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Legal & Socio-Economic Issues: Coastal Law Newsletter

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General Topics

LCL No. 29 (321KB .pdf; 4 pages)

  • Impact of the Failure of the Sea Conference on Louisiana

September 1971 (321KB .pdf; 4 pages)

  • The 1971 Louisiana Legislature & the Coastal Zone

October 1972 (297KB .pdf; 4 pages)

  • International Law & Louisiana's Coastal Industries

December 1972 (428KB .pdf; 6 pages)

  • The Federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (P.L. 92-583)

April 1973 (298KB .pdf; 4 pages)

  • New Shrimp Management Law Proposed
  • Preview of Concepts Emerging
  • Governor Edwards Took An Important First Step
  • CC-73 (Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1973)

November 1974 (525KB .pdf; 6 pages)

  • Legislation, Litigation & Law of the Sea

December 1975 (547KB .pdf; 6 pages)

  • Louisiana…A Sportsman's Paradise Lost?

July 1976 (384KB .pdf; 4 pages)

  • The Fishery Conservation & Management Act of 1976

June 1977 (418KB .pdf; 4 pages)

  • Management of Fisheries Resources
  • Coastal Resource Management

September 1977 (375KB .pdf; 4 pages)

  • Coastal Zone Act
  • Gill Nets
  • Energy

August 1978 (589KB .pdf; 6 pages)

  • The State & Local Coastal Resources Management Act of 1978

October 1978 (574KB .pdf; 6 pages)

  • Louisiana's First Use Tax
  • The Gill Net Decision

December 1978 (425KB .pdf; 4 pages)

  • Fund For Damaged Fishing Gear
  • Boundaries Through the Lakes

March 1979 (621KB .pdf; 6 pages)

  • Liability for Offshore Oil Spills
  • Hazardous Waste Control in LA

August 1987 (1.16MB .pdf; 8 pages)

  • TEDS & the Endangered Species Act of 1973
  • Turtle Protection Regulations
  • Louisiana Reaction to TED Regulations
  • Turtle Protection Regulations Table

February 1980 (855KB .pdf; 8 pages)

  • Law of the Sea Treaty: Where It Stands & What It Means
  • Aquaculture & Federal Food & Drug Regulation

February 1981 (572KB .pdf; 6 pages)

  • The Gulf Shrimp Management Plan

December 1981 (706KB .pdf; 6 pages)

  • Legal Implications of Coastal Erosion in Louisiana
  • Atchafalaya Basin Update

December 1984 (775KB .pdf; 8 pages)

  • The Effects of the Promised Exclusive Economic Zone Implementation Acts on the Magnuson Act

January 1986 (1.01MB .pdf; 8 pages)

  • Louisiana Port, Harbor, & Terminal District: Their Power Over Riverbanks
  • Louisiana's "Nine Mile" Territorial Sea

July 1991 (1.21MB .pdf; 12 pages)

  • Louisiana Oil Spill Prevention Response Act

August 1992 (855KB .pdf; 8 pages)

  • Comparative Study of State Aquaculture Regulation & Recommendations For Louisiana

October 1995 (1.71MB .pdf; 12 pages)

  • Marsh Management & the Public/Private Balance in Land Rights

May 1996 (1.95MB .pdf; 16 pages)

  • Limited Entry: Is Louisiana Ready?

December 1996 (2.05MB .pdf; 16 pages)

  • The Historic Development of Seaward Boundaries
  • Summaries of Louisiana Legislation from the 1996 Extraordinary & Regular Sessoions

December 1997 (660KB .pdf; 6 pages)

  • The "Essential Fish Habitat" Provisions of the Federal Sustainable Fisheries Act (P.L. 104-297, October 11, 1996)

May 1998 (776KB .pdf; 8 pages)

  • Coast Guard Proposes National Ballast Water Regulations

April 1999 (660KB .pdf; 6 pages)

  • Fishing in Troubled Waters: Essential Fish Habitat
  • U.S. v. Wilson
  • Invasive Species
  • Oyster Pasteurization
  • Clean Water Act
  • Announcements

August 2003 (155KB .pdf; 16 pages)

  • Louisiana Open Meetings Law
  • Beneficial Use of Dredged Material
    Protection of Crocodilians
  • US PIRG v. Atlantic Salmon of Maine
  • Determining the Impact of SWANCC
  • Oyster Liability
  • Louisiana's Seaward Boundaries