MENHADEN INDUSTRY ISSUES HEAD TO THE LEGISLATURE. Since our last update, Louisiana's recreational fishing community has continued to fight — and fight hard — to protect the half-mile menhaden…
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! CCA Louisiana condemns the recent LDWF Notice of Intent as betrayal of hard-won compromise. On November 6th, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission voted 4-3 to move…
Bycatch Study Released: Starting the Conversation on How Much is Too Much and Confirmation that Buffer Zones are Essential Earlier this week, LGL Ecological Research Associates presented a comprehensive…
Louisiana’s coast is eroding at a rate of up to 20 meters per year. Our coast’s only source of reliable funding comes from offshore oil and gas development, largely through…
H.B. 535 creates a half-mile buffer across the entire coast, with a special 1-mile buffer zones in specific areas, and a 3 miles buffer zone off Grand Isle. While CCA…
Coastal Conservation Association and our partners have attempted to work with the industry and legislators to find some compromise and avoid legislative action. But unfortunately, those efforts led only to…
Louisiana is the only coastal state that allows industrial pogie fishing right up against its beaches. Here in Louisiana, two companies take about 1 billion pounds of pogies - about…
Creating a one-mile buffer to protect beaches and important sportfish will not limit the harvest level for pogie fisherman, so there are no industrial fishing jobs at risk from creating…
There are no restrictions to harvesting within proximity to beaches and some bays and very limited regulations in federal waters. There are no catch limits for pogies in Louisiana waters,…
Accelerates coastal erosion: Pogie boats can churn up the seabed, disturbing spawning grounds and compromising the integrity of our beaches and barrier islands. In recent years, both the state and…
