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Originally Posted by RickLafayette
The main problem with Vermilion Bay is that Marsh Island, the largest coastal island on the US gulf coast, prevents all the fresh water from washing out to sea and allowing the salt water to come in. That's why the bay's salinity level is always so low compared to the rest of LA's gulf coast.
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Marsh island is not the issue....most areas along the coast have one or two freshwater outlets mixing into salt. V bay has the vermillion river,boston canal,delcambre canal,commercial canal,ivanhoe canal,jaws canal,wax lake outlet,and the atchafalaya dumping fresh water into it.