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NOAA STATUS AND TRENDS Mussel Watch Project Field Sampling & Logistics Year IEK The Geochemical and Environmental Research Group Texas A&M Research Foundation "R '101 `5.10 @qp 'Sohn S IOT w 95* w 90* w 85* w 80* w 35* N IN Texas Missi sippi Alabama Loui lana Florida 30* N 10 QH 541.5 C65 24' N F54 LI r. 11 Ll year 9 3 (1994) C 0 er NOAA NATIONAL STATUS AND TRENDS Mussel Watch Program Field Sampling and Logistics Report Year IX Prepared by' H.J. Jobling, J.M. Brooks, and R.R. Fay The Geochemical and Environmental Research Group Texas A&M University 833 Graham Road College Station, Texas 77845 Property Of CSC Library Submitted to U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 October 1994 GERG Technical Report 94-134 11 ELD SAMPLING AND LOGISTICS TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Sampling History ................................................ 1 Bivalve Distributional Patterns in the Gulf of Mexi'co ....................................... 2 Field Logistics ............................................................................................ 5 Logistic Considerations ............................................................................. 16 Permits ................................................................................................... 10 Sampling Gear .......................................................................................... .12 Boats .............................................................................................. 12 Radio Communications .................................................................... 12 Safety Considerations ....................................................................... 12 Sample Collection ..................................................................................... 13 Oyster Collections ............................................................................ 13 Sediment Collections ........................................................................ 13 Field Processing ....................................................................................... 13 Salinity and Temperature ................................................................. 13 Oyster Processing ............................................................................ 14 Sediment Processing ........................................................................ 18 Sample Handling and Chain-of-Custody ............................................ 20 Field Sampling Criteria ............................................................................ 2D Definition of Stations and Sites 20 Bivalve Site Selection Criteria ............................................................ 22 Sediment Site Selection Criteria ........................................................ 23 Sampling Summary ................................................................................. 24 Sampling Problems ......................................................................... 24 Years I and II Sampling Summary ................................................... 25 Year III Sampling Summary ........................................................... 26 Year IV Sampling Summary ............................................................ 29 Year V Sampling Summary ............................................................. 31 Year VI SamplingSummary ............................................................ 32 Year VII Sampling Summary .......................................................... 33 Year VIII Sampling Summary ......................................................... 34 Year IX Sampling Summary ............................................................ 35 References ............................................................................................... 39 Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Site Descriptions ........................................... 40 Sample Site Descriptions ............................................................ I................. 55 Appendix A - Field Station Data ................................................................ A-1 Appendix B - Final Positions ..................................................................... B-1 iii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FIGURES Figure Page 1 Sample processing protocol for oyster sites ......................................... 15 2 Sample processing protocol for mussel sites ....................................... 17 3 Sample processing protocol for sediment sites ..................................... 19 4 Decision criteria for sediment sites .................................................... 21 5 Location of Gulf of Mexico Sampling Sites .......................................... 41 6 Location of Caribbean Sampling Sites ................................................ 42 7 Location of Laguna Madre South Bay Sites ......................................... 43 8 Location of South Texas Sites ............................................................ 44 9 Location of Galveston Bay Sites .......................................................... 45 10 Location of Western Louisiana Sites ................................................... 46 11 Location of Eastern Louisiana and Mississippi Delta Sites .................... 47 12 Location of Mississippi/Alabama Sites ............................................... 48 13 Location of Western Florida Sites ....................................................... 49 14 Location of Middle Florida Sites ......................................................... 50 15 Location of Tampa Bay Sites .............................................................. 51 16 Location of South Florida Sites .......................................................... 52 17 Location of Florida Key Sites ............................................................. 53 18 Location of Puerto Rico Sites ............................................................. 54 Table TA13LES Pa Z-e 1 Collection Methods and Site Accessibility ............................................. 7 2 Sediment and Oyster Sampling, Years I - IX ...................................... 27 iv LIST OF SUES WrrH MAPS AND PHOTOGRAPHS Site Description Page 1 LMSB South Bay, Lower Laguna Madre, TX ..................................... 55 52 LMPI Port Isabel, Lower Laguna Madre, TX .................................... 61 78 LMAC Arroyo Colorado, Lower Laguna Madre, TX ............................ 67 2 CCN-B Nueces Bay, Corpus Christi, TX ............................................. 73 3 CCIC Ingleside Cove, Corpus Christi, TX ........................................ 79 53 CCBH Boat Harbor, Corpus Christi, TX ............................................ 85 4 ABLR Long Reef, Aransas Bay, TX .................................................. 91 54 ABHI Harbor Island, Aransas Bay, TX ............................................ 97 5 CBCR Copano Reef, Copano, Bay, TX ............................................... 103 6 MBAR Ayres Reef, Mesquite Bay, TX ............................................... 109 7 SAPP Panther Point Reef, San Antonio Bay, TX ............................... 115 8 SAMP Mosquito Point, San Antonio Bay, TX ..................................... 121 9 ESSP South Pass Reef, Espiritu Santo, TX ...................................... 1T 10 ESBD Bill Days Reef, Espiritu Santo, TX .........................................M 11 MBLR Lavaca River Mouth, Matagorda Bay, TX ............................... M 12 MBGP Gallinipper Point, Matagorda Bay, TX ................................... 145 13 MBTP Tres Palacios Bay, Matagorda Bay, TX ................................... 151 14 MBEM East Matagorda, Matagorda Bay, TX ..................................... 157 56 MBCB Carancahua Bay, Matagorda Bay, TX .................................... 163 55 MBDI Dog Island, Matagorda Bay, TX ............................................ 169 72 BRCL Cedar Lake, Brazos River, TX ............................................... 175 57 BRFS Freeport Surfside, Brazos River, TX ...................................... 181 15 GBYC Yacht Club, Galveston Bay, TX ............................................. 187 16 GBTD Todd's Dump, Galveston Bay, TX .......................................... 193 17 GBHR Hanna Reef, Galveston Bay, TX ............................................ 201 18 GBCR Confederate Reef, Galveston Bay, TX ..................................... 207 58 GBOB Offatts Bayou, Galveston Bay, TX .......................................... 210 59 GBSC Ship Channel, Galveston Bay, TX .......................................... 219 19 SI.BB Blue Buck Point, Sabine Lake, LA ......................................... 225 20 CLSJ St. Johns Island, Calcasieu Lake, LA .................................... 231 60 CLLC Lake Charles, Calcasieu Lake, LA ........................................ 237 21 JHJH Joseph Harbor Bayou, J. Harbor Bayou, LA ............................ 243 22 VBSP Southwest Pass, Vermilion Bay, LA ...................................... 249 23 ECSP South Point, East Cote Blanche, LA ....................................... 255 24 ABOB Oyster Bayou, Atchafalaya Bay, LA ....................................... 257 25 CLCL Caillou Lake, Caillou Lake, LA ............................................. 263 26 TBLB Lake Barre, Terrebonne Bay, LA ........................................... 269 Z7 TBLF Lake Felicity, Terrebonne Bay, LA ......................................... 275 28 BBSD Bayou St. Denis, Barataria Bay, LA ....................................... 281 29 BBMB Middle Bank, Barataria Bay, LA ........................................... 287 61 BBTB Turtle Bay, Barataria Bay, LA .............................................. 293 65 MRTP Tiger Pass, Mississippi River, LA ......................................... 299 64 MRPL Pass a Loutre, Mississippi River, LA ................................... @. 305 30 BSBG Bay Gardene, Breton Sound, LA ..............................I .............. 312 31 BSSI Sable Island, Breton Sound, LA ............................................ 318 v 32 LBMP Malheureux Point, Lake Borgne, LA ..................................... 325 62 LBNO New Orleans, Lake Borgne, LA ............................................. 331 63 LPGO Gulf Outlet, Lake Pontchartrain, LA ..................................... 