During the summer of nineteen forty-one, every morning McCall Purnell and I would get my small boat and go out to catch shellfish called crabs.

VOA: special.2009.02.14

"A lot of these regions, being a coastal province, we have some of the world's best shellfish and fishing."

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

Like his father and his grandfather before him, he makes his living harvesting the fish and shellfish of the Louisiana Gulf coast.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

Wildlife officials routinely patrol these shallows waters, a habitat for many fish and shellfish.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

The fear is that the oil would taint the bottom dwelling shellfish for decades.

VOA: standard.2010.05.09

The ponds' earthen banks are also home to finger-sized shellfish called crawfish.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

He also is a commercial crabber and fisherman. He says if the shut down continues on the east side of the Mississippi, Louisiana's' seafood industry will survive,because 70 percent of the state's fish and shellfish come from the west side of the river.

VOA: standard.2010.05.08