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…

Pogie fishing is done with enormous purse seine nets that encircle huge schools of fish—no matter the species. Large ships, drafting 13 feet of water when loaded, are used to…

Menhaden are a small, pelagic fish, often referred to as “the most important fish in the sea” because of its critical role as forage to countless fish, birds, and marine…