The Louisiana
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is continuing
its effort to provide assistance to the state’s fishing
industries through a $41 million federal fisheries disaster
assistance grant. The department invites representatives of
the recreational and charterboat fishing industries and the
fishing public to participate in the planning process in a
public meeting April 22, 2008.
The meeting will
be held in the Louisiana Room at LDWF headquarters, 2000 Quail
Drive, Baton Rouge at 2 p.m.
Office of Fisheries
staff will review comments received from the fishing industries
in public meetings held during September and October of 2007.
There will be a discussion of ideas to aid the recovery of
recreational fishing from the impacts of the hurricanes of
2005 and other state programs to aid the fishing industries.
The public is invited
to attend and help further develop recreational fishery recovery
plans.
