Louisiana Oyster Task Force to Meet July 27 in New Orleans

The Louisiana Oyster Task Force is scheduled to meet at 1 p.m. at the UNO Advanced Technology Center located at 2021 Lakeshore Drive, Suite 210 in New Orleans. The agenda for the July 27 meeting is below.

I. Roll Call

II. Approval of  May 25, 2010 minutes

III. Treasury Report

              a. Oyster Tag Sales

              b. LOTF Financial Report

IV.   Committee Reports

a. Public and Private Oyster Grounds Committee

b. Enforcement

c. Legislative

d. Research

e. Coastal Restoration

f. Marketing

g. Department of Health and Hospitals

h. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

1. Public Oyster Seed Ground Stock Assessment Report and Possible Oyster Season Framework-Patrick Banks

i. Department of Natural Resources

j. Governor's Office of Coastal Affairs.

V.   Old Business

A.   Oyster Lease Surveying Delays ? Dan Coulon

B.  LDWF update on experiments request at the LOTF May 25, 2010 meeting to have the DWF Oyster Biologists test growing water and oyster meats for contaminants, and check for spawning capability of oysters using contaminated growing water as well as using the reef the oysters came from, to check spat catch ability in the new DWF lab at Grand Isle.- Al Sunseri

VI.  New Business

B.   Deep Horizon Oil Spill Update, Response, and Actions

                       A.   Proposal for revised DHH closures-Dan Coulon

                       B.   Oyster Crop Insurance - Robert Cerda

                       C.   Discussion of Farm Bureau Meeting-Buddy Pausina

VII.  Set Next Meeting

VIII.  Adjourn

For additional information, please contact Ashley Wethey at 225.765.5113 or awethey@wlf.la.gov.

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