There was no issue with East Side Oysters. Just West Cove Oysters.
Oyster fishermen called them "lizard tongues" cause they were long and skinny.
They had less market value then the big plump fat East Side Oysters.
If they wanted to get rid of the Hook Mussels and thin out the "lizard tongues",
they should have opend dredging on the West Cove only, or the LDWF could
have drug something the break up the Hook Mussels.
Studies showed the West Cove had too many Oysters, but no one wanted them.
Opening that side only after the BP spill would have made them marketable. People
want La. Oysters and this is the only place left with them after the fresh water killed
off the Eastern La. Oysters on the other side of the state.
Making it easy to make $300/day fishing oysters is not the way to do it. There are
several guys who have 3 to 5 boats fishing Oysters. Should be only 1 license per
person, not per boat. That is another big gripe of mine. They will never fix that issue.
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