Heads up if your going to Grand Isle
 

http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/sites/d...sure062813.pdf

The waters in front of Grand Terre islands have been closed all but recreational rod-and-reel fishing after tar mats were found in the area, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced today.
The closure does not affect charter fishing, the LDWF said.

Closed are waters on the Gulf of Mexico side of the islands a distance of a half mile from the shoreline from the southwestern shore of east Grand Terre at -89 degrees, 54 minutes, 04 seconds west longitude eastward along the shoreline to the southeastern shore of Grand Terre at -89 degrees, 51 minutes, 39 seconds west longitude and then eastward along 29 degrees, 18 minutes, 46 seconds north latitude to -89 degrees, 51 minutes, 19 seconds west longitude.

Tar mats located during ongoing surveys were removed this week in the intertidal and subtidal areas of Grand Terre Islands, the agency said. Some of those mats were in areas that are already closed; howeve,r some additional closures were required. 
 
All commercial fishing is prohibited in the closed areas, the LDWF announced. Effective with the closure, no person shall take/possess or attempt to take any species of fish for commercial purposes from waters within the closed area, the LDWF said. Possession, sale, barter, trade or exchange of any fish or other aquatic life from the closed area during the closure is prohibited, the LDWF said.



Prohibited recreational fishing activities include:
• crabbing
• shrimping
• flounder gigging
• cast netting
• bait seining
• bow fishing
• spearing
• snagging
• dip netting


Prohibited commercial fishing activities include:
• shrimping
• trawling
• skimming
• butterflying
• crabbing
• flounder and garfish gigging
• cast netting
• oyster harvesting
• gill netting
• hoop netting
• minnow trapping
• rod and reeling
• jug lining
• bow and arrow
• purse seining
• set lining
• spear gunning

Strong west winds, dirty *** water......stayin home this weekend. Thabjs for the heads up tho!

I hate to see grand isle go through this....it is such a cool unique place.

Also heard they were doing work on the west end of the island. if so that will muddy the water up and limit beach access.

That imitation levee broke. Theyre trying to get it fixed before a srorm com es

I don't understand why they closed everything but rec fishing?

I am not an engineer nor did i sleep at a holiday inn last night. But, They keep butting the burrito bags down and covering them w/ sand and it washes out.
Why not drive 20 foot sheet piles and leave 5 -8 feet sticking up .Burrito bag on each side of sheet pile and then sand cover??? Sheet pile should stop some of the wash out???

Rec fishing, If you want to eat fish it's up to you. Can't sell your catch. If the fish go to market and then are found to have contaminants our fishing industry is screwed.
But all this oil was supposed to be gone in august 2010???

Makes you wonder if it was ever safe to eat them after the spill was "cleaned up"

Well, I haven't grown a 3rd eye yet...

I'd bet in very large quantity, it may be harmful. Of course, basically everything we eat has that potential!

I hear ya....even before the spill our levels for safe bacteria and contaminates were high compared to other gulf states.

Still waiting for the first person to get sick from all these contaminated trout...

Yeah me too. There was a lot of testing done on fish after the spill and there was not a single fish found with any kind of contamination.

I watched a movie on the spill and they claim the government raised the minimum detection levels for hydrocarbons in fish,shrimp,crabs,ect so they would pass. Only one person knows the truth. I will keep eating them as well I just find it interesting.

[QUOTE=Montauk17;599662]I watched a movie on the spill and they claim the government raised the minimum detection levels for hydrocarbons in fish,shrimp,crabs,ect so they would pass. Only one person knows the truth. I will keep eating them as well I just find

Not true look up recap standards for humam consumption.

Never said it was true or false...I just don't trust the government to tell me what is good or bad. Hell the fda regulates tobacco,we all know how good that is for you.

Given the amount if fertilizer, herbicide and pesticide that bleeds into the MSRiver, then makes it's way down here along with god knows what else, I don't put too much worry in ingesting some fish that may have been "contaminated" by some good ol' natural oil.

The oil did not do as much damage as the corexit they sprayed to sink the oil to the bottom.

That never happened, ask the govt

Haha