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Originally Posted by MathGeek
Sabine has a lot more oysters, since TX hasn't allowed oystering in a long time, and LA has not been open to oystering in several years either. I'd have to double check, but if I recall correctly, I don't think Sabine has near the "marsh blocking" infrastructure (weirs and levees) as Calcasieu.
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Last I checked, Sabine does not have as deep a channel as the Calcasieu does, so salinities are not as big an issue there as they are here. I believe to a certain extent that there is still a pretty good natural salinity barrier there. I would have to check that to be sure, though. Either way, the calcasieu ship channel has been dredged since the 40s. Seventy years of dredging and saltwater intrusion requires some form of man-made blockage. Whether it was the best method at the time, is debatable. This was the 80s though. They didn't know the things we know now. There are some reports out there, I would have to pull them up, that show the sabine-calcasieu watershed has some of the highest land loss rates in the coastal zone. Ill have to pull that report and post some figures from it.
Anyway, sorry for hijacking again, MG. Just trying to add to the discussion a little bit. This has actually given me an idea for the future though. May have to run it by you, see what you think of it.
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