The oyster kill from all the fresh water the gov't let out of the Miss. River to push
the BP/Horizon oil out of the marshes will make the oyster cost go up too.
That will make the oyster fishermen fish more boats.
The state needs to change the rules to one license PER PERSON. Not one license
per boat. There are guys who have anywhere from 3 to 5 boats. They get 3 to 5
limits per day.
If they go back to manual tongs, they won't fish but one boat. It's too much work.
Dredges already killed the oyster population before, it will happen again. The state
will realize their mistake one of these days and have to shut it down for a few
years to let the oysters repopulate the lake again. Or go back to manual tongs.
The boat numbers will fall below 100 too.
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