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re: Big Lake/Calcesieu
Posted on 7/12/18 at 11:19 am to TopWaterTiger
Posted on 7/12/18 at 11:19 am to TopWaterTiger
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he reason all the reefs are silted over and the oysters aren't reproducing is because of the high salinity and water flow down there due to erosion
I was reading the other night and found an article saying the ideal salinity for oyster growth was somewhere between 10 and 20ppt. Right now the lake is at 16ppt. So I don't think the high salinity is the problem, not that I have a very educated opinion. Maybe its the extreme fluctuation the lake has had over the past years with all of the spring rains?
I would say that the dredging in the ship channel and harvesting oysters using dredging methods are what decimated the populations. I am sure erosion is also a factor in that.
Definitely support a rock wall around the Washout/Long Point area though.
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Posted on 7/12/18 at 11:44 am to Drunken Crawfish
There is a tremendous amount of silt in the lake, oysters get silted over, oysters die. You can feel the the water move on the east bank when a ship hits the washout area. There have been multiple studies done $$$, it's time to lay some granite and geotec at the spot everyone knows is the problem but government. Have been in meetings with the oyster biologists and me thinks they are holding back on their theory of the culprit and what could be done to fix the problem. Stevie Wonda could have caught trout in the lake ten years ago, now some of the best can't.
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