of shrimp, crab, oysters, and fish annually. Plaquemines also has a vibrant citrus and horticulture nursery stock industry, but saltwater intrusion is becoming a hurdle to these producers.<ref>Sara Cline. (September 29, 2023). "Louisiana citrus farmers are seeing a mass influx of salt water that could threaten seedlings". [https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-salt-water-mississippi-citrus-farms-eb9b9b9838410ff5f27d25540c61b607 AP website] Retrieved October 11, 2023.</ref> The seafood and citrus industries have suffered somewhat in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. About half the shrimping and shellfish fleet were lost. In January 2007, thousands of citrus trees went unpicked.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}} As of 2012, Plaquemines parish is the largest crude-oil producing parish in Louisiana. It produced over 14 million barrels in 2012.<ref>[http://sonlite.dnr.state.la.us/sundown/cart_prod/cart_con_yearprod2]{{dead link|date=March 2018|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> [[Plaquemines Port]] is one of the largest ports in the United States, handling mostly domestic traffic. The Plaquemines Port, Harbor & Terminal District is coextensive with the parish. It was created in 1954 by the legislature of Louisiana as a state agency. It is governed by a committee of the Plaquemines Parish Council, acting as the Port Board.<ref>[http://www.portofplaquemines.com/history.html "History"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302154019/http://www.portofplaquemines.com/history.html |date=March 2, 2012 }}, Plaquemines Port Harbor & Terminal District website</ref> ===Alternative energy=== Oil and gas continue to play a dominant role in the Plaquemines economy; however, there is a growing policy and resource trend in favor of [[renewable resources]]. The Parish government is working with public and private partners to invest in renewable energy, including [[hydrokinetic energy]] and [[wind energy]]. Plaquemines has a huge potential for hydrokinetic energy sites along deep bends in the Mississippi River. The flow of the river is 470,000 cubic feet per second at the [[Head of Passes]] during normal river stages and 1,250,000 during peak times.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lacoast.gov/new/about/Basin_data/mr/Default.aspx|title=The Mississippi River Delta Basin|website=lacoast.gov|access-date=March 6, 2018}}</ref> Tidal turbines would be placed in deep bends of the river below seagoing and barge traffic. The turbines would also be located below the usual migrating routes of fish. Four companies intending to install turbines are in the regulatory and permitting stages.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2011/04/funding_paperwork_slow_ambitio.html|title=Funding, paperwork slow ambitious plans to produce power using underwater turbines in Mississippi River|work=NOLA.com|access-date=March 6, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> The potential installation of wind turbines at the mouth of the Mississippi River is also being considered.<ref>[http://www.jacobsplanning.us/plaq/Documents/2012-02-28_Economic_Development_Assessment_20125213714.pdf "Economic Development Assessment"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602033857/http://www.jacobsplanning.us/plaq/Documents/2012-02-28_Economic_Development_Assessment_20125213714.pdf |date=June 2, 2015 }}</ref> The capacity of a wind source to produce energy is generally measured by Wind Power Density. Wind Power Densities are divided into seven Wind Power Classes. According to the American Wind Energy Association, Plaquemines has winds in specified areas that fall into a Wind Power Class of seven, which makes the Parish a particularly attractive location for wind turbine investment. Wind turbines would likely be placed at the mouth of the Mississippi, where winds are the strongest. Wind Energy Systems Technology has proposed to build a 12.5 MV wind farm in [[Barataria Bay]] off the coast of Plaquemines Parish. The energy would be sent to Myrtle Grove through an underground cable. The wind farm would be supplemented with natural gas turbines when wind speeds are either not sufficient or too robust to supply power. A similar proposal is being considered for the southern portion of the Parish.
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