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Will man fix this? No Will man change this ?No Man has destroyed our own land .... And what did we get out of all the land loss on the east side??? New Orleans
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Blow the mississippi river levee south of Baton Rouge. Let the river do what it wants......
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That's about the size of it,if you really want to fix it.
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Won't happen though....too many people live south of baton rouge. Not to mention how long it would take for land to build up. Most of the coast is too far gone to save. Just look at the wax lake outlet....it was dug in the 1940's and it took that long for land to build up to what it is today. But that really is the only answer IMO....wax lake area is the only part of the state building land.
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I don't know about BR, but definitely south of Port Sulphur on both sides of the river.
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I don't think that a change in limits will do one thing, whether the limit is 5 or 50, take by legal fishing means is not even a drop in the bucket in the overall trout population. These fish grow fast, have lots of little trout at a relatively early age, and can spawn multiple times, so recreational fishing does very little. Habitat is infinitely more important. One more thing is the oil spill and the Corexit, there are studies out there that are showing impacts of this stuff. I listened to an entymologist talk about not being able to find any insects around the areas where oil was present. It sounds minor, but this is the basis of the food chain. You know that if you ever walk in the marsh, there is no shortage of insects. And also, oil from the Macondo spill washes up on Elmer's and Grand Isle every time there is a storm and will probably be like that for many years |
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Yep, the solution is simple but its just dealing with the people. The Coastal Master Plan outlines many of the projects that they are planning. Maybe some of the plan will get going soon
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Well I need two truck loads of corexit ..because we have skkeeters thick thick thick in freezing weather here at the lake
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, the lack of insects was thought to be from the vapors the oil and Corexit were producing. I have the results written down somewhere, but she did an experiment in the lab with just oil and then with various percentages of Corexit. It took a much smaller amount of Corexit to kill the insects than was present in the marsh. Much of these oil spill studies seem to be hush hush due to a gag order but in the end hopefully the findings will be shown to the public. The state agencies are/were performing studies on everything (fish, birds, shrimp, crabs, etc.) and then BP hired outside consultants to perform similar studies to show their data as well just in case there are conflicting results.
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I appreciate everyone's input and perspectives. There is a lot of value in this conversation.
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As we exercise our political clout, I think we would better serve future generations not by saying "raise the limits" or "lower the limits" but rather by saying "show me the science." Practice a bit if jumping up and down like Cuba Gooding in Jerry McGuire: Show me the science! Show me the science! Show me the science! |
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Say what you want but I have every confidence that the state biologists have all the capacity to make the right recommendations. I also know that the head biologist is an avid trout fisherman as he was one of the people that taught me to fish. He also worked out of the grand isle biology station for a long time so is very familiar with that area. I know he will not recommend a limit change unless it is absolutely necessary. What the politicians do is another story however.,,,
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10X what Reefman said
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They don't listen to the experts they have on the payroll now???
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When we were weighing and measuring all the fish in our oil spill study, we took note of the lack of insects, which we attributed to the lack of local rainfall. It's good to know that there is an alternate explanation with some science behind it. Here is the professor http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/commun...rs/LHooper.htm She was also looking at ants on the beach at Grand Isle and she was having problems finding ants after the spill and after the cleanup, suggesting there was something going on that we couldn't see. This was last August when she spoke so she probably has much more info now. |
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What many people don't realize is the cleanup crews are picking up between 700 to 900 pounds of oil every single day on Fourchon Beach, & Elmers Island alone. Every the tide goes out oil balls are all over the beaches again. I have also seen a significant reduction in the menhaden population in the Lake P, Borgne, and Venice areas. The population is easily 1/2 of what it was in 2005 and I'm positive this is due to the oil spill and corexit.
A reduced creel limit of trout to 5 per person with strict minimum and maximum size limits will occur within the next 48 months. The trout & menhaden aren't the only fish to have taken a hit either--the flounder fishery is in real trouble. |
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Corexit is not as hazardous as people think. And if it wasn't used, there would have been a lot more oil on the beaches and bays.
Just a few bbls of Corexit in billions of bbls of water in the GOM is not as toxic as what the oil companies, menhaden boats and work boats dumped in the GOM in the 60's and 70's, when the fish populations were way higher than now. In my opinion, non regulated commercial fishing in those days, and killing of Snapper in Shrimp nets is the cause. Having to throw back dead bycatch on a Shrimp boatis stupid. They should have been able to sell it. AND, blasting/removing platforms instead of toppling them and making artificial reefs was not so good of an idea either. Fish need habitat or they will move away. |
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