The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) says the recent history-making cold temperatures with water temperatures below 40 degrees for several days caused numerous fish kills. Fisheries Biologist Jason Adriance says LDWF has investigated over 70 fish kills statewide, with the highest Spotted Seatrout and Black Drum mortalities in the Terrebonne/Timbalier (Tim ball air) Basin and the highest Red Drum and Sheepshead losses in the Barataria Basin.
Cut 4 (13) “…pretty much state wide.”
After more than a dozen people got sick from eating oysters collected from Area 3 of the Gulf Coast, the state is reiterating to people that seafood caught in Louisiana is safe to eat. 15 people became infected with Norovirus after eating oysters harvested in that area in the second half of January. Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Madison Sheahan says people visiting New Orleans for the Super Bowl should by no means be discouraged from eating Louisiana seafood.
Cut 6 (10) “…seafood this week.”
The Department of Health has closed Oyster Area 3 and has issued a recall for all oysters harvested from there since January 10th.
Tighter security measures are in place today in New Orleans as more fans arrive for Super Bowl 59. No coolers, ice chests or large bags on Bourbon Street and surrounding streets. But it will not be a gun-free zone, because the state’s Constitutional Carry law allows permitless conceal carry. But New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick says that does not mean you can bring a gun into a bar…
Kirkpatrick says they will stop people who are negligently carrying, if you have a gun in your waist band and not in a holster.