This Year's Hurricane Season Has Hit The Commercial Fishing Industry Hard

This year's hurricane season has been one of the most active in recent memory. As Hurricane Delta makes its way to the Gulf Coast, commercial fishermen once again have to make their way back to shore. This back and forth has had a negative financial impact on their business.

"Our shrimp season was all messed up this year," said Anthony Stipelcovich, a commercial fisherman. "Every time we turn around, we had to run back in, tie in the harbors and have to sit there for days. When the weather was pretty waiting for the water to go back down. As long as that water is up, they won't open the flood gates or the locks for the river."

Safe Harbor in Empire will house hundreds of boats as they come back in ahead of Delta, Fox 8 reports. Each time there is a storm, commercial fishermen have to abandon their efforts at sea, taking a hit financially in the process. With this hurricane season being so active, it's affected the business more than usual and some fishermen have lost thousands of dollars.

"I don't know what we are going to do this winter," said Chance Lay, another commercial fisherman. Lay's business is barely getting by after missing at least 31 days of the season. He and others like him hope Delta will be the last storm they have to go through this season.

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