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Stunning new data not yet publicly released shows Louisiana losing its battle with rising seas much more quickly than even the most pessimistic studies have predicted to date.
While state officials continue to argue over restoration projects to save the state’s sinking, crumbling coast, top researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have concluded that Louisiana is in line for the highest rate of sea-level rise “on the planet.” * Indeed, the water is rising so fast that some coastal restoration projects could be obsolete before they are completed, the officials said. NOAA’s Tim Osborne, an 18-year veteran of Louisiana coastal surveys, and Steve Gill, senior scientist at the agency’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, spelled out the grim reality in interviews with The Lens. When new data on the rate of coastal subsidence is married with updated projections of sea-level rise, the southeast corner of Louisiana looks likely to be under at least 4.3 feet of gulf water by the end of the century. NOAA Port Fourchon experienced serious flooding from Hurricane Ike, which made landfall in Galveston, Texas in 2008. Scientists say such flooding will become more common, even in smaller storms, as the coast sinks and sea level rises. That rate could swamp projects in the state’s current coastal Master Plan, which incorporated worst-case scenarios for relative sea-level rise calculated two years ago— which the new figures now make out-of-date. (The state’s estimates of sea-level rise and subsidence are listed on page 83 of the Master Plan.) The state plan, while “valuable and thoughtful,” has a major flaw, Osborne said. “The problem is it’s a master plan for the restoration and conservation of a landscape that is moving downward at a faster rate than we realized when the plan was constructed—a rate faster than any place else we are seeing in the world for such a large land area,” said Osborne, who will be a speaker Saturday at Tulane University’s Summit on Environmental Law and Policy. “With all due respect,” he said, they have projects designed to last 50 years at one level of relative sea-level rise, when they should be building projects that can function for several generations as sea level rises twice as high, if not higher.” Garret Graves, head of the state Coastal Planning and Protection Authority, did not respond to a request for comment. But in an earlier interview he said the uncertainty of future rates of sea-level rise was one of the biggest challenges facing the plan. The planners, he said, typically have incorporated the then-current “worst case” scenarios for sea-level rise at those locations. Graves also pointed out that the plan was structured to adapt to changing circumstances. The Coastal Planning and Protection Authority must submit an updated plan to the state Legislature for approval every five years. Yet NOAA’s new figures, contained in draft reports currently under peer review, will present a challenge because the numbers have changed so drastically. Even heavily populated areas, such as New Orleans, appear to be sinking faster than expected, in fact even faster than some areas along the coast. More precise tools show coast sinking faster than expected Southeast Louisiana—with an average elevation just three feet above sea level—has long been considered one of the landscapes most threatened by global warming. That’s because the delta it’s built on – starved of river sediment and sliced by canals — is sinking at the same time that oceans are rising. The combination of those two forces is called relative sea-level rise, and its impact can be dramatic. For example, tide-gauge measurements at Grand Isle, about 50 miles south of New Orleans, have shown an average annual sea-level rise over the past few decades of 9.24 millimeters (about one-third of an inch) while those at Key West, which has very little subsidence, read only 2.24 millimeters. For decades coastal planners used that Grand Isle gauge as the benchmark for the worst case of local sea-level rise because it was one of the highest in the world. But as surveying crews began using more advanced instruments, they made a troubling discovery. Readings at a distance inland were even worse than at Grand Isle. “For example,” Osborne said, “we have rates of 11.2 millimeters along the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain—the metro New Orleans area. And inside the city we have places with almost [a half-inch] per year. “So when we looked at the averages we were getting inside the coast, we realized the current figure we should be using for [southeastern] Louisiana is 11.2 millimeters.” The news got only more bleak when NOAA began using the new technologies to update past rates of local subsidence and then fed those numbers into studies projecting future rates. “What we see is that the [southeast] Louisiana coast averaged three feet of relative sea-level rise the last century,” said NOAA’s Steve Gill. Prepare for ‘at least 4 feet’ of sea-level rise The draft report of the quadrennial National Climate Assessment, finished by federal agencies in December, showed a steady increase in sea-level rise through the end of the century. Gill said the increase was due to the continued