The Louisiana Wildlife
and Fisheries Commission approved a notice of intent to add
certain state-owned water bottoms in Terrebonne Parish to
the public oyster seed ground system.
The notice of intent
describes the proposed designation of approximately 500 water
bottom acres to the existing Lake Mechant Public Oyster Seed
Grounds. The commission will consider public comment on the
notice of intent prior to the promulgation of the final rule.
This additional acreage is contained within two areas with
the following descriptions:
Addition 1: Beginning
at a point on the border of the existing Lake Mechant Public
Oyster Seed Grounds at latitude 29 degrees 18 minutes 33.5533
seconds N and longitude 90 degrees 57 minutes 37.8295 seconds
W; thence southerly to a point at latitude 29 degrees 18 minutes
14.8543 seconds N and longitude 90 degrees 57 minutes 39.1397
seconds W; thence southerly to a point at latitude 29 degrees
18 minutes 03.4928 seconds N and longitude 90 degrees 57 minutes
38.8965 seconds W; then southerly to a point at latitude 29
degrees 17 minutes 42.1030 seconds N and longitude 90 degrees
57 minutes 28.7632 seconds W; thence southwesterly to a point
at latitude 29 degrees 17 minutes 36.2469 seconds N and longitude
90 degrees 57 minutes 35.9244 seconds W; thence southerly
to a point at latitude 29 degrees 17 minutes 29.3388 seconds
N and longitude 90 degrees 57 minutes 30.9068 seconds W; thence
southerly to a point at latitude 29 degrees 17 minutes 18.0878
seconds N and longitude 90 degrees 57 minutes 26.2988 seconds
W; thence southerly to a point at latitude 29 degrees 17 minutes
12.1229 seconds N and longitude 90 degrees 57 minutes 22.7942
seconds W; thence southeasterly to a point at latitude 29
degrees 17 minutes 04.4969 seconds N and longitude 90 degrees
56 minutes 57.2000 seconds W; thence southeasterly to a point
at latitude 29 degrees 17 minutes 01.3854 seconds N and longitude
90 degrees 56 minutes 51.4572 seconds W; thence northwesterly
along the existing Lake Mechant Public Oyster Seed Grounds
border to the point of beginning.
Addition 2: Beginning
at a point on the border of the existing Lake Mechant Public
Oyster Seed Grounds at latitude 29 degrees 18 minutes 41.0409
seconds N and longitude 90 degrees 55 minutes 58.9553 seconds
W; thence southerly to a point at latitude 29 degrees 18 minutes
30.9866 seconds N and longitude 90 degrees 56 minutes 01.3860
seconds W; thence southeasterly to a point at latitude 29
degrees 18 minutes 15.9476 seconds N and longitude 90 degrees
55 minutes 53.2347 seconds W; thence southerly to a point
at latitude 29 degrees 17 minutes 59.3179 seconds N and longitude
90 degrees 56 minutes 07.0156 seconds W; thence southerly
to a point at latitude 29 degrees 17 minutes 21.1676 seconds
N and longitude 90 degrees 56 minutes 21.2961 seconds W; thence
southerly to a point at latitude 29 degrees 16 minutes 47.2975
seconds N and longitude 90 degrees 56 minutes 44.3713 seconds
W; thence northerly along the border of the existing Lake
Mechant Public Oyster Seed Grounds to the point of beginning.
The commission
approved the notice of intent as a first step in plans to
place this additional acreage under the management of the
state for the long-term benefit of the oyster resource in
the area. In addition, the designation of this acreage was
requested and recommended by the Louisiana Oyster Task Force.
Interested parties
may submit written comments relative to the notice of intent
to: Patrick Banks, Marine Fisheries Division, Department of
Wildlife and Fisheries, P.O. Box 98000, Baton Rouge, LA 70898-9000
by Oct. 4, 2007.