337 33 MSPC Pass Christian, Mississippi Sound, MS ..................................W 34 MSBB Biloxi Bay, Mississippi Sound, MS ......................................... 350 35 MSPB Pascagoula Bay, Mississippi Sound, MS ................................ ow 36 MBCP Cedar Point Reef, Mobile Bay, AL .......................................... 362 66 MBHI Hollingers Island Channel, Mobile Bay, AL ........................... 369 79 MBDR Dog River, Mobile Bay, AL .................................................... 375 67 PBPH Public Harbor, Pensacola Bay, FL ......................................... 381 37 PBIB Indian Bayou, Pensacola Bay, FL .......................................... 387 80 PBSP Sabine Point, Pensacola Bay, FL ............................................ 393 73 CBJB Joe's Bayou, Choctawahatchee Bay, FL .................................. 399 38 CBSR Off Santa Rosa, Choctawahatchee Bay, FL ............................. 405 82 CBBL Ben's Lake, Choctawahatchee Bay, FL ................................... 413 39 CBPP Postil Point, Choctawahatchee Bay, FL .................................. 419 83 CBBB Boggy Bayou, Choctawahatchee Bay, FL ................................ 425 74 PCLO Little Oyster, Panama City, FL .............................................. 431 68 PCMP Municipal Pier, Panama City, FL ......................................... 437 40 SAWB Watson Bayou, St. Andrew Bay, FL ....................................... 443 41 APDB Dry Bar, Apalachicola Bay, FL .............................................. 449 42 APCP Cat Point Bar, Apalachicola Bay, FL ...................................... 4M 75 AESP Spring Creek, Apalachee Bay, FL .......................................... 461 69 SRWP West Pass, Suwannee River, FL ............................................ 467 43 C1KBP Black Point, Cedar Key, FL ................................................... 473 70 TBOT Old Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay, FL ............................................ 481 44 TBPB Papys Bayou, Tampa Bay, FL ................................................ 487 45 TBHB Hillsborough Bay, Tampa Bay, FL ......................................... 493 46 TBCB Cockroach Bay, Tampa Bay, FL ............................................ 499 47 TBMK Mullet Key Bayou, Tampa Bay, FL ......................................... 505 77 TBKA Knight Airport, Tampa Bay, FL ............................................ 511 76 TBNP Navarez Park, Tampa Bay, FL .............................................. 517 48 CBBI Bird Island, Charlotte Harbor, FL ......................................... 5M 71 CBFM Fort Meyers, Charlotte Harbor, FL ........................................ 529 49 NBNB Naples Bay, Naples Bay, FL .................................................. 535 50 RBHC Henderson Creek, Rookery Bay, FL ....................................... 541 51 EVFU Faka Union Bay, Everglades, FL ........................................... 547 87 FBFO Flamingo, Florida Bay, FL ................................................... 553 88 FBJB Joe Bay, Florida Bay, FL ....................................................... 559 81 BBEF Bahia Honda Key, FL ........................................................... 565 84 PRBB Bahia de Boqueron, Puerto Rico, PR ...................................... 571 85 PRBM Bahia Montalva, Puerto Rico, PR .......................................... 577 86 PRBJ Bahia de Jobos, Puerto Rico, PR ............................................ 583 vi FUM SAMPLING AND LOGISrflCS This document provides a detailed description of the sampling sites in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean for the NOAA National Status and Trends (NS&T) Mussel Watch Program for Year IEK (Period 2, Phase 4). The report contains detailed maps and site descriptions for all sites that have been sampled during the first nine years of the program. Locations (Nominal Site Centers) provided are the most recent available for a specific site and are based on chart data and Global Positioning System (GPS) positions, when available. GPS positions have been obtained for approximately 75% of the sites sampled. Loran C positions are not available for the Caribbean, therefore only GPS positions are provided. GPS and Loran C data are provided in Appendix A. SampUng History In 1986, GERG undertook the first NS&T Mussel Watch site sampling in the Gulf of Mexico. GERG's efficiency in field sampling is attested to by the fact that during the course of the past eight years of the project, the Gulf Coast field collection effort increased from an initial 50 sites in Year 1 to 88 sites by Year EK. The days in the field which were required to complete the sampling decreased from 48 days in Year I to 26 days in Year IV, despite the 40% increase in sampling effort. Years II and III sampling showed similar efficiencies, requiring 31 and 30 days, respectively. The sampling dates established in Year V dictate a time frame during which all subsequent sampling will be completed: Texas and western Louisiana sampling is done in December, and sites in eastern Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida are sampled in January. In Year VII we added Puerto Rico, which is sampled in February. No new sites were added in Year VIII. Two new sites were added in Florida in Year IEK. A total of 32 days were spent in the field, sampling the 51 Year IEK sites, eleven of which were travel days. The sites from which we have collected oysters in the Gulf of Mexico have not been limited to the coastal embayments, but have included a number of sites which face the open Gulf and can only be reached by long, boat transits. Stretching from Port Isabel in the lower Laguna Madre of Texas to Bahia Honda Key in Florida, the study area encompasses over 1500 straight line' coastal miles. The actual distance to be traversed is appreciably longer since access to many 1 remote areas within the embayments is by circuitous route. A single field crew sampling half of the Gulf sites would travel over 8000 miles during a field season. This limited access to the shoreline combined with the very shallow waters of most of the bays (63% of all maintenance dredging in the continental U.S. is done in the Gulf of Mexico) has supported our original contention that the Gulf of Mexico sites are the most difficult U.S. coastal sites to sample. Bivalve Disbibutional Patterns in the Gulf of Mexico Distributional patterns of molluscan assemblages are dependent on water depth, substrate type, turbidity, salinity, and wave energy. Parker (1960) defined molluscan assemblages along the Gulf coast based on salinity and substrate type. The important inshore, estuarine, and lagunal assemblages are as follows: I . River Influenced, Low-Salinity Assemblage - The largest and most abundant bivalves in this assemblage are: Rangia cuneata - Common in beds all along the Gulf coast, large; Rangia flexuosa - Less abundant than R. cuneata; Polymesoda carolinensis - Missing from Mobile, Alabama, east and Matagorda Bay, west and south and Macoma mitchelli - common in most low salinity lagoons and estuaries; small. This assemblage is characteristic of soft-bottom areas surrounding river mouths, where the salinity is usually less than 10%o. Typically, the numerically dominant mollusk in this zone is Rangia cuneata. Rangia cuneata, flexuosa, and Polymesado carolinensis have life spans of several years whereas Macoma mitchelli is an annual species. Of the longer-lived species, Rangia cuneata is also the biomass dominant in this assemblage. IL L)elta - Front Distributa1y and Interdisciplinary Assemblage - The largest and most dominant bivalves in these assemblages are: Rangia cuneata - not as abundant as in river influence as'semblage; Rangia flexuosa - more, abundant in interdistributary bays; 2 Macoma mitchelli - rare; Crassostrea virginica very abundant in higher salinity interdistributary bays; and Petricolar pholadiformis - common, but small. III. Low Salinity Oyster Assemblage - The largest and most dominant bivalves in this assemblage are: Crassostrea virginica - predominates in this zone; and Brachidontes recurvus - at times very abundant. Oyster reefs are abundant where salinities range from 10-30,7oo. Most oyster reefs are found in relatively shallow waters. Typically, large reefal structures are formed at right angles to the dominant current flow. These reefs are easily located and are a major geologic feature in most of the bays along the Gulf Coast that were included in this study. Crassostrea virginica is the biomass dominant as well as the most numerically-abundant large bivalve in the assemblage. The mytilid Brachidontes recurvus is usually found associated with oyster reefs. However, it is not as abundant nor as large, and it has no previous baseline established in the Mussel Watch programs. Furthermore, it rarely occurs in other assemblages where C. virginica is an important component. IV. High Salinity Oyster Assemblae - The largest and most abundant bivalves in this assemblage are: Anomia simplex - common, but small; Brachidontes exustus - common, attached to oyster valves; small; Diplothyra smithii - rare; and Ostrea equestris - abundant, long lived species. High salinity reefs form near inlets where relatively high salinity water (34- 36%) is constantly renewed by tides. The substrate is old shell. Ostrea equestris is generally abundant and replaces C. virginica when salinities rise above 300loo. Over the long-term, drought cycles frequently result in the replacement of C. virginica with 0. equestris (and vice versa in wet years) along most of the Gulf coast (Parker, 1960). Thus, this assemblage is effectively identical to the Low 3 Salinity Oyster Assemblage except where salinity causes the replacement of species with other closely related species. In this assemblage, 0. equestris typically is the biomass dominant. V. Hypersaline Lagoon Assembla - The largest and most abundant bivalves in this assemblage are: Mulinia lateralis - abundant but small; Tellina tampaensis - moderately abundant; and Anomalocardia auberiana - very abundant Hypersaline lagoons and estuaries are common along the lower Texas coast and have salinities ranging from 40-8096. The species in this assemblage are very abundant but are short-lived and small. The numerical dominant in this zone is Anomalocardia auberiana. In the previous EPA Mussel Watch Program, genera from the family Mytilidae (the mussels) were used as the organisms of