material from the Katrina damaged I-10 Twin Span Bridge. In July of 2012, CCA completed construction of the Brad Vincent Artificial Reef in Calcasieu Lake using recycled road rubble. CCA has immediate plans for additional projects in Vermilion Bay, Lake Pontchartrain and Terrebonne Bay. Funding for the Breton Sound Reef
was provided by Shell Oil Company and CCA’s Building Conservation Trust, LDWF’s Artificial Reef Trust Fund and BIRDS. Continuing support of CCA’s Artificial Reef Program is pro- vided by the Paul Candies Family. “As always, CCA is proud to work
with our wonderful partners in conser- vation to make this project possible,” said CCA Louisiana Habitat Chairman John Walther. “The collaboration between private industry, local and state government, and CCA has once again resulted in a victory for coastal habitat.” After completion, mooring buoys
placed around the perimeter of the site will mark the reef. Anglers will have the option to tie off to the specially designed buoys if they choose. “If recent projects are any indication,
we would expect this reef to begin sup- porting marine life shortly after deployment,” said CCA Louisiana CEO David Cresson. “It would not be surprising to hear reports of specks and reds being caught on the reef during summer 2013.”
Crab trap removal dates, locations announced
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife
and Fisheries and Louisiana State University SeaGrant have announced the dates and locations for the 2013 Derelict Crab Trap Removal Project. Officials from the two agencies have once again reached out to CCA Louisiana to provide support and volunteers. In 2012, an army of volunteers,
including many CCA members, de - scend ed upon the marshes in Dela - croix and Cocodrie in search of destruc- tive abandoned crab traps. In all, more than 3,000 abandoned traps were removed from the coast. CCA members not only removed traps, they also worked the dock and cooked delicious meals for the volunteers. “We are so appreciative of our part-
nership with CCA on this important project,” says LSU SeaGrant’s Julie Anderson. “The support from CCA and dedication of their volunteers is incred- ible. It’s hard to imagine doing this each year without them.” The Plaquemines rodeo day is
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scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 16 and Saturday Feb, 23, in Point a la Hache. The St. Bernard rodeo day is scheduled for Saturday, Mar. 9, in Hopedale. Collection sites for both rodeos are to be determined. Volunteers are needed to provide
boats, assist boat captains, assist at the dock, cook and serve meals, and more. To volunteer during our rodeo dates, contact CCA Louisiana at 225-952-9200.
MARYLAND
‘Cost Recovery’ battle moves to General Assembly
Two years of work by the advocacy
team in CCA Maryland will reach a conclusion soon as the state’s General Assembly meets to determine the out- come of “cost recovery,” a plan to hold the commercial industry fully account- able for the costs of managing its fishery. As gill net and other violations by
commercial anglers (frequently report- ed in TIDE) were identified during the last two years, it became apparent that the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Natural Resources Police were accruing unex- pected expenses in patrolling the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. To pro-
tect recreational anglers and other tax- payers from covering the costs of these illegal activities, CCA Maryland worked to implement legislation that would require the commercial industry to pay for those increased costs. The work of CCA and other groups resulted in pas- sage of a cost recovery bill that was signed into law by Gov. Martin O’Malley last May. DNR, which was tasked with recom-
mending to the General Assembly action to implement cost recovery for the 2013 session, conducted a summer study on cost recovery to determine hard numbers relative to cost recovery. It showed a projected deficit of $2.9 million for DNR’s Fisheries Service in 2013, including a $2.6 million deficit in the commercial sector. It also noted that recreational anglers pay above and beyond all services related directly to their sport. A late development occurred in
November during a joint meeting of two fisheries advisory commissions to DNR, which were asked to recommend to DNR what its proposal to the General Assembly should include. The CCA Maryland representative moved that the commercial sector be required to pay its full share of cost recovery, but
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