Thoughts on CCA meeting tonight on state of Calcasieu fishery

[jchief]

Originally Posted by fishwater

Yeah i mean CCA is one way to do it but that money goes to the entire state and we see what has been done in the past 4 years. They have the data we saw last night way before we have seen it but have not addressed the problem until now. I have lost my trust in CCA for the time being, all we hear from any of the people that were at the meeting is we will look into it thats not good enough anymore. I dont live in lake Charles but they are a chapter that you would think could get things accomplished with as many people that live there and have some influence in govt.

I know a lot of the guy's on the board and in this chapter. I hope to start making meetings and talking to them.

That said, if it don't work, I'll be glad to help form another organization and I have been involved in many and formed a few over my 37 years in the fire service. And I have formed many good relationships with legislators.

That said, if we want to try and get a bill on oystering in the upcoming session, we need someone from our area to put the bill foward and since the upcoming session is fiscal, each legislator only gets 5 such bills and it needs to be put in early, pre-filed is best.

It would be great if we can get Senator Morrish on board with this as he was the one that presented the other CCA bill to start with. A complete ban will not fly in my opinion. Will have to be some type of compromise. Also, here is a list of the Senate Natural Resource Committee that the bill will have to go through.

Natural Resources Committee
Committee Members

Senator Gerald Long (Chairman)
P.O. Box 151
Winnfield, LA 71483
(318) 628-5799
longg@legis.la.gov

Senator Rick Ward, III (Vice-Chairman)
3741 Highway 1
Port Allen, LA 70767
(225) 246-8838
wardr@legis.la.gov

Senator R.L. "Bret" Allain, II
600 Main Street
Suite 1
Franklin, LA 70538
(337) 828-9107
allainb@legis.la.gov

Senator "Jody" Amedee
2109 S. Burnside Ave.
Suite A
Gonzales, LA 70737
(225) 644-1526
amedeej@legis.la.gov

Senator Norbèrt N. "Norby" Chabert
P.O. Box 2417
Houma, LA 70361
(985) 858-2927
chabertn@legis.la.gov

Senator Jean-Paul J. Morrell
New Orleans Lakefront Terminal Building
6001 Stars & Stripes Blvd., Suite 221
New Orleans, LA 70126
(504) 284-4794
morrelljp@legis.la.gov

Senator Dan "Blade" Morrish
119 W. Nezpique Street
Jennings, LA 70546
(337) 824-3979
morrishd@legis.la.gov

Senator Page Cortez (Interim Member)
101 W. Farrell Road
Bldg. 5, Suite 100
Lafayette, LA 70508
(337) 993-7430
cortezp@legis.la.gov