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Old 07-08-2011, 07:44 PM
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http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/news/34289

http://www.seagrantfish.lsu.edu/reso...iappe/2011.htm
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Old 07-08-2011, 10:03 PM
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The oyster harvest permit doe not say anything about HOW the oysters may be harvested.

Tongs or dredges?????

126 permits.......how does that compare to the number of people that have been out on the lake this past year. Did we have a lot more than 126?????

126 permits sounds like a lot to me.
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Old 07-09-2011, 02:04 AM
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There was over 200 this past year.
Oyster fishermen are trying to get the closed areas opened and close the East side where they were wiped out for 2 years.
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Old 07-09-2011, 09:52 AM
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If each boat harvest their 25 sack limit perday, the total haul is 3150 sacks. I would bet they'll be done in one day with the current boundries. Then we will hear more pissing and moaning because they want the lines moved to Prien Lake! Our oyster bill increased he sack limit from 10 to 25!, so much for conservation of our reefs!!!!! SB73 should have been pulled from the agenda after it got loaded up with crap but instead, they applied mayo and mustard to the **** samich so the bread would taste a little better but it is still a **** samich!!! !!!!!!!!!!

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Old 07-09-2011, 11:47 AM
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But yet were worried about forcing a limit on 3tail!!
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Old 07-09-2011, 06:58 PM
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Cameron Parish oyster fishermen are outraged over the passage of Senate Bill 73 in the just finished legislative session. The bill would effectively put most of Cameron Parish's oyster fishermen out of business until 2014. A large group gathered at the Cameron Courthouse on Tuesday to meet with state officials, but the meeting was canceled. They were invited to present their case to the Police Jury during the cheduled agenda meeting at 4 p.m. Leo Dyson, a Calcasieu Lake oyster fisherman for 35 years, spoke for most of those present when he said that SB 73 should be vetoed by Gov. Jindal. The bill was originally introduced by Sen. Blade Morrish to limit the number of outside fishermen taking Calcasieu Lake oysters. The fishery was severely depleted last season, and local fishermen had asked for a reduction in the number of
sacks allowed from 15 sacks to 10 sacks per boat per day. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries left the limit at 15, however. Morrish's bill was defeated, but was resurrected in a changed form and passed at the last minute. The changed bill raises the limit to 25 sacks per day, but limits permits for Calcasieu Lake to 126, with 63 issued to persons who have harvested within the past 10 years and the other 63 to anyone else.
They will be issued on a first come first served basis determined by the date the application is received by the LDWF. The permit system would remain in place until July 1, 2014. Dyson said, "I don't think it's legal to sell us a license for a whole year, and we may not be able to use it for the last half of the year."
Oysters are harvested from October through April, but the license runs from January to December. Dyson said about 240 Calcasieu lake oyster permits were issued this last year, with about 200 belonging to Calcasieu and Cameron Parish residents. "If 240 fishermen took only 10 sacks a day, they would take at most 2400 sacks," Dyson said. "If 126 fisherman can take 25 sacks each, that is 3150, way more than we proposed."
Doyle Taylor, who attended a meeting in Baton Rouge a few months ago on the subject, said sports fishermen in Calcasieu Parish were concerned about the health of oyster reefs in north Calcasieu Lake. "They said the (oyster) dredges wiped out the reef," he said, "but that area has been closed for years." Dyson claims the mortality seen in some areas is due, not to fishermen, but to dispersant sprayed in the Gulf on incoming tides during last year's BP oil spill. He also said the bill, in its current form, was written by people from Houma.
The Police Jury agreed to send a letter to the Governor asking for a veto of the bill.
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Old 07-10-2011, 07:15 PM
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Calcasieu Lake and its critical marine resources will get stronger protections under legislation signed by Gov. Bobby Jindal late last week. Sen. Blade Morrish, RJennings,
sponsored Senate Bill 73 in response to studies showing that in 2010 the number of market-size oysters had decreased by 49 percent from the previous year and that the total oyster population had dropped 33 percent. The Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana worked with Morrish to develop the new protections included in the legislation.
“The legislation supports CCA’s mission of conserving Louisiana’s marine resources while also preserving one of the state’s most important habitats for fin fish,” said CCA Louisiana Executive Director David Cresson. In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon spill last summer, Calcasieu Lake has become a more popular location for oyster harvesting as many oyster beds in Southeast Louisiana were closed to harvest.
The number of boats harvesting oysters on Calcasieu Lake last year was nearly triple what it was just a few years prior, according to data from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. That increased pressure on the lake’s oyster resource has led to a significant drop in oyster numbers. The problem was so evident this year that LDWF Secretary Robert Barham issued an emergency order to close the oyster season in the east side of Calcasieu Lake early after LDWF monitoring activities determined that a continued harvest threatened the remaining oyster resources.
SB 73 allows for a maximum of 126 oyster harvest permits in Calcasieu Lake, half of which must be given to persons who can prove through trip ticket landings that they commercially harvested oysters from Calcasieu Lake any time since Jan. 1, 2001. The remaining permits will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis. While this egislation is slightly different than the plan CCA originally helped develop, it will ultimately reduce harvest pressure by removing about half the oyster boats from Big Lake - from about 250 in 2010 to 126 in 2012 and beyond. “This legislation is an important step toward conserving this precious resource, restoring a once thriving oyster fishery and sustaining the many other user groups - both recreational and commercial - that depend on healthy and abundant oyster reefs to flourish,” Cresson said.
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What about the sack limit? Any word or is it going to still jump up to 25?

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Old 07-10-2011, 07:38 PM
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That is the Max limit. The Oyster Task Force or LDWF can change that depending on the amount of Oysters in the lake.
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2013 it will b 2 sacks per boat.
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That is the Max limit. The Oyster Task Force or LDWF can change that depending on the amount of Oysters in the lake.
Thanks for the clarification. I wasn't aware of that.

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2013 it will b 2 sacks per boat.
Probably true.

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200 of the 240 permits were for area residents. I guess that rules out the theory that these were mostly outsiders coming in and making "easy money" and going back the east or tx, huh?
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Old 07-10-2011, 08:26 PM
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One person can have 1 oyster license per boat.
I know one oyster fisherman from Cameron that had 5 boats and a license for each one.
No one would do that with tongs. Dredges made it too easy to make $300/day per boat.
240 licenses does not mean there were 240 fishermen.
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Old 07-10-2011, 08:34 PM
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I understand that there aren't that many fisherman but, knowing that there aren't that many outsiders getting permits to harvest there/rape and pillage, should put to rest a theory/misleading statements that have been being made here. I am glad to see, despite the loss of oysters, it was at least going mostly to area residents.
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Old 07-10-2011, 08:40 PM
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Loss of jobs, easy money...
Hard core commercial fishermen who have tonged all their lives are mad about all this too. They worked their butts off to make a living oyster fishing.
Now anyone who wants some easy pickings gets a boat and a dredge.
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Old 07-10-2011, 09:15 PM
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I'm sure they are! Their way of living is getting dramatically reduced due to overharvesting.

In short, I would have to say that the new legislation isn't going to do much to fix the problem at hand.
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Ray is the man. Salty Cajun spoksman for sure.
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