choice for portions of the geographic range of the mussel watch program. Along the Gulf coast, however, mussels that do occur (i.e., the genera Brachidontes, Lioberus, Lithophaga, Modiolus, Geukensia, and others) are often too small and frequently not abundant or widespread enough to be considered as target organisms. Previous baseline organisms along the Gulf Coast for the EPA Mussel Watch Program were all species in the family Ostreidae (viz. Crassostrea virginica and Ostrea equestris). These two species are frequently biomass dominants, abundant and easily resampled from their respective habitats. The American oyster, C. virginica, occurs in intertidal and sub-tidal habitats all along the Gulf coast (Scott and Lawrence, 1982). C. virginica is sufficiently widespread so that it has been able to be collected at the majority of the designated sites. C. virginica typically inhabits coastal and lagunal environments with salinity levels normally varying between 20-30%o, although populations at both lower and high salinities are known. Moreover, as shown above, it is one single species common to nearly all the Gulf Coast and is usually biomass dominant where it occurs. The oyster reefs produced by C. virginica, which make up the bulk of the sites selected for this portion of the NOAA Mussel Watch Program, are permanent and for the most part large features which are easily located for sampling and resampling. In addition, living oysters usually 4 are abundant on these features and are recruited yearly to the reefs; thus, these areas will be able to sustain repeated sampling over a ten year plus period with minimum impact on the population structure of the reef. Clearly, due to the previous baseline established for this species, its abundance, large size, and ubiquitous occurrence along the Gulf coast, C. virginica is the target organism of choice. Although C. virginica has a particularly wide salinity tolerance, a few areas that have been designated as sites are outside its range. In areas of low salinity which do not support C. virginica, Rangia cuneata is the dominant bivalve. R. cuneata is relatively large and abundant. It is the characteristic organism of the low salinity assemblage and it occurs in most low salinity habitats along the Gulf Coast. R. cuneata is usually found in abundance at the sediment-water interface on soft bottoms. We have attempted to find C. virginica in the high salinity bays in the lower Laguna Madre between Corpus Christi and Port Isabel with limited success. 0. equestris, an ecological equivalent, usually replaces C. virginica in these areas. 0. equestris is usually associated with hard bottoms or mangrove roots and is abundant and large. It has an established baseline for comparison because it previously was used in the EPA Mussel Watch program. In addition, it belongs to the same mollusk family (Oestreidae) as C. virginica. In most habitats which usually do not support C. virginica, 0. equestris can be collected and is the organism of choice. In hypersaline lagoons (i.e., Baffin Bay, Texas) where C. virginica and 0. equestris are absent, Anomalocarida auberiana could be sampled. This species is small, yet it is very abundant, reaching population levels of -2000 per M2 in some instances. Because of the concerns about species effects, none of the alternate species at the sites which do not support C. virginica have been collected to date. Field loewdcs Collection and field processing of oyster and sediment samples was conducted by GERG utilizing small boats and a portable self-contained laboratory (used in Years I - VI) which was specifically equipped for sample_ processing and storage. A field collection crew consisted of two people (sometimes three, depending on the site) using a trailered outboard boat. Table 1 summarizes 5 collection methods and site accessibility. In Years VII through IX, the processing was not conducted in the mobile lab. Samples were collected, packed on blue ice, and shipped back to our labs in College Station by Federal Express for processing the next morning. Samples from Puerto Rico were shipped via American Airlines as perishable items and were received at the GERG laboratory in less than 48 hours. The Gulf of Mexico field collections were made in four sampling legs. The first leg departed College Station, sampling the -12 sites within a 200 mile radius of College Station (Brazos River, Galveston Bay, and as far east as western Louisiana) in a 5-day period. Samples were returned to College Station by Federal Express, private aircraft, and/or the returning field crews. The next sampling leg was based at Port Lavaca. During this five day period, two boat crews completed sampling the -19 remaining Texas sites and returned to College Station. Following the Christmas holidays, sampling resumed with two boat crews who sampled from central Louisiana, through Mississippi, to Alabama. Upon completion of the - 20 sites as far east as Mobile, Alabama, the sample crews returned to College Station. The last leg sampled 24 sites in Florida. After completion of the Gulf sampling, the boat crews returned to College Station. In Year VII a fifth sampling leg was added in February to sample Puerto Rico, where local fishermen were employed to use their boats to take us to collection sites. LqOsfic: Com4derations Major logistical concerns in sampling the Gulf of Mexico oyster sites primarily involved access to the variety of sampling sites (and collection gear) and to a lesser degree permitting/politics. In the Caribbean, logistical concerns were much more complex since all collection gear had to be carried aboard airplanes and permitting and regional politics played a much larger role. In the Gulf of Mexico, one major problem concerned accessibility to the oyster sites. Some samples were little trouble to obtain, such as from rock rubble beneath a highway bridge in Galveston, but some were difficult, such as ones that required a 35 mile drive from the nearest motel to the launch, a 15 mile boat ride through Louisiana marshes, and 10 miles alongshore in the open, Gulf to a site that had to be sampled by dredging. Not only was this situation difficult', but the site was situated within a private lease which extended to all oyster bottoms in the 6 Table 1. Collection Methods and Site Accessibility. Site Designator Collection Method Access to Site I LMSB H S.B 52 LMPI H A 78 LMAC H B.S 2 CCNB H S.B 3 CCIC H B 53 CCBH H A 4 ABLR T/H L.B. 54 ABHI H A.B 5 CBCR H B 6 MBAR H L.B 7 SAPP D L.B.0 8 SAMP H B 9 ESSP H B 10 ESBD T/H B 11 MBLR H/D B 12 MBGP D B.0 13 MBTP H L.B.0 14 MBEM H B 56 M13CB H B.S 55 MBDI H B.S 72 BRCL H B.S 67 BRFS H A 15 GBYC T/D B 16 GBTD D/H/T B.0 17 GBHR D/T L.B.0 18 GBCR H B 58 GBOB H A 59 GBSC T S.B 19 SLBB H/D B 20 CLSJ T B 60 CLLC H B 21 JHJH H B 22 VBSP D L.B.0 23 ECSP NONE L.B.0 24 ABOB D/H L.B.0 25 CLCL D L.B. 7 Table 1. Continued Site Designator Collection Method Access to Site 1% TBLB H B 27 TBIY H L.B.0 28 BBSD 'H/D B.0 29 BBMB H B 61 BBTB D/T B/L.0 65 MRTP H BIL 64 MRPL T/D B/L.0 31 BSSI D L.B.0 30 BSBG H B.0 32 LBMP H B 62 IBNO H B/L 63 LPGO D B/L 33 MSPC RIT A.B 34 MSBB H A.B 35- MSPB T/D B 36 MBCP T B 66 MBHI T B 79 MBDR T B.S 67 PBPH H B 37 PBEB H/T/D B 80 PBSP H B.S 73 CBJB H A 38 CBSR H/T/D B 82 CBBL H B 39 CBPP* H A 83 CBBB H B 74 PCLO H B 68 PCMP H B 40 SAWB H B 41 APDB T L.B.0 42 APCP T B 75 AESP H B 69 SRWP H/T B 43 CKBP H L.B.0 70 TBOT H A 44 TBPB H AorB". 8 Table 1. Continued Site Designator Collection Method Access to Site 45 TBBB H B 46 TBCB H B 47 TBMK H A 77 TBKA H A 76 TBNP H A 48 CBBI H L.B.0 71 CBFM H A 49 NBNB H/T B 50 RBHC H B 97 FBFO H B.S 88 FBJB H B.L.0 51 EVFU H B 81 BBEF H A 84 PRBB H B 85 PRBM H A 86 PRBJ H B.L name changed from CBSP to CBPP. H hand sampling; T = tong sampling; Ddredge sampling B boat required; S = time to reach site < I hr; L = time to reach site >1 hr; 0 site located in large open water or required to cross; Aaccessible by auto by wading from shore. 9 bay system. R was owned by a family who initially met us at the boat launch and who were adamantly against our sampling from their lease. The site was located on what may be the most prolific oyster beds in Louisiana (and, therefore, on the entire Gulf coast), and was exposed to outflow from the entire Atchafalaya drainage basin. Particularly in the Gulf, we had need of a relatively large, fast and seaworthy boat that had a draft shallow enough to traverse the shallows en route to the site and to get on the reef for sampling. Proper equipment and navigational gear was needed to safely cross the Mississippi Delta area, where landforms and bayous in and around the delta showed essentially no conformity to the most recent NOAA navigational charts, as was verified by our direct experience in the field and from very recent aerial photographs. The other sampling extremes were typified by sites such as Cockroach Bay, which was accessible only with a very shallow draft boat and which required a two mile ride through an uncharted mangrove swamp and across oyster bars, over which the boat had to be dragged even on a flood tide. On the other hand, sites such as Dry Bar in Apalachicola (where dredges were absolutely forbidden) required about a 7 mile ran across the open bay in the Boston whaler to a site so shallow that it was collected by hand while wading. The distance between the Gulf sites measured 1500 nautical miles when the straight line distances between nearest sites were totalled. However, a single boat crew completing half the sites over the range from Laguna Madre to Naples drove over 8000 miles in a sampling season because of the limited and circuitous routes to launching ramps and sites. In the Caribbean, transportation on land and on the water had to be arranged on each island and at each collection site. There were few commercial ore, local fishermen had to be located at or recreational boat rental sources; theref each collection site for which boats were needed. Local fishermen were sometimes hesitant to take scientists to their oyster harvesting areas since they believed that there could be some interference with their livelihood. Permits Collection of oysters in all the affected states was regulated by state agencies. A scientific collecting permit was required prior to collection in Texas, 10 Louisiana, Alabama, Florida and the Virgin Islands. Prior written permission was required in Mississippi. Collections in Puerto Rico were made under the University of Puerto Rico permit. Additionally, the preponderance of privately leased oyster beds in Louisiana required that we obtain permission from the individual lease holders for those instances where the site was (or was thought to be) located in a leased area. Permit applications were submitted to and obtained from the following: Texas - Mr. Steve Schwelling Permits Branch, Resource Protection Division Texas Parks and Wildlife Department 4200 Smith School Rd. Austin, Texas 78744 Louisiana - Ms. Karen Foote Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries P.O. Box 98000 Baton Rouge, LA 70898 Mississippi - Mr. Joe I. Gill, Jr. Miss. Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Deputy Director, Coastal Operations 2620 Beach Blvd. Biloxi, Ms 39531 Alabama - Mr. Charles Grimsley Game and Fish Division Department of Conservation and Natural Resources 64 North Union Street Montgomery, AL 36130 Florida - Ms. Kat Ethridge Florida Dept. of Natural Resources 3900 Commonwealth Blvd., Room 813 Tallahassee, Florida 32303 Florida - Everglades National Park Dan Foxon Everglades national Park P.O. Box 279 Homestead, F1 33030 Virgin Islands - Dr. Lawrence Benjamin Assistant Commissioner Department of Planning and Natural Resources 45 Estate Nisky Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V.I., 00802 Puerto Rico - Mr. Javier Velez Arocho University of Puerto Rico Sea Grant Program P.O. Box 5000 RUM-UPR Mayaguez, Puerto Rico 00681-5000 g Gear Boats Two boats were used during the course of collection. A 17' Boston Whaler with an 88 hp engine and electric tilt/trim and a 16' Whaler with an 88 hp engine provided the greatest versatility and utility in sampling. Each boat was equipped with dual fuel tanks, a VHF radio, Raytheon Loran C, a fathometer, and emergency/safety equipment. A handheld GPS receiver was used on one of the boats during Year VII and later years. The boats were trailered to a launch site near the sampling site. Due to the remote location of several sites, running times of up to 3 hours were required to get from the launch site to sampling sites. Radio Coinmunications All vessels were equipped with CB/VHF marine radios. This allowed us to coordinate sampling activities between both boats when they worked simultaneously and kept us in contact with the Coast Guard and other vessels operating in the area if emergencies or difficulties arose. It also kept us abreast of coastal weather conditions which were broadcasted continuously on the VHF weather frequencies. Safety Considerations All boats were equipped with Coast Guard-required safety and emergency equipment (life jackets, lights, reserve fuel, first aid kit, etc.). Our group conducts extensive field activities, approximately 120 man months on oceanographic cruises per year, including over 40 weeks on chartered boats that we fully equip and rig out; thus, we were well aware of applicable safety considerations and the consequences of failure to prepare for these contingencies on a fie'ld such'as the NS&T program. 12 Sample Collection Oyster Collections Oysters were collected by hand, with tongs, or by using a dredge (Table 1). Collection by hand was the method of choice and was used at intertidal and shallow subtidal sites. Loose oysters were simply picked from the reef and were separated from attached shell debris or other oysters by using an oyster knife or chipping hammer. In some areas where the use of a dredge was prohibited (e.g. Apalachicola Bay), subtidal sites were sampled using oyster tongs. The oysters were separated from one another by using oyster knives or chipping hammers. At the deeper subtidal sites and where oysters were obtained directly from commercial oyster fishermen at their privately leased sites, the oysters were collected with steel or stainless steel oyster dredges. Clumps of oysters and shell were separated to individual oysters as before. Sediment Collections Wh ere water depth permitted, sediments were sampled by hand using a Teflon-coated scoop. Prior to each use the scoop was cleaned and rinsed with acetone and then methylene chloride to remove any trace of residual organics. Spent solvent was collected and returned to GERG for proper disposal. The upper 1 cm of sediment was removed by the scoop and was placed into the appropriate container. In water depths where direct sampling was not possible, a stainless steel box corer mounted on a long pole or on a rope with a messenger was used to bring a sample of the substrate on board the boat and the Teflon-coated scoop was used to remove the top 1 cm subsamples for analysis. Field Processing Salinity and Temperature At every site, the temperature of the surface water was recorded. Salinity was measured either at the site with a temperature compensating refractometer or a sample was collected and returned to the mobile field lab-oratory where 13 salinities from a number of sites were measured at constant temperature with a calibrated refractometer. Oyster PivcessfiV Oysters were processed in GERG's sample processing laboratory. Rapid processing of oysters was required because of the coincident collection of histopathological. data after collection and prior to freezing. In addition, the histopathological procedure required follow-up handling and immediate cultures which could be achieved only under laboratory conditions. We used this opportunity not only to provide the histopathological. data but to provide additional data on relevant bivalve parameters. This process allowed the field collections to proceed efficiently while separating the collection activities from the processing functions. As samples were collected on the boat, they were segregated and labeled according to station and replicated. Efforts were made to retain organisms in the same size range for sampling so that organisms pooled for analysis at a site and the replicates were of similar age or maturity. Samples were stored in ice chests aboard the boat until the day's sampling was complete. At that time they were transferred to Freez-Safe insulated containers which were packed with frozen blue ice for shipping. The samples were driven to the nearest Federal Express office for next-day delivery to GERG. The processing protocols for oysters are shown in Figure 1. Cleaning and Shucking - Oysters were scrubbed free of mud and debris while at the collection site. Pure bristle brushes and water from the collecting site were used for cleaning. Oysters destined for organic and histopathological analyses were measured for length and displacement volume and were opened and processed in the GERG laboratory. Dissecting and Gonadal Preservation - Twenty oysters from each of three sampling stations at every site were processed for histopathological and gonadal development study. After the initial displacement volume of the washed oysters was determined, they were arranged on a stainless steel tray. Each oyster was measured (axial length) and was opened with a solvent-washed stainless steel oyster knife. A complete cross section of gonadal tissue was exti sed froija each oyster and was placed into an individual tube of Bouins solution. A small snip of mantle tissue was also removed and was placed into individual tubes of fluid 14 Sample Processing Protocol Oyster Sites Measure First Displacement Volume (VI) Open Shell Measure Interaxial Length I Snip Mantle Section I Cut Off Bottom Half I Culture 5 mirn Cross tube for Perkinsus Section: 1 snip/tube First 10 Oysters 20 tubes Bonin's Cut Bottom Solution Adductor In Vial Remaining Tissue LabelTube I I & Cap Label Jar For Organics Measure I & Store Second Store Ambient Displacement Ambient Label Outside Volume (V2) Jar, Teflon Lmier I F Discard Shell Figure 1. Sample processing protocol for oyster sites. 15 -- -------- thiglycolate medium (FTM) for the determination of the incidence of the oyster parasite Perkinsus marinums. Trace Organic Processing - The remaining oyster tissue was excised from the shell and was placed into a pint mason jar which had been combusted in a muffle furnace to completely remove trace organics. The. tare and gross weight of the jar and contents (20 oysters) were recorded on the lab form with the individual lengths of the oysters. A Teflon liner was placed under the jar seal, and the labeled sample jar (one for each of three stations in a site) were frozen in laboratory deep freezers. Trace Metal Processing - A separate 20 oysters from each of three stations within a site were washed as above and were set aside in plastic trays for metal analyses. The oysters were collectively measured for the initial displacement volume. Because of their sharp edges and the need to ensure that they remained closed prior to processing, the oysters had to be individually wrapped in singlefold paper towel and bound with rubber bands before they were double bagged in plastic trash bags, labeled and stored in the freezers. All opening and further processing of oysters (measurement of shell length and second displacement volume) was done at the analytical laboratories under clean room conditions. National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank (NBSB) - Bivalves from five sites on each coast were sent to the NBSB, The NBSB archives were housed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST, formerly National Bureau of Standards). Processing of these samples was conducted in the GERG facilities. The processing protocol is depicted in Figure 2. A and B replicates were comprised of 10 bivalves each from the three stations at a site (30 individual specimens in A and B). The composite sample of 10 oysters from each station was scrubbed clean of mud and debris by using the pure bristle brush. The bivalves were placed into a teflon bag and care was taken to keep the inside of the bag at the point of sealing dry. Air was evacuated from the bag as much as was practical, and the bag opening was sealed with the heat sealer. Air-tightness of the first seal was checked by depressing the bag and listening for escaping air. The bag was resealed as necessary and a second seal was then made about 1/2" out from the first. The sealed bag was then placed into another teflon bag With the sample label between the two bags. The sealing process was repeated on the outer bag, and the resultant double-bagged sample was placed on dry ice for shipment to 16 Sample Processing Protocol NIST Bivalve Sites (10 Sites only per Year per Coast) 3 Stations Per Site Is or Oysters Musse 20 Bivalves from Each Site Teflo Bag Double Bag [FREEZIE Store On Dry Ice Labe Figure 2. Sample processing protocol for mussel sites. 