[StBernard] La. finishes 2 oyster reef rehab jobs

[Westley Annis]

La. finishes 2 oyster reef rehab jobs
NEW ORLEANS

Louisiana officials say they have rehabilitated two public oyster seed
grounds in St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes with $3.1 million the state
got after the BP oil spill in 2010 to repair damage to the oyster grounds.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says the oysters grounds
are in Mississippi Sound and California Bay,

Work on the sites involved dumping hard material into the water that oyster
larvae can attach to and grow. Officials say they used more than 60,000
cubic yards of crushed concrete, limestone and oyster shell on the projects.

The spot in St. Bernard covers 300 acres of scattered shell bottoms just
southwest of Halfmoon Island. The public grounds in Plaquemines cover about
300 acres west of Pelican Island.