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Right, 2011 was the dought year. Salinity was up. Drills were up. But the steep decline in oyster stocks occurred in 2010, so it could not have been caused by oyster drills and high salinity in 2011.

90% of Louisiana's oyster harvest in 2010 was from Calcasieu estuary.

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Originally Posted by MathGeek (Post 750506)

Yeah, carbon sequestration is not a benefit that would have crossed my mind, but it gets mentioned as a benefit in most of the oyster restoration papers. And the idea is scientifically sound: oysters transfer carbon to their shells when they grow and the carbon is locked up in the shells for a long time before being released.

I don't buy that atmospheric carbon dioxide is a big problem, so I do not see carbon sequestration as a big benefit. But lots of environmental types do, and as long as we're advocating oyster reef restoration, why not include benefits that lots of environmental types think are very important?

I gotcha. U just copied and pasted some of the known oyster benefits. Carbon sequestration or whatever is a crock. My neighbor is a big liberal and talks about this all the time

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Originally Posted by DaPointIsDaBomb (Post 750525)

I gotcha. U just copied and pasted some of the known oyster benefits. Carbon sequestration or whatever is a crock. My neighbor is a big liberal and talks about this all the time

Its a crock that a lot of people put a lot of money into, especially those environmental types MG mentioned. Money is what gets things done unfortunately. If there isn't money in it or some major benefit to society, most people couldn't care less.

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Originally Posted by Smalls (Post 750529)

I know. My neighbor says that's why ducks don't come here no more but I've been killing plenty ducks last few years But anyways how does an oyster hold carbon. Thought that was plants that did that. Are oysters plants?

There's your documentation T-Top LMAO!

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Originally Posted by MathGeek (Post 750455)

[LDWF]. “L.D.W.F. Agents Cite Six Louisianans for Oyster Violations.” Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, March 18, 2011a. Retrieved from the World Wide Web on 7 September 2012. www.wlf.louisiana.gov/news/33862

[LDWF]. “2011 Oyster Stock Assessment Report Of The Public Oyster Areas In Louisiana Seed Grounds and Seed Reservations.” Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, July, 2011.

[LDWF]. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries press release March 22, 2011 http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/news/33877 Accessed 11/2/11.

[LDWF]. “2012 Oyster Stock Assessment Information for the Public Oyster Areas of Louisiana.” Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, July, 2012. Harvest pressure was concentrated in Calcasieu that season because so many areas of the state were closed due to the oil spill.

No doubt that controlling salinity is key to oyster restoration, and that high salinity has hindered restoration efforts since 2011.

But the above references and attached figures make it clear that harvest pressure led to the oyster decline on the E side in the 2010-2011 harvest season.

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Originally Posted by jl8200 (Post 750538)

There's your documentation T-Top LMAO!

Not exactly bro.

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