Louisiana Oyster Cultch Project (Project ID: 5)
Data Set (DS) | Office of Response and Restoration (ORR)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:62361 | Updated: March 5, 2025 | Published / External
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Summary
Short Citation
Office of Response and Restoration, 2025: Louisiana Oyster Cultch Project (Project ID: 5), https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/62361.
Full Citation Examples
After the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, federal and state agencies came together to form the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustee Council. The Council studied the effects of the oil spill and continues to pursue projects intended to restore the Gulf of America to the condition it would have been in if the spill had not happened. The Trustee Implementation Groups will develop restoration projects and plans to accomplish the significant work needed for the Gulf. Development of these projects is guided by the programmatic restoration plan finalized in 2016 as part of a legal settlement with BP for up to $8.8 billion.
Distribution Information
These data may be provisional and restricted to Trustees within a Natural Resource Damage Assessment.
The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
Controlled Theme Keywords
DOC/NOAA/NOS/ORR, OIL SPILLS, RECLAMATION/REVEGETATION/RESTORATION
Child Items
Type | Title |
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Entity | Monitoring Data |
Contact Information
Metadata Contact
Office of Response and Restoration (ORR)
ORR Home Page
Extents
-91.514225° W,
-88.835559° E,
30.257904° N,
28.746387° S
2016 - Present
Item Identification
Title: | Louisiana Oyster Cultch Project (Project ID: 5) |
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Status: | Completed |
Creation Date: | 2020 |
Abstract: |
After the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, federal and state agencies came together to form the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustee Council. The Council studied the effects of the oil spill and continues to pursue projects intended to restore the Gulf of America to the condition it would have been in if the spill had not happened. The Trustee Implementation Groups will develop restoration projects and plans to accomplish the significant work needed for the Gulf. Development of these projects is guided by the programmatic restoration plan finalized in 2016 as part of a legal settlement with BP for up to $8.8 billion. |
Purpose: |
The Louisiana Oyster Cultch Project involves (1) the placement of oyster cultch onto approximately 850 acres of public oyster seed grounds throughout coastal Louisiana and (2) construction of an oyster hatchery facility that would serve to improve existing oyster hatchery operations and produce supplemental larvae and seed. Oyster Cultch Placement Component: The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will contract for the placement of cultch material onto approximately 850 acres of public oyster seed grounds throughout coastal Louisiana, including 3-Mile Bay, Drum Bay, Lake Fortuna, South Black Bay, Hackberry Bay, and Sister Lake. Cultch material consists of limestone rock, crushed concrete, oyster shell, and other similar material that, when placed in oyster spawning areas, provides a substrate on which free swimming oyster larvae can attach and grow into oysters. The cultch materials are planned to be placed at a planting density of 200 cubic yards/acre, although adjustments to this planting density may be made depending upon water bottom characteristics at the time of project implementation. The oyster cultch placements will employ cultch planting approaches utilized by LDWF since 1917. Oyster Hatchery Component: The second portion of the project involves constructing an oyster hatchery facility that would serve to improve existing oyster hatchery operations to help facilitate and expedite success of the cultch placement. In order to provide a supplemental source of oyster larvae and oyster seed, LDWF will contract to construct a new building adjacent to the existing Sea Grant oyster hatchery located at the LDWF facility on Grand Isle, Louisiana. Larvae produced at the hatchery can be released into the water directly over cultch material or be remotely set on oyster cultch to create oyster seed. The new facility would be located next to the LDWF Research Lab at a site leased by LDWF from the Grand Isle Port Commission, located at 133 LSU Drive in Grand Isle, Louisiana. The site, which is currently undeveloped, is approximately 20,186 square feet, and is owned by the Grand Isle Port Commission and leased by LDWF. Louisiana State University plans to construct an additional building at this site prior to construction of the hatchery facility; this building is not part of this Early Restoration Project. The footprint of the hatchery building is proposed to be approximately 8400 sq ft. Parking will be available onsite. Oyster hatchery activities currently housed at the LDWF Research Lab in Grand Isle, Louisiana will all or in part be relocated to the new hatchery building once it is constructed. |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords |
DOC/NOAA/NOS/ORR > Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords |
EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > OIL SPILLS
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords |
EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > HABITAT CONVERSION/FRAGMENTATION > RECLAMATION/REVEGETATION/RESTORATION
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Spatial Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords |
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > LOUISIANA
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Data Set Information
Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
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Data Set Type: | Spreadsheet |
Maintenance Frequency: | As Needed |
