1. A. The public oyster seed grounds east of the Mississippi River are described as that portion of state water bottoms hatched on the map below, except as follows:

   1. 1. that portion as described in Louisiana Administrative Code (LAC) 76:VII.531.B. (Oyster Lease Relocation) and more particularly described as that area within the following coordinates (North American Datum 1983):

   2. a. South Breton Sound

      1. i. 89 degrees 27 minutes 49.74 seconds W
      2. 29 degrees 27 minutes 48.91 seconds N;
      3. ii. 89 degrees 26 minutes 36.54 seconds W
      4. 29 degrees 27 minutes 48.89 seconds N;
      5. iii. 89 degrees 26 minutes 36.47 seconds W
      6. 29 degrees 26 minutes 38.48 seconds N;
      7. iv. 89 degrees 28 minutes 04.69 seconds W
      8. 29 degrees 26 minutes 43.66 seconds N;
      9. v. 89 degrees 28 minutes 58.49 seconds W
      10. 29 degrees 26 minutes 41.69 seconds N.

   3. 2. The below described areas, comprising approximately 40,248 acres, shall no longer be designated as a seed ground and shall be set aside for oyster leasing as per provisions of subpart D of Part VII of Louisiana Revised Statues Title 56, upon commencement of the first lottery phase of the oyster moratorium lifting process pursuant to the provisions of Phase Four of Section 2 of Act 595 of the 2016 Regular Session of the Legislature:

      1. a. North Breton Sound

         1. i. 89 degrees 24 minutes 00.000 seconds W
         2. 29 degrees 41 minutes 00.468 seconds N;
         3. ii. 89 degrees 24 minutes 00.000 seconds W
         4. 29 degrees 34 minutes 30.000 seconds N;
         5. iii. 89 degrees 27 minutes 56.000 seconds W
         6. 29 degrees 34 minutes 30.000 seconds N;
         7. iv. 89 degrees 27 minutes 56.000 seconds W
         8. 29 degrees 41 minutes 12.400 seconds N;
         9. v. following the current public oyster seed ground boundary line and shorelines back to point of beginning.

      2. b. Bay Eloi

         1. i. 89 degrees 17 minutes 12.190 seconds W
         2. 29 degrees 45 minutes 49.160 seconds N;
         3. ii. 89 degrees 23 minutes 46.500 seconds W
         4. 29 degrees 41 minutes 09.948 seconds N;
         5. iii. following the current public oyster seed ground boundary line and shorelines back to point of beginning.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 56:434.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Office of Coastal and Marine Resources, LR 14:716 (October 1988), amended by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, LR 37:1624 (June 2011), LR 45:763 (June 2019).