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Originally Posted by jchief
Didn't they say they had an agreement with TX to not allow harvesting on the lake?
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From p. 12-13 of the Beck PhD Thesis (2012):
Sabine Lake: Sabine Lake is located on the Louisiana-Texas border in southwest Louisiana and this area is jointly managed by the LDWF and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD). There has been no recorded oyster harvest in Sabine Lake since 1965 (TPWD 2010). Side-scan sonar data indicates approximately 599 ha of oyster reef is present in the Louisiana portion of Sabine Lake with an estimated stock size of 1,391,246 sacks of oysters, including seed and market oysters (Encos 2008). These reefs have been closed to harvest in the past due to previously high levels of fecal coliform bacteria released from nearby sewage treatment plants. With coliform levels now in acceptable range, the LDWF and the TPWD are considering opening Sabine Lake to public oyster harvest [Patrick Banks (LDWF) and Jerry Mambretti (TPWD), pers. comm.].
See:
http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/et...BeckThesis.pdf