Data Presentation Form: | Table (digital) |
Distribution Liability: |
While NOAA makes every effort to ensure that its databases are error-free, errors do occur. We ask that you notify us immediately of any errors that you discover in our data. We will make every effort to correct them. With respect to documents available from this server, neither the United States Government nor any of its employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose; nor assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed; nor represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. |
Support Roles
Data Steward
Date Effective From: | 2016 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | Office of Response and Restoration (ORR) |
Address: |
1305 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910 |
URL: | ORR Home Page |
Distributor
Date Effective From: | 2016 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | Office of Response and Restoration (ORR) |
Address: |
1305 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910 |
URL: | ORR Home Page |
Metadata Contact
Date Effective From: | 2016 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | Office of Response and Restoration (ORR) |
Address: |
1305 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910 |
URL: | ORR Home Page |
Extents
Currentness Reference: | Ground Condition |
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Extent Group 1
Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
W° Bound: | -91.514225 | |
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E° Bound: | -88.835559 | |
N° Bound: | 30.257904 | |
S° Bound: | 28.746387 |
Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1
Time Frame Type: | Continuing |
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Start: | 2016 |
Access Information
Security Class: | Unclassified |
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Data Access Constraints: |
These data may be provisional and restricted to Trustees within a Natural Resource Damage Assessment. |
Data Use Constraints: |
The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose. |
Metadata Access Constraints: |
These metadata may be provisional and restricted to Trustees within a Natural Resource Damage Assessment. |
Metadata Use Constraints: |
The user is responsible for the results of any application of this metadata for other than its intended purpose. |
Distribution Information
Distribution 1
Start Date: | 2016 |
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End Date: | Present |
Download URL: | https://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/project?id=5 |
Distributor: | Office of Response and Restoration (ORR) (2016 - Present) |
File Name: | Louisiana Oyster Cultch Project |
File Type (Deprecated): | Zip |
Compression: | Zip |
URLs
URL 1
URL: | https://www.habitat.noaa.gov/storymap/dwh/index.html |
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Name: | Gulf Spill Restoration Projects |
URL Type: |
Online Resource
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Description: |
Online project inventory of all DWH Restoration Projects. Individual projects can be located under state and are sorted by ID. |
URL 2
URL: | https://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/project?id=5 |
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Name: | Louisiana Oyster Cultch Project |
URL Type: |
Online Resource
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Description: |
Data repository with access to data and other relevant data/documents |
Data Quality
Representativeness: |
While NOAA makes every effort to ensure that its databases are error-free, errors do occur. Please refer to project's individual documents for more information on data sampling methods. |
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Data Management
Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: | Unknown |
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Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: | No |
Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: | No |
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: | To Be Determined |
If To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended, Explain: |
TBD |
Lineage
Lineage Statement: |
The Spatial Data Branch publishes this data on behalf of the originator. Data are aimed to guide responders, decision makers, and users in making informed steps of analysis and action. |
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Sources
NOAA
Contact Role Type: | Publisher |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | NOAA/NOS/ORR/ARD/SDB - Assessment and Restoration Division/Spatial Data Branch |
Publish Date: | 2020-07-29 |
Extent Type: | Continuing |
Extent Start Date/Time: | 2016 |
Process Steps
Process Step 1
Description: |
Data collected in support of the NRDA were collected and managed in DIVER, an environmental data warehouse, platforms developed and maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Response and Restoration (ORR) Assessment and Restoration Division (ARD). |
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Process Contact: | Office of Response and Restoration (ORR) |
Source: | NOAA |
Child Items
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Type | Title |
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Entity | Monitoring Data |
Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID: | 62361 |
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GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:62361 |
Metadata Record Created By: | Terrance Wang |
Metadata Record Created: | 2020-07-30 14:37+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By: | Adam Rotert |
Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2025-03-05 17:46+0000 |
Metadata Record Published: | 2023-09-29 |
Owner Org: | ORR |
Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish?: | N |
Metadata Last Review Date: | 2023-09-29 |
Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
Metadata Next Review Date: | 2024-09-29 |