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Old 04-04-2010, 10:26 PM
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this kind of thing is exactly why I'm studying natural resource conservation and management at McNeese..gonna go study fisheries as my masters..
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Old 04-04-2010, 10:30 PM
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They are doing what they are allowed to do by the LDWF.
Dredging should have never been allowed in Big Lake.
They wiped them out before with dredges. Just no one remembers it.
If they go back to tonging, it will cut the number of boats way down.
Make it easy to make $300/day and everyone will be buying a boat to oyster fish.
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Old 04-05-2010, 10:01 PM
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sent this info to Ryan at CCA in BR and Keith Richardson head of Acadiana Chapter CCA
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Old 04-05-2010, 10:14 PM
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ThEy were oystering on a donated reef today....
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sent this info to Ryan at CCA in BR and Keith Richardson head of Acadiana Chapter CCA
thank you

i am going to try to find the right LDWF contact to send our thoughts to.
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Old 04-06-2010, 12:48 AM
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Anyone got some picture of oyster boats?
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Old 04-06-2010, 08:52 AM
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Ok guys I called LDWF baton rouge this morning.

The Oyster Program Manager's contact info is:

Patrick Banks

pbanks@wlf.la.gov

(225) 765-2370
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Old 04-06-2010, 08:59 AM
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Anyone got some picture of oyster boats?
Yep on my phone....they had 4 boats raping chenier. South
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Old 04-06-2010, 09:51 AM
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They hit the donated reefs earlier this year.
They know where more reefs are than any fisherman on the lake.
I went to a very small reef yesterday, they had 3 boats on and around it.
It was smaller than my house...
I saw about 20 boats on the East side of the lake and about 40 boats in
West Cove. They were hitting every spot you could think of.
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Old 04-06-2010, 09:19 PM
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We really need to get something going on this. I had several reefs that i have fished for over twenty years that are now gone since dredging has been allowed in the lake. they are destoying bottom habitat at an alarming rate. Come on guys we limit the number of commercial shrimping licenses why cant we do something about the number of boats, or what oysterman can take. I understand everyone needs to make a living, but getting greedy with natural resources is not the way. We ALL need to contact our state and CCA officials and complain about this problem that WILL effect everyone............
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We really need to get something going on this. I had several reefs that i have fished for over twenty years that are now gone since dredging has been allowed in the lake. they are destoying bottom habitat at an alarming rate. Come on guys we limit the number of commercial shrimping licenses why cant we do something about the number of boats, or what oysterman can take. I understand everyone needs to make a living, but getting greedy with natural resources is not the way. We ALL need to contact our state and CCA officials and complain about this problem that WILL effect everyone............
HH you are right on...this needs to be a joint effort on all fronts...
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Old 04-06-2010, 09:21 PM
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If they were too lazy to tong oysters, they shouldn't get a license to dredge oysters.
Also, limit the number of license's to one per person, not one per boat.
A person can, and some do, have 5 boats with a license for each boat.
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Old 04-07-2010, 05:45 AM
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Im on board. Hey bruce can ya email me that info. Im gettin on the horn today. Aint tearin up our fisheries. Them bastids
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Old 04-07-2010, 06:50 AM
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I don't know what to do but point me in a direction and ill help
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Old 04-07-2010, 08:34 AM
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They are doing what they are allowed to do by the LDWF.
Dredging should have never been allowed in Big Lake.
They wiped them out before with dredges. Just no one remembers it.
If they go back to tonging, it will cut the number of boats way down.
Make it easy to make $300/day and everyone will be buying a boat to oyster fish.

They did the same thing to Lake Pontchartrain. As big as it is...they eventually picked every reef. The lake finally made it back but look how long and what a huge effort it took.
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Old 04-07-2010, 08:54 AM
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Lake P was a big clam lake too. But the clam dredges killed a lot of them.
I remember growing up, no one had limestone roads. All roads were clam shell.
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well i never got a call back from that LDWF guy i listed above, on to the next one.
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Old 04-07-2010, 12:49 PM
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About 3 weeks ago we were in West Cove. Got there just before sunrise and there were already about 20 boats dredging. All of a sudden within the first 15 minutes (as we just started fishing) there was a STAMPEDE of oyster boats that came in the Cove. Some even came within 50 yards of us after they saw us fishing in only one spot (they didn't seem to care we were there). I understand that people have to make a living but when you're trying to fish at 6 in the morning (conditions were perfect that morning) and all you can hear is loud music, people yelling and banging the aluminum hulls, and their engines while they dredge, thats just mind blowing. Never have I seen a spectacle like that on Big Lake! We litterally counted over 60 boats just within sight in West Cove alone that morning and I will swear to that number until the day I'm gone. We really need to take action so I will contact the oyster program manager as well to ask questions and complain. Someone let me know what else can be done so we can stop the destroying of our reefs and fisheries.
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Old 04-07-2010, 04:06 PM
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May I suggest something? The head of LWF is Robert Barham, I believe we will get farther by contacting his office than starting on the lowest rung of the ladder. I am trying to get an email address and phone # for Sec Barham right now and will post when I get it. Pictures will be very helpful in getting this phenomina stopped. The way I see it, this is no different than setting out 2 miles of gill webbing in the lake.
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Old 04-07-2010, 04:28 PM
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May I suggest something? The head of LWF is Robert Barham, I believe we will get farther by contacting his office than starting on the lowest rung of the ladder. I am trying to get an email address and phone # for Sec Barham right now and will post when I get it. Pictures will be very helpful in getting this phenomina stopped. The way I see it, this is no different than setting out 2 miles of gill webbing in the lake.
Speaking of "gill webbing".......why hasn't the CCA gotten involved in this matter....or, have they?
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