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LDWF Agents Cite Two Subjects for Illegal Oyster Harvest in Terrebonne Parish Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents cited two men for alleged oyster violations on Jan. 4 in Terrebonne Parish. Agents cited Webb Verdin, 41, and Trinity Bergeron, 25, both from Houma, for taking oysters from a polluted area. Agents received a complaint of illegal oyster harvest in Bayou Sevin, which is next to Hwy. 56 in Terrebonne Parish and currently closed to oyster harvest because it has been deemed polluted by the Louisiana Department of Health. LDWF agents responded and deployed a drone and videoed the subjects actively harvesting oysters in a polluted area. ....
TPWD Closing Oyster Harvest in Galveston Bay AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is closing TX-1, TX-5, TX-6, TX-7 in Galveston Bay to commercial and recreational oyster harvest beginning at 12:01 a.m. Jan. 16, 2021. This closing is based on samples recently collected by TPWD showing low abundance of legal-sized oysters. Texas Parks and Wildlife has worked with the industry to develop criteria for closing areas when they fall below certain thresholds based on the abundance of legal-sized oysters (greater than 3 inches) and the percentage of small oysters (2-2.9 inches) for determining when an area should be closed. “Sampling results indicate the number of legal oysters is very limited in these areas,” says Galveston Bay Ecosystem Team Lead Christine Jensen. “This closure is designed to provide some protection to undersize oysters so they can reach legal size. These areas will continue to be monitored by TPWD and will reopen when criteria thr ....
And the fact that war lords and isis groups and al qaeda groups we talk about isis a lot, but there are a lot of other groups and activities out there, militias that are creating incredible chaos throughout libya. so people are running to escape that and to try to find something because if they don t particularly their young men, are recruited into these groups that s what they re trying to escape. steve clemens always appreciate your insight. we ll keep our eye on that news conference at about 10:30 eastern. the b.p. oil spill, a wildfire in california and cuomo. it s been five years now since the worst environmental disaster in u.s. history. the b.p. oil spill in the gulf of mexico. the explosion on the deep water horizon oil rig killed 11 men and spewed oil into the gulf for 87 days. the environmental impact is still a major concern. oil tar balls continue to wash up on the show. the oyster harvest is nearly 25% ....
All that work. thousands of homes are flooded. 3 million acres of farm land are under water in the south. that s the damage we can see in shots like that. that s right. because in louisiana beneath the surface of the swollen mississippi sensitive oyster beds are being threatened by the on rush of water. they have to keep a certain salinity, a certain type of silt in there. and it is very difficult when you talk about this type of flooding. one oysterman says it is like mother nature is waterboarding us. pretty strong language. rob marciano is in port allen this morning. we were down there last year, it was the oil spill they were concerned about, the oyster harvest. they can t get a break. no, a double whammy. but for the same reason. let s remember that the majority of the oysters struggled last year from the oil spill because we were releasing water from the mississippi and other rivers to kind of try to flush and push the oil out of the marshes, and that added fresh water to ....
Your android phone at starbucks or any other location at open wifi, there s a warning that you might want to hear. scientists say they found a major security flaw that affects all android phones. gives hackers easy access to your calendars, photos, contacts, all of this happening over the unsecured wireless network that you re using. google says it is aware of the problem and a fix is already in place for the calendar and contacts applications in the latest versions. what about the pictures? what about those pictures? that s why there s pictures of me all over the place. rob marciano is down in louisiana talking about the oyster harvest and what the state of that harvest is. with everything they ve gone through down there. and he s going to tell us if they re safe to eat. save the date. this saturday could be tend of the world. it is also jeanne moos birthday. so she s celebrating early, just in case. excuse me. ....