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Louisiana
Oyster Task Force Reminds Leaseholders of Rehabilitation Program
February 15, 2007
The Louisiana
Oyster Task Force (LOTF) is reminding all Louisiana oyster leaseholders
to apply for the Private Oyster Lease Rehabilitation (POLR) program
with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF).
The deadline
for submitting the POLR pre-application form has been extended
from Feb. 16, 2007 to March 2, 2007. POLR pre-application forms
and additional information were mailed to all Louisiana oyster
leaseholders on Dec. 29, 2006, and completed forms must be returned
to LDWF in order to participate in the rehabilitation program.
The POLR program
has been developed to assist oyster leaseholders with the rehabilitation
of oyster resources on state-owned water bottoms under lease.
This program is part of a federal hurricane disaster recovery
assistance project aimed at rehabilitating and restoring Louisiana
marine fisheries resources in the wakes of Hurricane Katrina and
Rita (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grant #NA06NMF4540319).
The LOTF is
encouraging all Louisiana oyster leaseholders who have not yet
returned the POLR pre-application forms to do so with a postmark
of no later than March 2, 2007. If replacement pre-application
forms are needed, please contact LDWF at 225-765-2940.
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