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The aftermath of Katrina. Clearing waterways was a top Coast Guard priority.

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The aftermath of Katrina. Recovering and fixing the boats.

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The aftermath of Katrina. Boats strewn about by Katrina.

The aftermath of Katrina. Recovering and fixing the boats.

The aftermath of Katrina. Recovering and fixing the boats.

The aftermath of Katrina. Recovering and fixing the boats.

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The aftermath of Katrina. Recovering and fixing the boats.

The aftermath of Katrina. Boats strewn about by Katrina.

The aftermath of Katrina. Boats strewn about by Katrina.

The aftermath of Katrina. Recovering and fixing the boats.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Devastation of the fishing fleet and fishing infrastructure of Plaquemines Parish.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. The Team - Nancy and Wayne Weikel of FEMA and Rusty Gaude of Louisiana SeaGrant.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Wayne and Nancy Weikel talking to the locals about their concerns and needs.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Boats littered the landscape following Katrina.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. The indispensable ice plant was destroyed during Katrina.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Large menhaden boats floated onto the highway.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. The indispensable ice plant was destroyed during Katrina.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Remains of a fish processing plant wharf.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Another view of the destroyed ice plant.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. The ice plant and adjacent facilities prior to Katrina.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Sunken boats in the harbor.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Boat and ice plant after Katrina.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Gas for generators after Katrina.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. An empty shell of a building following Katrina.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Headquarters for Coast Guard assistance following Katrina.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Map showing location of wrecked and stranded boats. Over 4,000 commercial fishing vessels and 25,000 pleasure vessels were casualties of Katrina.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. A lucky boat that was still floating with its Coast Guard case number painted on its side.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. A Vietnamese shrimp fishermen next to his salvaged boat.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. A local fish processor next to a still floating boat.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Vietnamese fishermen working on a boat engine post-Katrina.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Nancy and Wayne Weikel with Rusty Gaude on the right planning fishery recovery strategy.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Evaluating damage was the first step in recovery efforts.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Getting shrimp caught and processed and off to market was a goal of the fisheries recovery team.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Getting local seafood industries back to normal business operations was the goal of the fisheries recovery team.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Rebuilding critical infrastructure such as ice plants was the a major step in recovery efforts.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. A pre-Katrina SeaGrant meeting.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Pre-Katrina students on the docks.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Going to stakeholder facilities to learn more about concerns and issues.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Pre-Katrina meeting with local aquaculture industry representative s.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Track of Hurricane Katrina showing passing right over Plaquemines Parish as first landfall.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Satellite imagery of the Plaquemines Parish.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. What a mess! Cars, debris and boats jumbled together far from their original locations.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. Temporary quarters in trailers outside of SeaGrant building which had its roof blown off.

Image from FEMA/SeaGrant PowerPoint Presentation by Wayne and Nancy Weikel and Rusty Gaude. FEMA/SeaGrant Office outside of SeaGrant building. This served as HQ for the fisheries recovery team.