17 NBSB. A data form provided by NBSB was completed for each site and sent along with the samples. Shell Preservation - Oyster shells that were processed and opened in the laboratory (the sets of 20 for histo, gonadal, and organic analyses) were. retained and archived for possible future study. This set from each site already had the most complete data set (length, wet weight, mantle cavity volume, as well as contaminant, histo, and gonadal index) and would be of greater value than a set taken separately or for only one parameter. The shell pairs were placed into cloth bags (soil sample bags), labeled, and stored in 5 gallon plastic buckets with ethanol as a preservative. Sediment Proeessing Sediment processing was essentially completed at the site, whether on the boat or on the shore in the case of shore-accessed sites. The processing protocols for sediment samples, including those for NBSB archival, are shown in Figure 3. Trace Organics and Trace Metals - The separate samples for organics and trace metals, contained in a pre-combusted half pint glass jar and a heavy duty pint zip-lock bag, respectively, were labeled and assigned a unique identifier code. They were shipped to GERG and stored in the freezers until analyzed. Grain Size - Sediments collected for grain size analysis were stored in zip- lock or whirl-pack bags at ambient (above freezing) temperatures. As with the previous samples they were labeled with collection and site information and given a discrete identifier code. Sediment Ancillary Measurement - Sediment ancillary measurements were run on aliquots of the samples taken for organic analyses; thus, no additional sampling or processing was required in the field. National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank - At five sites per coast, sediments from all three sites were composited into two replicates (A and B) for NBSB archival. The procedure is illustrated in Figure 3. Subsamples from all three stations at a site were combined into a composited sample. The subsamples were placed in teflon jars. The jars were filled only to within V2" to 1/4" of the top to allow for expansion during freezing. The label was taped to the outside of the jar, and the sediment samples were stored on dry ice for air shipment to NBSB. The NBSB data form'Was completed and sent with the samples. 18 Sample Processing Protocols Sediments ...... 3 Box Cores Per Station NIST Sample Remove Upper 1 cm 10 Sites Only Trace metals Oraanics Grai-) 3 Scoops n Size per Center Scoop Inner S utside Scoop 35 gm 9 coop 1 10 70 gm Box Core 70 M 20 g Each I I Subsample 1 Subsample 1 Subsample From 3 Stations From Each From Each From Each Per ISite Box Core Box Core Box Core Teflon Bag I 1 Ziplock Bag 1 Jar Per 1 Ziplock Bag Per Station Station Per Station Label 100 gm Total 200 gm Double Bag I I I Label Outsidj Label Outside Label Outside F FERin Double Bag Teflon Lid Double Bag I Liner Store On I Liquid N2 AMB ; 3 P 0 e ox r St C at!, tis Trae me a7 c Center Scoop 35 gm EZE IENT big@ sm'' p@ Figure 3. Sample processing protocol for sediment sites. 19 Sample Handling and Chain-ofCustody Sample collection was under the supervision of the field party chief who recorded the data and checked off the samples that were acquired against a prepared station list. Samples and copies of the data sheets were shipped to the laboratory manager at GERG. The lab manager supervised the processing of samples in the lab, the labelling, and the storing. The manager also prepared an inventory list of samples that were collected and were to be transferred. All samples and records were transferred to the Quality Control Manager who checked the samples against the prepared station list and stored the samples for subsequent disbursement to the different analytical groups and final storage. NBSB samples were shipped directly with sample documentation and transfer forms that were provided by NIST. A critical part of this transfer process was arranging shipment so that the samples did not arrive on a weekend and notifying the NBSB contact by telephone of the expected arrival time. Field Sampling CAteria of Stations and Sites A site, the smallest geographic unit sampled, was selected to be representative of a target area, general location, or bay system. Once selected, the site was sampled at the same location each year. Within each site, three independent stations were sampled in order to characterize the site. Offshore subtidal sites were -400 m radius circles. Latitude and longitude of the site was measured at the center of the circle. Shoreline intertidal sites were defined as 100 m linear areas along the tidal horizon to either side of the site center. Sediment sites were generally coincident with the bivalve sites. However, when subtidal bivalve sites did not meet the sampling criteria, separate sediment sites were selected. If at all possible, these sites were located within 2 kni of and exposed to the same water mass as the bivalve site. The sequence of events in selection of new sites is shown in Figure 4. Eighty-five (85) sites were established in the Gulf of Mexico and three (3) sites in the Caribbean during the first nine (9) years of the NS&T program. For the first six years of the study three stations at each site were sampled and each station was characterized by three replicate composited samples taken for 20 Bivalve sampling sl@te Contact the COTR, Sediment then se YES lect alternate sampling from NO bivalve sampling site within bivalve site or don't perform collection YES NO Select afterriate sediment Obtain Go to sampling site within 400m sediment 0, next station radius of bivalve site samples or site NO t"U. YES NO Collect best available sediment within 2km radius of bivalve site Figure 4. Decision criteria for sediment sites. 21 sediment analysis and a composite bivalve sample made up of 20 oysters. Selection of the three sampling stations was based on the historical locations as described for each individual site in this report. In Year VII the number of oysters collected at each of the previously sampled stations was reduced to 20 from 22 oysters. The composite bivalve sample was made up of 7 to 8 oysters from each of the three stations. Bivalve Site Selection Criteria BivalVe sites were initially established according to the following criteria: � The site shall have indigenous oysters of a suitable size (7-10 cm for C. virginica or C. rhizophore) which are available for collection annually. � The site shall integrate contaminant accumulation from nearby or surrounding areas and shall be outside the zone of initial dilution of a dumpsite or point-source discharge. � The site should have sufficient bivalves, such that repeated annual harvesting of 250-400 bivalves will not seriously deplete the resource. � The site should be suitable for follow-up sampling (e.g., not anticipated to be be physically disrupted by development activities or dredging). � Sampling substrates will be limited to rock (including rip-rap), and or mud (or mangrove roots in the case of C. rhizophorae). Artificial structure such as pilings, and navigation aids will be avoided if possible in order to avoid potential contamination. � Provided other criteria are met and where feasible, the bivalve sites should coincide with historical monitoring sites (e.g., USEPA Mussel Watch monitoring sites). Each year the field sampling effort has reoccupied as many of the historical sites as possible. It has become necessary to relocate or abandon a few of the established oyster sites over the years due to one or more of the following circumstances: � Bivalve populations were no longer present. � A construction project or dredging activity precluded sampling. � Collection of bivalves was logistically impossible or would endanger the field personnel. 22 Permission to sample a site or gain access to a site was denied by a landowner or a leaseholder. When another location was chosen for sampling, a determination was' made by the COTR as to whether the new location was considered a minor "relocation" of the site or whether the new site was significantly different and should have been considered a newly established site. Newly established sites were assigned a new site name and unique site codes. Sites minimally relocated could retain the same name or could be renamed if the new name better signified the relocated site. Sediment Site Selection Critexia In most cases sediment sampling coincides closely to the bivalve stations. Because of the affinity of the target species for and the ubiquitous distribution of depositional zones in Gulf of Mexico estuaries, coincident sediment and bivalve sampling was generally not difficult. The specific criteria for sediment sites were: � The site shall be subtidal (never exposed at lowest tides), � The site shall be exposed to the same water mass as the corresponding bivalve site, � The site should be located as near as possible to and preferably not more than 2 km from the bivalve site, � The site shall integrate contaminants from multiple sources in the surrounding area but shall not reflect inputs from an individual point source of contamination. � Previously sampled or historical Mussel Watch locations (e.g., EPA sites) should be included/reoccupied where possible. Field personnel were responsible for determining the suitability of the sediment sample. Only sites which were minimally (40 percent) fine sediment (silt and clay) were sampled for sediments. Samples that did not meet this grain- size criteria were not analyzed for the trace elements and trace organics. Therefore, grain size determinations were made prior to the chemical analysis. 