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abandoned agriculture alligators Atcha Atchafalaya Basin Atchafalaya River Atchafalaya Spillway bait bateau Bayou Chêne Bayou Lafourche Bayou Plaquemine Bayou Teche began Belle River boat bottom buffalofish Butte la Rose catch catfish caught cents a pound commercial fishermen commercial fishing commonly crabs crawfish traps crawfishermen cured moss cypress developed Dumont early Evermann exploitation falaya farmers feet Fiedler fish dealers Fisheries fishing ground fishing industry flatboat float floods French French-speaking frogs gill nets GRAND LAKE green moss high water hook and line hoop nets houseboat important Indians LAKE VERRET land levees living Louisiana Maringouin method migration Mississippi River system Morgan City Morgan City Review nylon Orleans outboard motor Pierre pirogue plantations Plaquemine pole Pratz production retting River Bayou river shrimp shad shrimp sold Spanish moss spillway swamp dwellers techniques Text-fig TEXT-FIGURE tion tow-cars trees trotlines Tulian turtles twine usually wildlife woods