Drought conditions in Texas are hindering hope that oysters harvested there could make up for losses in Louisiana and Mississippi, where the shellfish have suffered because of flooding and the BP Oil Spill.
Governor Bobby Jindal says the state is dedicating 60-million dollars in Coastal Impact Assistance Program funds to a half dozen projects in Southeast Louisiana. About half of the money will be used to pay for the installation of up to 21 miles of bio-engineered oyster reef in the coastal fringe marsh of St...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Governor Bobby Jindal wants to redirect $12 million in state and federal coastal restoration funding to help re-establish oyster reefs and shoreline damaged by the Gulf oil spill.
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Volunteers from across the country are rebuilding oyster reefs along the Gulf of Mexico's delicate shoreline, hoping to revive oyster beds under assault for decades from overharvesting, coastal development, pollution, and most recently the BP oil spill.