23 Summary Sampling Problems It has been our intent to sample the locations prescribed by NOAA during Years I through IX of the program. However, in the field we have found that at a few sites, many factors worked against this both in the initial first year sampling and then again in the subsequent years when we returned to resample the same sites or new sites. Some of the prescribed locations could not be used because when we examined them in the field, they did not meet the most basic site selection criteria. For example, Bill Days Reef in Espiritu Santo Bay was a dead reef in Year I and II and an alternate site at another location was substituted. A similar substitution was made for the Hillsborough Bay site in Tampa Bay. South Point at East Cote Blanche was completely devoid of living oysters. Since there was no alternate location which supported oysters in the East Cote Blanche area, this site had to be deleted and no alternate was substituted. Minor shifts in sampling sites have been required between sampling years to accommodate yearly fluctuations in the abundance and availability of oyster populations at chosen sites. When these minor changes were required, we attempted to maintain the sampling stations as near the original location as possible. We expect this practice to continue over the course of the study as we anticipate recurring problems such as dredge material burying the entire reef (CCIC), our inability to relocate our sampling stations on submerged reefs in the absence of navigational references or aids in close proximity, the near total depletion of public oyster beds by harvesting, disease, and predators (MBLR), and the depletion of available oysters attributable to sampling for this study (SAWB and TBHB). Thus, in some instances, it has not been possible to return to the precise site locations sampled in the previous year. Ensuring continued sampling at the same stations for all sites will require the relocation of some of the prescribed sites perhaps some distance from the original selected location. The sediment sites were to coincide with oyster sampling sites, inasmuch as fine grained depositional sediments may be co-located with the oyster reefs. The primary determining factor in sediment sampling was that the sediment contain less than 80% sand or coarser fraction. While we have --been unable to devise a method which would confirm this compliance in the fiela, every effort was made to obtain sediments of as fine a texture as we could subjectively 24 determine. In most cases, this was not a problem, as sediments adjacent to the reef were indeed of fine texture. However, in some cases, it was difficult (e.g., Bird Island in Charlotte Harbor, Mullet Key Bayou in Tampa Bay or the Naples Bay site). These sites, as well as others, were characterized by broad expanses of sand and carbonate sediments. Fine grained silts and muds were either completely absent or confined to dredged canals used for recreational boating quite distant from the oyster collection site. Thus, sediments from some areas will not meet the requirement for being more than 20% silt and clay, or they will be so far removed from the oyster site that they will not represent the integrated contaminant accumulations to which the oysters have been exposed. Comprehensive sediment sampling was undertaken in Years I, II and III of the study. However, no sediments were analyzed in Year III. In Year IV sediment samples from new Years III and IV sites were analyzed. In Year V, only 13 sediment sites were sampled. In Year VI, the two new sites were sampled for sediment. Sediment collections in Year VII was confined to five newly established sites and PBPH. Sediments were not collected in Year VIII. In Year IX, the two new sites, FBFO and FBJB, were sampled for sediments. Table 2 depicts the sediment and oyster sampling at each site during the nine sampling years. Yeam I and H Sampling Summary Two sites (ECSP and ESBD) were completely devoid of oysters. ECSP was dropped from further consideration due to the lack of a nearby alternate and no chance of oyster populations being restored at the site. CCIC was substituted for ESBD, although ESBD was re-checked again in Year II. CCIC's oyster population was buried by dredged material in Year II; thus, it too was a non- producing site in Year II. The sites at which we had collected oysters in Years I and II, but which may not sustain long term collection due to their sparse populations, included MBLR, TBIHB, CBSR, and SAWB. Obtaining sediments with less than 80% sand was a problem at a number of sites. This was rectified for some sites in Year II by moving further from the oyster site and through more diligent searching. Those sites which were unlikely to provide sufficiently fine sediments with environmental relevance to the oyster site included CBBI, SAWB, NBNB, TBHB, TBMK, TBPB, APCP, and APDB. 25 Year M Sampling Summary In Year III, twenty sites were added to the original list of 51 sampling sites, bringing the Year III site total to 71 sites. Sediments and oysters were -collected from all of the additional sites, with the exception of LPGO, which had no oysters. These new sites are listed below: MBHI - Hollinger's Island, Mobile Bay CBFM - Fort Meyers, Charlotte Harbor PBPH - Public Harbor, Pensacola Bay PCMP - Municipal Pier, Panama City SRWP - West Pass, Suwanee River TBOT - Old Tampa, Tampa Bay BBTB - Turtle Bay, Barataria Bay CLLC - Calcasieu Lake, Lake Charles LBNO - New Orleans, Lake Borgne' LPGO - Gulf Outlet, Lake Pontchartrain MRPL - Pass A Loutre, Mississippi River MRTP - Tiger Pass, Mississippi River ABHI - Harbor Island, Aransas Bay BRFS - Freeport-Surfside, Brazos River CCBH - Boat Harbor, Corpus Christi GBOB - Offatts Bayou, Galveston Bay GBSC - Ship Channel, Galveston Bay LMPI - Port Isabel, Lower Laguna Madre M13CB - Carancahua Bay, Matagorda Bay MBDI - Dog Island, Matagorda Bay Four sites in the Lavaca and San Antonio Bay system had no oysters for sampling in Year III. Massive die-offs occasioned by excessive freshwater runoff into the bays the previous year resulted in no oysters being obtained from the SAPP, SAMP, ESSP and MBLR sites. The absence of oysters was confirmed in conversations with Texas Parks and Wildlife, who indicated that the die-offs were confined to the Matagorda and San Antonio Bays, but that the effects were far more widespread than our sampling would indicate. At the same time, oysters began to reappear at Bill Days Reef (ESBD), resulting in the first collection of oysters from this site. 26 Table 2. Sediment and Oyster Sampling Years I - EK. Station yster Year I Sediment Year 11 2 3 1 4 1-5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 TIDLAS SHES LMSB x x x LMPI x x x LMAC I I Ix x I x CCNB x x x XIX XIX x XIX x ccic x x x x x x x I X--X x CCBH x x x ABLR x x x x x x x x x x x x x ABHI I X x CBCR XIX X XIX X I X I I X -X X I x MBAR x x x x x x XIX x XIX x I SAPP x XI x x x xIx x XIX x I SAMP x x x -- x X1 XIX x I ESSP x x x x x X1 x x I x x ESBD XIXIX xix x x x x MBLR XIX x x x XIX x x x MB XIX x x x XIX x x x x MBTP x x x x x x x x IX X XI 'REM x x x x x x x x XI M x x x MBCB X X x x x MBDI x x BRCL I 1XIX XIX x x x x BRFS x XIX x X X x GBYC x x x xjx x x x X X X1 x I GBTD x x x XIX x x x x x X- x x GBHR x x x XIXIX x x x x x GBCR XIX X XIX X XIX IX X X x GBOB x XIX x x x x X GBSC x XIX x x x x x x I LOUISIANA SITES SLBB XIX X X XIX XIX X X X X1 CLSJ x x x x xix xix x x x CLLC x x x x XIX x x JHJH X XIX x x x x x x x x VBSP x x x XIX x x x x x x I x ECSP I I I x x I I ABOB xlxlxlx x xlxl_ @x Z7 Table 2. Cont. Station Oyster Year Sediment Year 1 2 13 1 4 1 5 6 1 7 8 9 1 2 3 14 5 6 17 1 8_1 9 CLCL x XIX XIX x x x x x x X1 - I TBLB x x x x x x x x x x x I TBLF x x x x x x x x x x x x BBSD x x x X x x x x x x BBMB x XIX X--X XIX x I Ix x x BBIB x x MRTP x x x x x x XI MRPL x x x x x x X1 BSBG x X XIX X XIX x x x I BssI XIXIX x x X X X XIX X X LBMP x x x x x x x x x x x x x LBNO x x LPGO X X NUSSISSEPPI SUES Mspc X XIX X x x X XIX X I I M,9'RB XIX X XIX xf x XIX x I M 'n'D SPB x x x x x x x x x x x x I AT ABAMA SITES I MBDR IX I I I x I MBCP x x x x x x xix x x x x I MBHI x x x x XIX x 1XI x I FLORIDA SHES I P EB HIB x x XIX X X X XIX X X PBPH XIX X XIX X x x 1XI PBSP x X- x CBSR x x x x x x x x x x x x CBBL I I XI X 1XI CBPP x xix x x x XIX x x x x x I CIIRB XI X1 XI CBJB x T x x x x x I PCLO x x x x x x x x PCMP X XIX x x x SAWB XIX x XIX x x x x x x x APDB x x X XIX XIX x x x x APCP X X X XIX X X X 1XIX XI AESP XIX x x x x x x - x SRW x XE I CKBP 1XIX x &Xx X XIX-x- x 28 Table 2. Cont. Station Oyste Year Sediment Year 11121314151617181911121314151617 819 TBOT X X X X I X I X - I I X TBPB X X X X X X X X X X X TBHB X X X X X X X X TBCB X X X X X X X X X X X TBMK XjX XIXIX X XIX X X X X TBKA XIX X XIX X1 I Ix X I TBNP XIX X X X X X I CBBI X X X XIX X X X X X X X CBFM X XIX X X -9 X NBNB XIX X X X X X X X X X X X RBHC XIX X X X XIX XjXjX XjXj FBFO X X FBJB X X EVFU X X XIXIX X X X X X X BBEF X X X X PUERTO RICO PRBB X X X X PRBM X- X X 1XI PR"RJ IX X X1 I 1XI I _j The new site established in Louisiana at Lake Pontchartrain (LPNO) was totally devoid of oysters and could not be established as a site in Year III. Problems in finding sufficient oysters at the Alafia River (TBHB) site in Tampa Bay continued in Year III to the point that all oysters at the site were collected, but not enough were present for all replicates. It was recommended that this site be removed or deleted in Year IV because of the continued problem in finding sufficient oysters. Year IV Sampling Summary In Year IV, a total of 67 sites were sampled. The sites sampled included the original list of sites in Years I and II, some sites first sampled in Year III, and seven new sites that were sampled for the first time in Year IV. Sediments and oysters were collected from all of the new Year IV sites except one. Those sites deleted from and added to the Year IV sampling are listed below. 29 Sites Deleted from Sampling LMPI - Port Isabel, Lower Laguna Madre, Texas CCBH - Boat Harbor, Corpus Christi, Texas ABHI - Harbor Island, Aransas Bay, Texas MBDI - Dog Island, Matagorda Bay, Texas MBCB - Carancahua Bay, Matagorda Bay, Texas ECSP - South Point, East Cote Blanche, Louisiana BBTB - Turtle Bay, Barataria Bay, Louisiana LPGO - Gulf Outlet, Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana LBNO - New Orleans, Lake Borgne, Louisiana SRWP - West Pass, Suwanee River, Florida TBHB - Hillsborough Bay, Tampa Bay, Florida Sites Added- to the Sampling LMAC - Arroyo Colorado, Lower Laguna Madre, Texas BRCL - Cedar Lakes, Brazos River, Texas AESP - Spring Creek, Apalachee Bay, Florida PCLO - Little Oyster Bay, Panama City, Florida CBJB - Joe's Bayou, Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida TBKA - Peter OKnight Airport, Tampa Bay, Florida TBNP - Navarez Park, Tampa Bay, Florida Three of the Texas sites, which had no oysters in Year III due to the freshwater induced die-off, again had no oysters for collection in Year IV. These sites were in San Antonio and Espiritu Santo Bays (SAPP, SAMP, ESSP). Extensive effort was made to sample the sites, but only a few spat, too small and too few for collection, were found. Indications were good that the populations would recover sufficiently for Year V sampling. In Year III, the Lavaca River site (MBLR) also had no oysters and it was moved in Year IV to a more favorable position. The new site designated in the lower Laguna Madre at the Arroyo Colorado also yielded no oysters. Further surveys around Port Mansfield also came up without oysters. Thus, it was not possible to sample from the new site designated in the lower Laguna Madre. Oysters from three stations were collected at all sites where there were oysters except at the Pass a Loutre site on the Mississippi River (MRPL). Two and a half hours of dredging did not provide sufficient samples for three replicate sites of 20 individuals per site. This low productivity, adverse and worsening weather, and one total engine failure combined to result in a short site' (not enough replicates for all analyses). 