Louisiana Stock Assessments

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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) recently published several stock assessments that were previously unreleased due to ongoing Deepwater Horizon litigation.

Recently released assessments include:

Update Assessment of Blue Crab

Update Assessment of Striped Mullet

Assessment of Black Drum

Assessment of Southern Flounder

Assessment of Sheepshead

Update Assessment of Spotted Seatrout

Oyster Stock Assessment – 2014

On April 4th, 2016, the Court approved the settlement between the United States, the five Gulf States and BP for damages stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

For more information, visit: www.wlf.la.gov

source: Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries