final_site_inspect+deploy_reefs_l1,h1,_h3,_h4_and_n1_final_6-
final_site_inspect+deploy_reefs_l1,h1,_h3,_h4_and_n1_final_6-
rbfprojectoftheyear
final_site_inspect+deploy_reefs_l1,h1,_h3,_h4_and_n1_final_6-
The Lake Pontchartrain Artificial Reef Program Deployment from 2000 to 2004 (Including Deployment of L1, H1, H3, H4 and N1 sites in Lake Pontchartrain) By John Lopez Ph.D.Submitted to: Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation University of New Orleans – Department of Biological Sciences LA Department of Wildlife and Fisheries June 2004 – Final Report 1 Table of Contents Executive Summary….………………………………………………………………..2 Chronology of the Lake Pontchartrain Artificial Reef Program……………………3 Lake Pontchartrain Artificial Reef Working Group Member’s Affiliations………..5 Coordinates of Artificial Reef Sites L1, H1, H3, H4, N1 and Reference Site H ..6 Oil and Gas Well Site Information……………………………………………………7 Reefball Serial Numbers for Site H1, H3, H4 and N1………………………………8 Post-Deployment – Diver accounting of reefball Serial numbers verified between October 2003 and June 7, 2004 by Rob Kohl and other divers……….14 Pre-Deployment, Deployment and Post-Deployment Field Notes………………17 Deployment Photographs………………………….………………………………….23 LA DWF Sidescan Sonar data and Bathymetric data over the entire permitted area of the H, H1, H3, and H4 sites…….……………………………………………30 Sidescan Sonar, Site Surveys and Sketches of Deployment at H1, H3, H4 and N1 ………………………………………………………………………………………32 Financial Summary……………………………………………………………………50 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Permit Application and Approved Permit for the H1, H3, H4 and N1 Sites…………….…………………………………………….….51 Confirmed Shell Pads and Artificial Reef Sites in Lake Pontchartrain…………...67 Description of Nearby Shell Pads in Jefferson Parish………………….…………68 Public Brochure of the Lake Pontchartrain Artificial Reef Program……………...