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Zydeco Fishing Concern

Profile

Headquarters: Zydeco, Zanzania (FSA colony)
CEO: Richard "Benny" Bouchier
Total Employees: 5,500
Products: Zydeco lobster, lobster jewelry
Largest clients: Upper class restaurants and food connoisseurs

History

Started with (mainly) Creole settlers from the FSA's Southern District.

Fishing company based on the colony of Zydeco on the planet Zanzania. Specializes in catching the giant Zanzanian lobster, which can weigh up to 4,000 pounds. Has to transport using Star Crossed because the UAN (who runs the Kenyatta jumpship that services the system) won't help out the Zydeco colony for political reasons, and the Upeo won't help for ecological reasons (and political ones).

There is a strong market on Earth for Zydeco lobster meat. Zydeco Fishing Concern employs nearly the entire 5,000 person population of the Zydeco colony. The meat must be harvested on Zanzania, and then teleported or jumped to Earth. This is difficult for two reasons. First off, even under refrigeration, the meat has a shelf life of about a month after which is spoils and becomes poisonous (faster if the meat is not quickly taken from a live lobster). Secondly, any form of teleportation kills the lobster (with rotted meat soon to follow). Scientists are at a loss to explain why this happens. This problem is exasperated by the UAN's harassment of the lobster trade.

Nonetheless, lobster harvesting is a booming business for the denizens of Zydeco (the FSA colony on Zanzania). Lobsters are kept in large marshy pens throughout the Zydeco archipelago. The locals even go so far as to craft shiny jewelry for their lobsters claiming it makes it easier for them to catch fish (and thus grow faster).

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