increase in the two main contributors: thermal expansion of marine water volumes as oceans continue to warm, and an increase in the melting of land-based ice, such as glaciers and ice fields. That water eventually makes its way into the ocean, further increasing its volume. The assessment provides four scenarios for global average sea-level rise through the end of the century, based on varying scenarios of warming and ice melt: The first shows current trends holding steady, resulting in about an eight-inch rise globally. The second, or intermediate increase, results in about 15 inches globally. The third, or mid-range, shows about 4.5 feet. The fourth, or worst case, shows about 6.5 feet globally. The NOAA researchers said they use the mid-range scenario in making local projections. Southeast Louisiana fares much worse in all four scenarios because “we now know the entire area is sinking faster than any coastal landscape its size on the planet,” Osborne said. “When you combine those two factors, update the rates from what we’ve found with the most recent data—and that is data, not computer models or theories—then you see this area, southeast Louisiana, will experience the highest rate of sea-level rise anywhere on the planet by the end of the century,” Osborne said. “We’re talking probably at least four feet if not five feet in some sections of this coast. That’s what people here need to be planning for.” Editor’s Note: This story was produced in conjunction with The Lens, a nonprofit online newsroom based in New Orleans, http://TheLensNola.org. |
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As far as having 20x better fishermen now, I highly doubt that when the average guy catches less than 10 trout per trip. The same 10% will catch all the fish. Also, there are no guides over in Lafitte that use live bait. All of the trout are caught on artificial. |
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What gets me pissed is guides that fish everyday and give their limit to their sports.....
Its illegal to do so with red snapper, and it should be for any sport fish |
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Before the 15 trout limit we had 10lb trout getting caught every year of the STAR and it took a 8-9lb trout to win the shootout . Now 6 years into the trout reduction our over all big trout population had declined due to over population of trout . Bio. said big lake could support a 30 per person limit
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If you want to stop over catching ban live or dead bait ....
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Winner, winner, chicken dinner! Look at the landscape of southeastern Louisiana today compared to 10 and 20 years ago. Even though there are more fishermen today most of them couldn't catch a limit of trout even if they were fishing on a charter in W's boat. That's also one of the reasons why everything fishing related costs an arm and a leg.
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Think maybe more fish are being caught cause of the increase of fisherman so trout dont live long wnough tot get as big?
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live swimps, 40 lb big game , steel leaderzz, upside down 4000 series spinning gear reeling backwards! rape dat shizzzzzz
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I know a lot of people think that trout have to have a estuary to reproduce but millions of trout lay eggs offshore along beaches and islands. I'm sure the Gulf of Mexico holds billions of trout that most never go inland and live there whole life near beaches or close platforms or reefs
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LOL it still makes me laugh seeing people reeling spinning reels upside down. Good cheap comedy
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Its all relative Blazer...there are 20 times more fishermen out here now which also raises the number to 20 times good fishermen. |
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Like said above you can put people on fish and some still can't catch, if you talk to 2000 full time guides they will tell you they catch 75 % of the fish
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BTW, LSU just won in the bottom of the 9th... |
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That had no effect on our trout size as our lake is over abundant with bait year around . You can not fish a day with out finding bait..
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Maybe the change will be for the best, maybe not, but I feel the fishing is still exactly the same as it has been in the east for the last 10 yrs. I'll leave it at this i have targeted Barataria bay a lot in the last 7-10 yrs, and witnessed the worst of the oil spills impact first hand every day for 120 days+, I was out there every day for a long time. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagned the estuary and fishing to bounce back the way it did. I caught more fish last year out there than any other year in the last 10. The fish are healthy, and still taste good, and I still only have 3 legs Please excuse me for the poor gramar this fith of crown reserve is making me feel funny Cheers! |
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