NEWSROOM
Web
Site Helps People Find Missing Boats
November
30, 2005
The Louisiana
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) has established a
Web site that will enable boat owners to search for boats that
were lost as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Interested
people can access the Web site through a link under the "What's
New" section of LDWF's home page at www.wlf.louisiana.gov.
The Web site
allows the public to access information on all recreational and
commercial vessels located and reported to the department by LDWF
Enforcement Division agents, insurance companies, private citizens
and others involved in recovery and removal of displaced boats.
The site is updated daily as information on boats is received.
"We're
hopeful this new tool will assist boat owners in locating their
boats that were lost as a result of the storms," said Lt.
Col. Brian Spillman, state boating law administrator. Spillman
also encourages people who find boats that appear to be displaced
to report them to the department's boat registration section by
calling 225/765-2898 for inclusion in the database. According
to the department, up to 50,000 boats were displaced during the
two hurricanes.
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