Louisiana Oyster Task Force to Meet Next Tuesday

The Louisiana Oyster Task Force will meet next Tuesday, November 30 at 1:00 PM at the UNO Advanced Technology Center, 2021 Lakeshore Drive, suite 210 in New Orleans, LA.

The agenda is as follows:

1. Roll Call
2. Approval of August 27, 2010 MINUTES
3. Approval of October 19, 2010 MINUTES
4. Treasury Report
   1. Oyster Tag Sales
   2. LOTF Financial Report 
5. Committee Reports
   1. Public and Private Oyster Grounds Committee – (Buddy Pausina)
   2. Enforcement - (Keith Lacaze)
   3. Legislative - (Jakov Jurisic)
   4. Research – (John Supan)
   5. Coastal Restoration – (Dan Coulon)
   6. Marketing - (Dana Brocato)
6. Old Business
   1. Public Seed Grounds Oyster Season – Update
   2. BP Oil Spill Update
      1. Claims Process
      2. Public Reef Damages
      3. Oyster Lease Damages
      4. NRDA Sampling of Private Oyster leases
   3. Oyster Lease Moratorium – Jerome Zeringue
7. New Business
   1. Public Relations – Oyster Industry and Coastal Restoration
   2. Sherwood Gagliano-Restoration of Oyster Grounds and industry in St. Bernard Parish (Dana Brocato)
   3. ISSC Meeting (Al Sunseri)
8. Set Next Meeting

The public and private oyster grounds committee will meet at 10 AM, prior to the Oyster Task Force meeting, to discuss relocation of non- renewed leases and relocation sites for leases in the public seed ground.
These meetings are open to the public.

For more information please contact Laura Deslatte at ldeslatte@wlf.la.gov or 225.765.2335.