Big Lake Oyster Season

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The oyster season in the west cove portion of the Calcasieu Lake public oyster area (Department of Health and Hospitals? harvest area 30) shall open one-half hour before sunrise on October 15, 2010 and shall close one half-hour after sunset on November 14, 2010. The sack limit during this time period is set at 20 sacks per vessel per day. During this time, the east side of the Calcasieu Lake public oyster area (Department of Health and Hospitals? harvest area 29) shall remain closed.

The oyster season in the Calcasieu Lake Public Oyster Area (Department of Health and Hospitals? harvest areas 29 and 30) shall then reopen at one-half hour before sunrise on November 15, 2010 and shall close at one-half hour after sunset on April 30, 2011, except for the 2009 cultch plant. The sack limit for Calcasieu Lake during this time period is set at 10 sacks per vessel per day. However, these conservation actions shall not supersede public health closures.

The following areas will remain closed for the entire 2010/2011 oyster season:
Sabine Lake Public Oyster Area
The 2009 cultch plants as described above in Three-Mile Bay, Black Bay, Lake Chien, Sister Lake, and Calcasieu Lake.