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More Fishing Closures as of 8pm 2Nite(Sat)

Posted on 5/23/10 at 12:00 am
Posted by MoreOrLes
Member since Nov 2008
19472 posts
Posted on 5/23/10 at 12:00 am
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced at 8 p.m. today the most far-reaching closure of state coastal waters in the more than four weeks since the British Petroleum/Deepwater Horizon rig began gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana’s coast.

All the newly closed waters are “inside” waters and include closures of most of Barataria Bay, all of Caminada Bay north of Grand Isle, and most, if not all, of Terrebonne and Timbalier bays.

The closure order effectively shut down all fishing in the Grand Isle, Grand Terre, Four Bayous Pass, Red’s Pass, Lakes Pelto and Barre and all points in the Cocodrie area.


This came from a post on another board.
Posted by TIGER2
Mandeville.La
Member since Jan 2006
10508 posts
Posted on 5/23/10 at 12:08 am to
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
148031 posts
Posted on 5/23/10 at 7:48 am to
Posted by Icansee4miles
Trolling the Tickfaw
Member since Jan 2007
31888 posts
Posted on 5/23/10 at 9:53 am to
Looks like just a matter of time before Vermillion Bay gets whacked. Can't understand how it has stayed out of Breton Sound thus far. Talk about totally fricking up an entire summer of fishing. Even after the fish kills from the freezes in the 1980's we could fish for other species.
Posted by Mudminnow
Houston, TX
Member since Aug 2004
34205 posts
Posted on 5/23/10 at 9:58 am to
There is much more oil lurking beneath the surface and moving very slowly. We may dealing with no fishing zones for years to come.
Posted by Icansee4miles
Trolling the Tickfaw
Member since Jan 2007
31888 posts
Posted on 5/23/10 at 10:16 am to
Mud, I agree, especially since the government necessarily will be very cautious. I understand the concept of using the dispersants, but am really starting to question the wisdom, as it appears we might actually just be spreading the problem. The positive (if there are any) is that the smaller globs should biodegrade much faster. And make no mistake, natural attenuation is the only viable long-term cleanup option.
Posted by Mudminnow
Houston, TX
Member since Aug 2004
34205 posts
Posted on 5/23/10 at 10:22 am to
Scientists have warned about dispersants for years.

Dispersants can be used in small amounts and work really affectively because of the close proximity to the Mississippi River and all the bacteria on the sediment coming down. However with such a ridiculous amount of oil gushing for over a month, its creating even bigger problems that will haunt the Gulf Coast for years if not decades.
Posted by DeeHorton
Member since Jan 2009
2105 posts
Posted on 5/23/10 at 10:35 am to
corporatism(fascism) - turn the planet into garbage and then go bankrupt.

and no, this will not wake americans up to this fact.

most are deluded idiots.
Posted by meauxjeaux2
watson
Member since Oct 2007
60283 posts
Posted on 5/23/10 at 10:39 am to
Yeah, I fished from laffite all the way to barataria pass at grand isle yesterday and there were boats everywhere.

Saw no oil until putting my boat on the trailer.
Solid line of brown oil all the way around and no it wasn't marina crud.
Posted by Icansee4miles
Trolling the Tickfaw
Member since Jan 2007
31888 posts
Posted on 5/24/10 at 6:02 am to
This map is a grim view of our fishing future. Interesting that the entire barrier chain off of Cocodrie is not shown as affected, but look how deep into the marsh it is.

OMG
Posted by mylsuhat
Mandeville, LA
Member since Mar 2008
49840 posts
Posted on 5/24/10 at 8:48 am to
We went out from Fourchon saturday to SS and didnt see a speck of oil the entire time
Posted by Bussemer
Heading South
Member since Dec 2007
2578 posts
Posted on 5/24/10 at 8:50 am to
quote:

tgrbaitn08


Did you fish the Mardi Gras Saturday?

I ended up doing yard work, gonna try and go long this week out of Cypremort Point.

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