Parish and Community News

Terrebonne Parish Information 1) Coast Guard representatives in Cocodrie reported: • Cleanup and boom maintenance are the crews’ top priorities. • Personnel: 1168 Weather Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 98. Heat index values as high as 113. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph. Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 80. West wind around 5 mph. Thursday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a high near 93. West wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Thursday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 77. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Vessels: Boats working in Cocodrie: 203 Skimmers working in Cocodrie: 16 Cleanup Progress • Continued beach reconnaissance and manual recovery of discovered oil. • All recovery operations are to follow the general shoreline treatment recommendations established for Timbalier Bay and Terrebonne Bay. 2) Oil impact reports: • Assessment team reports the following: • Team reported from the western end of West Timbalier Island that they observed a long line of sea foam and emulsion, running north-south approximately ¼ mile-1/2 mile long by 3 feet in dimension. 3) Fishing Closures: • Louisiana state officials on Friday reopened a large section of waters east of the Mississippi River for shrimp and finfish harvesting after consultation and lab tests approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration. • The only closures that remain are mapped below. Recreational Fishing Closures: http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/img/maps/oil-spill/recreational-map-1.png http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/img/maps/oil-spill/recreational-map-2.png http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/img/maps/oil-spill/recreational-map-3.png Commercial Fishing Closures: http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/img/maps/oil-spill/commercial-map.png http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/img/maps/oil-spill/commercial-map-1.png http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/img/maps/oil-spill/commercial-map-2.png http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/img/maps/oil-spill/commercial-map-3.png http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/img/maps/oil-spill/shrimp-map.png Federal Closures: http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/img/maps/oil-spill/federal-map.png