Oyster Overharvesting in Calcasieu Estuary in 2010- 2011: References needed

[jchief]

Originally Posted by Smalls

More than likely not. There have been techniques applied where an underwater barrier of some sort is constructed to reduce saltwater floW. With how busy the ship channel is, a structure like the one up the river would not be very effective at controlling salinity levels. An underwater structure would still allow ship access while reducing salinities because of the fact that salt water is typically lower in the water column.

I remember about a year or two ago hearing about a type of structure that was inflated or something, like a balloon or one of the barriers used in the oil spill (the name escapes me right now). Ships could still pass over it, but it would block much of the salt water.

What's funny about this is there would be plenty of opposition to such a project if it actually comes to fruition, but yet the public already had a chance to comment on these projects. There were quite a few projects that were modified after the comment period too.

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I think most people don't really pay a lot of attention when they have a comment period on something like this because of how far out the project would be. So many things change daily these days, technology/science that the plan is usually revised before implementation.

[Smalls]

Originally Posted by jchief

I think most people don't really pay a lot of attention when they have a comment period on something like this because of how far out the project would be. So many things change daily these days, technology/science that the plan is usually revised before implementation.

I believe they actually had pretty good turnouts to these.

The problem is, a lot of people don't care to pay attention to comment periods until it will directly affect them in some way. So when it comes time for a project to be implemented, they are caught off gaurd and get offensive about it as if they never had a chance to weigh in. Several of my previous supervisors who keep up with this kind of thing did weigh in on it and attend meetings.

I've had personal experience with these comment periods, and the agencies do take into account public and interagency comments. I've had to draft responses to those comments, either justifying why something was being done, or modifying the plans.

As I said before, some projects were modified after the comment period and public meetings. CPRA did take comments into consideration.

That being said, I still think some of the projects are boneheaded, and some, like this barrier, will likely never see the light of day because the calcasieu system has been in its current state for so long, that no one will want to let anything chance that.

If they wanted to install this barrier, they should have funded it while the legislature that voted unanimously for it were still in office. Because as "W" alluded to earlier, when future legislators get voted in, it will be much more likely that people try and get them to oppose it.

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