NPR reporting 100% mortality for all Oyster beds affected by flood divertion...

It was a good run.....oh well

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It was a good run.....oh well

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hopefully those outside Louisiana will see this as a fresh start with "brand new" oysters free of lingering BP oil, flushed away.

Hats off to those in that industry between Hurricanes and floods and BP the last 6 years has been a M'Fer

How much oyster production are we talking about here? Also where are the affected beds located? It was my understanding that there are not that many beds in the lake anymore.

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so do they re seed the areas that were ruined or should we run the diversion projects at full power to reclaim wetlands.

I know they wont do this in the lake, but it seems like the way to make the best of a bad situation in the other ones if it applies.

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The first. What use is the Oyster Industry if we keep losing land

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Oyster beds have been extremely political for a long time. They have cost citizens of this state in the forms of coastal erosion, huge court payments, etc. I don't see why anyone would be so sympathetic for people leasing public lands for $2 an acre and raising a private crop.

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I tend to agree. I wonder what the oyster bubbas say about it.

As salt water intrudes further inland. The oyster beds and oyster leases move further inland.

If you reclaim the areas by introducing fresh water and sediment, which pushes back the salt water and oysters, you are met with lawsuits by oysterman.

As the oysterman talk about coastal preservation/ restoration from one side of their mouth, they also resist any efforts of coastal conservation that change the status quo. Its definitely a Catch 22.