30 Year V Sampling Summary Seventy-one sites were sampled in Year V. The original list of Years I and II sites, as well as sites established in Years III and IVI and four new sites were sampled for Year V. Sediments and oysters were collected from all of the new Year V sites. Those sites deleted from and added to the Year V sampling are listed below. Sites Deleted from Samplin LMPI - Port Isabel, Lower Laguna Madre, Texas ABHI - Harbor Island, Aransas Bay, Texas MBDI - Dog Island, Matagorda Bay, Texas ECSP - South Point, East Cote Blanche, Louisiana BBM - Turtle Bay, Barataria Bay, Louisiana LBNO - New Orleans, Lake Borgne, Louisiana LPGO - Gulf Outlet, Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana SRWP - West Pass, Suwanee River, Florida TBHB - Hillsborough Bay, Tampa Bay, Florida PBIB* - Indian Bayou, Pensacola Bay, Florida MBGP*- Gallinipper Point, Matagorda Bay, Texas SAMP*- Mosquito Point, San Antonio Bay, Texas no live oysters found Sites Added to the Sampling M13CB Carancahua Bay, Matagorda Bay, Texas CCBH* - Boat Harbor, Corpus Christi, Texas MBDR - Dog River, Mobile Bay, Alabama MBPG - Great Point, Mobile Bay, Alabama PBSP - Sabine Point, Pensacola Bay, Florida replacement sites for sites without oysters. Two of the Texas sites had no oysters in Year V and were not collected. These sites were in San Antonio and Matagorda Bays (SAMP and MBGP). Sites sampled in place of these two sites were MBCB and CCBH. Two sites in San Antonio and Espiritu Santo Bays (SAPP and ESSP) were sampled for the first time in two years. 31 In Year IV, an unsuccessful attempt was made to establish a site in the Laguna Madre at the Arroyo Colorado. In Year V, oysters were located and the site was sampled. One new site was established in Mobile Bay north of the Dog River .(MBDR). An attempt was made to locate a new site on the east side of the bay at Great Point (MBPG). However, no oysters could be found, so the site was not established. Another new site in Florida was established at Sabine Point in Pensacola Bay south of both of the existing sites. The northernmost site in Pensacola Bay at Indian Bayou (PBIB) yielded no live oysters. Year VI Sampling Summary Sixty-four sites were sampled in Year VI. The original list of Years I and II sites were sampled, as well as sites established in Years III and IV. Two new sites were established for Year V1. Oysters were collected from all of the new Year VI sites, but sediments were only collected at the two new sites. Those sites deleted from and added to the Year VI sampling are listed below. Sites Deleted from Sampling LMPI - Port Isabel, Lower Laguna Madre, Texas LMAC - Arroyo Colorado, Lower Laguna Madre,Texas CCNB*- Neuces Bay, Corpus Christi.Texas CCBH*- Boat Harbor, Corpus Christi, Texas ABHI - Harbor Island, Aransas Bay, Texas ESBD* - Bill Days Reef, Espiritu Santo, Texas M13CB - Carancahua Bay, Matagorda Bay, Texas MBDI - Dog Island, Matagorda Bay, Texas ECSP - South Point, East Cote Blanche, Louisiana BBTB - Turtle Bay, Barataria Bay, Louisiana LBNO - New Orleans, Lake Borgne, Louisiana MRPL - Pass A Loutre, Mississippi River, Louisiana MBDR - Dog River, Mobile Bay, Alabama PBSP - Sabine Point, Pensacola Bay, Florida PCMP - Municipal Pier, Panama City,Florida SRWP - West Pass, Suwanee River, Florida TBHB - Hillsborough Bay, Tampa Bay, Florida no live oysters found 32 Sites Added to the Sampling LPGO* - Gulf Outlet, Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana BHKF* - Bahia Honda Key, Florida replacement sites for sites without oysters. Two of the Texas sites scheduled for collection , CCNB and ESBD, had no oysters in Year VI and were not collected. CCBH was checked as an alternate site but it was also devoid of oysters. MRPL was not collected due to sparse collections there last year and extremely high water levels in the Mississippi River during the sampling period. Two new sites were established this year. A previous attempt to collect oysters at Lake Pontchartrain had been unsuccessful. But this year a new site in Louisiana, LPGO, was established in the lower part of Lake Pontchartrain. A second new site was established in the Florida Keys. Oysters were not present in the Keys, therefore an alternate bivalve species (Jewel Box, Chama sinuosa) was collected for analysis. Year VIII Samphng Summary Sixty-seven sites were sampled in Year VII. The original list of Years I and II sites were sampled, as well as some sites established in Years III and IV. Two new sites in Florida and three new sites in Puerto Rico were established in Year VII. Oysters were collected from most of the sites that were sampled during Year VI. Sediments were collected only at the five new sites and one old station in Florida (PBPH). below. Those sites deleted from and added to the Year VII sampling are listed Sites Deleted from Samplin LMPI - Port Isabel, Lower Laguna Madre, Texas LMAC - Arroyo Colorado, Lower Laguna Madre, Texas CCBH - Boat Harbor, Corpus Christi, Texas ABHI - Harbor Island, Aransas Bay, Texas MBCB - Carancahua Bay, Matagorda Bay, Texas MBDI - Dog Island, Matagorda Bay, Texas ECSP - South Point, East Cote Blanche, Louisiana BBTB - Turtle Bay, Barataria Bay, Louisiana 33 BBSD* - Bayou St. Denis, Barataria Bay, Louisiana LBNO - New Orleans, Lake Borgne, Louisiana LPGO - Gulf Outlet, Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana MSPC* - Pass Christian, Mississippi Sound, Mississippi MSBB* - Biloxi Bay, Mississippi Sound, Mississippi MBDR - Dog River, Mobile Bay, Alabama PBSP - Sabine Point, Pensacola Bay, Florida PCMP - Municipal Pier, Panama City, Florida SRWP - West Pass, Suwanee River, Florida TBHB - Hillsborough Bay, Tampa Bay, Florida TBOT - Old Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay, Florida *no live oysters found Sites Added to the Samph CBBL - Bens Lake, Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida CBBB - Boggy Bayou, Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida PRBB - Bahia De Boqueron, Puerto Rico PRBM - Bahia Montalva, Puerto Rico PRBJ - Bahia De Jobos, Puerto Rico One of the Louisiana sites (BBSD) and two Mississippi sites (MSPC and MSBB) scheduled for collection had no oysters in Year VII and were not sampled. Year VM Sampling Summary Sixty-eight sites were sampled in Year VIII. The original list of Years I and II sites were sampled, as well as sites established in Years II, IV, and VII. Most of the sites sampled in Year VII were sampled again this year. Exceptions were when oysters were not present and substitute sites were sampled. Sediments were not collected at any sites. Those sites deleted from and added to the Year VIII sampling are listed below. Sites Deleted from Sampling LMPI - Port Isabel, Lower Laguna Madre, Texas LMAC - Arroyo Colorado, Lower Laguna Madre, Texas CCBH - Boat Harbor, Corpus Christi, Texas CCIC* - Ingleside Cove, Corpus Christi, Texas CBCR* - Copano Reef, Copano Bay, Texas SAMP*- Mosquito Point, San Antonio Bay, Texas ESSP* - South Pass Reef, Espititu Santo, Texas 34 ABHI - Harbor Island, Aransas Bay, Texas MBDI - Dog Island, Matagorda Bay, Texas ECSP - South Point, East Cote Blanche, Louisiana BBTB - Turtle Bay, Barataria Bay, Louisiana LBNO - New Orleans, Lake Borgne, Louisiana LPGO - Gulf Outlet, Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana MBDR - Dog River, Mobile Bay, Alabama CBBL - Ben's Lake, Choctawahatchee Bay, Florida CBBB - Boggy Bayou, Choctawahatchee Bay, Florida SRWP - West Pass, Suwannee River, Florida BHEF - Bahia Honda Key, Florida *no live oysters found Sites Added to Sampling MBCB - Carancahua Bay, Matagorda Bay, Texas BBSD - Bayou St. Denis, Barataria Bay, Louisiana MSPC - Pass Christian, Mississippi Sound, Mississippi MSBB - Biloxi Bay, Mississippi Sound, Mississippi MBDR - Dog River, Mobile Bay, Alabama PBSP - Sabine Point, Pensacola Bay, Florida PCMP - Municipal Pier, Panama City, Florida TBBB - Hillsborough Bay, Tampa Bay, Florida TBOT - Old Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay, Florida Four of the Texas sites (CCIC, CBCR, SAMP, and ESSP) scheduled for collection had no oysters in Year VIII and were not sampled. Year IX SampUng Summary In Year IX, a total of 55 sites were visited and 51 of them successfully sampled. Four of the originally scheduled sites were devoid of any live oysters, so four alternate sites were visited and sampled. Oysters were collected from a range of sites that were originally established in Year I through Year VII. Two new sites were established for Year IX, at Flamingo in Florida Bay (FBFO), and in Joe Bay in Florida Bay (FBJB), where both sediments and oysters were collected. No other sediments samples were taken this year. The list of sites sampled in Year IX is shown below, along with lists showing the deletions and additions to the previous year's sampling list. 35 Year IX Sampling Sites LMSB - South Bay, Lower Laguna Madre, Texas LMPI - Port Isabel, Lower Laguna Madre, Texas LMAC - Arroyo Colorado, Lower Laguna Madre, Texas CCNB - Nueces Bay, Corpus Christi, Texas ABLR - Long Reef, Aransas Bay, Texas MBAR - Ayres Reef, Mesquite Bay, Texas SAPP - Panther Point Reef, San Antonio Bay, Texas ESSP - South Pass Reef, Espiritu Santo, Texas ESBD - Bill Day's Reef, Espiritu Santo, Texas MBGP - Gallinipper Point, Matagorda Bay, Texas MBCB - Caancahua Bay, Matagorda Bay, Texas BRCL - Cedar Lake, Brazos River, Texas GBTD - Todd's Dump, Galveston Bay, Texas GBOB - Offatts Bayou, Galveston Bay, Texas GBSC - Ship Channel, Galveston Bay, Texas SLBB - Blue Buck Point, Sabine Lake, Louisiana CLLC - Lake Charles, Calcasieu Lake, Louisiana VBSP - Southwest Pass, Vermilion Bay, Louisiana CLCL - Caillou Lake, Caillou Lake, Louisiana TBLF - Lake Felicity, Terrebonne Bay, Louisiana MRPL - Pass a Loutre, Mississippi River, Louisiana BSSI - Sable Island, Breton Sound, Louisiana LBMP - Malheureux Point, Lake Borgne, Louisiana LBNO - New Orleans, Lake Borgne, Louisiana MSPC - Pass Christian, Mississippi Sound, Mississippi MSPB - Pascagoula Bay, Mississippi Sound, Mississippi MBCP - Cedar Point Reef, Mobile Bay, Alabama MBHI - Hollingers Island Channel, Mobile Bay, Alabama PBPH - Public Harbor, Pensacola Bay, Florida PBIB - Indian Bayou, Pensacola Bay, Florida CBJB; - Joe's Bay, Choctawahatchee Bay, Florida CBBL - Ben's Lake, Choctawahatchee Bay, Florida CBPP - Postil Point, Choctawahatchee Bay, Florida CBBB - Boggy Bayou, Choctawahatchee Bay, Florida PCLO - Little Oyster, Panama City, Florida AESP - Spring Creek, Apalachee Bay, Florida CKBP - Black Point, Cedar Key, Florida TBOT - Old Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay, Florida TBPB - Papys Bayou, Tampa Bay, Florida TBHB - Hillsborough Bay, Tampa Bay, Florida TBMK - Mullet Key Bayou, Tampa Bay, Florida TBKA - Knight Airport, Tampa Bay, Florida TBNP - Navarez Park, Tampa Bay, Florida CBBI - Bird Island, Charlotte Harbor, Florida RBHC - Henderson Creek, Rookery Bay, Florida FBFO - Flamingo, Florida Bay, Florida FBJB - Joe Bay, Florida Bay, Florida 36 BHEF - Bahia Honda Key, Florida PRBB - Bahia de Boqueron, Puerto Rico PRBM - Bahia Montalva, Puerto Rico PRBJ - Bahia de Jobos, Puerto Rico Sites deleted from the Sampling List CCIC* - Ingleside Cove, Corpus Christi, Texas CCBH - Boat Harbor, Corpus Christi, Texas ABHI - Harbor Island, Aransas Bay, Texas CBCR* Copano Reef, Copano Bay, Texas SAMP - Mosquito Point, San Antonio Bay, Texas MBLR - Lavaca River Mouth, Matagorda Bay, Texas MBTP - Tres Palacios Bay, Matagorda Bay, Texas MBEM - East Matagorda, Matagorda Bay, Texas MBDI - Dog Island, Matagorda Bay, Texas BRFS - Freeport Surfside, Brazos River, Texas GBYC - Yacht Club, Galveston Bay, Texas GBHR - Hanna's Reef, Galveston Bay, Texas GBCR - Confederate Reef, Galveston Bay, Texas CLSJ - St. John's Island, Calcasieu Lake, Louisiana JHJH - Joseph Harbor Bayou, J.H. Bayou, Louisiana ECSP - South Point, East Cote Blanche, Louisiana ABOB - Oyster Bayou, Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana TBLB - Lake Barre, Terrebonne Bay, Louisiana BBSD - Bayou St. Denis, Barataria Bay, Louisiana BBMB - Middle Bank, Barataria Bay, Louisiana BBTB* - Turtle Bay, Barataria Bay, Louisiana MRTP - Tiger Pass, Mississippi River, Louisiana BSBG - Bay Gardene, Breton Sound, Louisiana LPGO* - Gulf Outlet, Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana MSBB - Biloxi Bay, Mississippi Sound, Mississippi MBDR - Dog River, Mobile Bay, Alabama PBSP - Sabine Point, Pensacola Bay, Florida CBSR - Off Santa Rosa, Choctawahatchee Bay, Florida PCMP - Municipal Pier, Panama City, Florida SAWB - Watson Bayou, St. Andrew Bay, Florida APDB - Dry Bar, Apalachicola Bay, Florida APCP - Cat Point Bar, Apalachicola Bay, Florida SRWP - West Pass, Suwanee River, Florida TBCB - Cockroach Bay, Tampa Bay, Florida CBFM - Fort Meyers, Charlotte Harbor, Florida NBNB - Naples Bay, Naples Bay, Florida EVFU - Faka. Union Bay, Everglades, Florida no live oysters found Sites Added to the Sampling List LMPI - Port Isabel, Lower Laguna Madre, Texas LMAC - Arroyo Colorado, Lower Laguna Madre, Texas CCIC - Ingleside Cove, Corpus Christi, Texas ABLR - Long Reef, Aransas Bay, Texas CBCR - Copano Reef, Copano Bay, Texas ESSP - South Pass Reef, Espiritu Santo, Texas BBTB - Turtle Bay, Barataria Bay, Louisiana LBNO - New Orleans, Lake Borgne, Louisiana LPGO - Gulf Outlet, Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana CBBL - Ben's Lake, Choctawahatchee Bay. Florida CBBB - Boggy Bayou, Choctawahatchee Bay. Florida FBFO - Flamingo, Florida Bay, Florida FBJB - Joe Bay, Florida Bay, Florida BHEF - Bahia Honda Key, Florida Two Texas sites (CCIC & CBCR) and two Louisiana sites (BBTB & LPGO) that were scheduled for collection in Year IX, had no live oysters and were not sampled. The two Texas sites have not had any live oysters for two years in a row now, and it may indicate that these reefs are now dead. Four alternate sites were selected and sampled; CCNB for CCIC, MBAR for CBCR, MBCP for BBTB and LBNO for LPGO. The Galveston Bay Ship Channel site (GBSH) had very few live oysters this year. The reef has been covered with a fine layer of silt, coming from the surrounding ongoing landfill operations. The Pass a Loutre site on the Mississippi River (MRPL) only had a very small patch of live oysters. Local fishermen have commented on the declining oyster population in the area over the past few years. This could be as a result of increased fresh water from the Mississippi River flowing down Pass a Loutre and into Redfish Bay. Veteran's Pier (MSPC), at Pass Christian, was re-occupied this year as oysters on the site were once again plentiful. The oysters here are affected by the cold water and weather, and numerous frozen shells on the site supported the fact. The Pascagoula Bay site (MSPB), in the Mississippi Sound, was moved approximately half a mile to the east, to the western side of the Navy Base Island. There were no live oysters to be found at the old site, as the area has been covered by a thick layer of fine sand. There were problems in finding sufficient oysters in the Alafia River site in Tampa Bay ( TBHB), and the site was moved to the western/@outhern. side of the river where the oysters were somewhat more plentiful. 38 References Parker, R.H. (1960) Ecology and distributional patterns of marine macro- invertebrates. Northern Gulf of Mexico by F.P. Shepard, F.B. Phleger, and T.H. van Andel in Recent Sediment, Northwest Gulf of Mexico. A Symposium Summarizing the Result of Work Carried on in Project 51 of the American Petroleum Institute 1951-1958. Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla, California. Lawrence, D.R. and G.I. Scott (1982) The determination and use of condition index of oysters. Estuaries, 5:23-27. 39 Gulf of Me3deo and Caribbean Site Descriptions Location of Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean NS&T Mussel Watch sampling sites are shown in Figures 5 through 18. Detail descriptions for each individual site follow. For each site, the following components are included: Detailed description Road map to the site Nautical chart of the site Photographs of the site. Photographs, when available, are arranged in a clockwise manner starting in the upper left hand corner with an aerial view and then Stations 1, 2 and 3, respectively. 40 gel 94. 92- go. Be. 84- 82- 80. 34- 32 Fig. 12.': M obile New Orleans'.:". Z. Fig. 13 Galvest n" Ig Fig. 14 Cops'. Fig. 9 Fig. 11 Cons" 28- Tamps- V" Fig. 8 Fig. 15 28- Fig. F1 16 too athoms 24 Fig. 17 __Fig- 1A 94. 92- go. ge. 86. a'. 821* 80 Figure 6. Location of Gulf of Mexico Sampling Sites. The Bahamas ATLANTIC .0 OCEAN 0 % 10 Turks and Caicos Puerto British Virgin Is. Rico 44 4P A .s. Virgin % 4@ft Fig CARIBBEAN C. Marti SEA jar ab TO & T 0,@ mnlm. Figure 6. Location of Caribbean Sampling Sites. 78 1 - Laguna Madre South Say (LMSS) 1A @@_;52 - Laguna Madre Port Isabel (LMPI) 78 - Laguna Madre Arroyo CA)Ioredo (LMAC) D LAGUNA MADRE CL AW" 52 LAGUMALAAGA oft. LAGWA CLt W-W k4-W MADRE 1,AD/A AUCHA ar azo-l-41 SAW GRANDE SOUTH SAY Figure 7. Location of Laguna Madre South Bay Sites (see Figure 5 for location in the Gulf of Mexico). 43 '13 A 1 TEXA S 55 12 0 Fk A4 A T A G SEADRIFT 0 M E N A T NIO 2 Corpus Christi Neuces Say (CCNB) 3 Corpus Christi Ingleside Cove (CCIC 4 Aransas Bay Long Reef (ABLR) _k 6 0 6 Copeno Say Copano Reef (CBCA) COPAO N- 4 6 Mesquite Say Ayres Reef (MBAR) ROCKPORT P 7 - San Antonio Bay Panther Point Reef .28' 8 - Son Antonio Bay Mosquito Point (SA 9 - Espiritu Santo South Pass Reef (ESS PORnAND. 0 10 - Espiritu Santo Bill Days Reef (ESSO) 2 11 - Matagorda Say Lavaca River Mouth NIJE6 1 a 3 3 post 12 - Matagorda Say GaIIInIpper Point (M con CHRIS I CORPUS 13 - Matagorda Bay Tres Palaclos Say (h CHRISTI 14 - Matagorda Say East Matagorda (MB SAY 53 - Corpus Christi Boat Harbor (CCBH) 54 - Aransas Bay Harbor Island (ABHI) 55 - Matagorda Bay Dog Island (MBDI) 56 - Matagorda Say Carancahus Bay (M Figure 8. Location of South Texas Sites (see Figure 5 for location in t of Mexico). TEXAS HOUSTON 4b A o SOUTH LA ,Cmim HOUSTON 0 GENOA IV, ON 0 E ,SI SAN TEXAS MY GALVESTON 8 *ANGUETON WES 15 Galveston Say Yacht Club (GOYC) Galveston Say Todd's Dump (GSTO) 17 - Galveston Say Hanna Red (GSHR) 18 - Galveston Say Confederate Red (GSCR) 57 - Freeport Surtside (SRFS) 58 - Galveston Say Offats Bayou (GSOB) 5 9 - Galveston Say Stup Channel (GBSC) P@O>f"%T - Brazos Rivor Codar Lake (ORCL) 72 7 57 Figure 9. Location of Galveston Bay Sites (see Figure 5 for location in the Gulf of Mexico). 45 93, TEXAS LOUISIANA- Lake Charles Orange 0 .30. Port Arthu Of. 21 29,301 19 - Sabine, Like Blue Suck Point (91.68) 20 , Calcasieu Lake St. John& Island (CLSJ) 21 - Joseph Harbor Joseph Harbor Bayou (JHJH) 22- Vermillion Bay Southwest Post (VBSP) 60 - Calceslou Lake Lake Charles (CLLC) GULF OF MEXICO Figure 10. Location of Western Louisiana Sites (see Figure 5 for location the Gulf of Meidco). LAXE 901 A# VREPAS LAKE PONTCHARTI ......... MIN & 0 J ioll 4 A 04 0 62 '32 '4b LOUISIANA 61 A rC&, 2 8. -27, 24 100.Looxt 6 29- 24 Atchafalaya Bay Oyster Bayou (ASOB) 31 Breton Soun .d Sable Island (BSSI) 25 Caltiou Lake Calliou Lake (CLCL). 32 Lake SOWS Malheureux Point (LOMP) 26 Tarrebonne Say Lake Barre (TOLS) 61 Barataria Be .y Turtle Say (813TI3) 27 Tetrebonne Say Lake Felicity (TBLF) 62 Lake Borgne Now Orleans (LBNO) 28 Barataria Day Bayou St. Denis (BBSI)) 6 3 Lake Ponchartrain Gulf Outlet (LPGO) 29 Barataria Say Middle Bank (BOMB) 64 MISSINDIPPI Rlvdr Pass A Loutre (MRPL) 30 , Breton Sound Say Garderns (88130)" 65 , Mississippi River Tiger Pass (MRTP) Figure 11. Location of Eastern Louisiana and Mississippi Delta Sites Figure 5 for location in the Gulf of Mexico). 64 8830- Cn jr- 33 - mississsippi sound Pass Christian (MSPC) (A 11% @ IM 34 -Mississippi Sound Biloxi Say (MSBB) 35 -Mississippi Sound Pascagoula Bay (MSPB) 36 -Mobile Bay Cedar Point Reef (MBCP) 66 -Mobile Say Hollinger Island (MBHI) MISSISSIPPI 79 - Mobile Say Dog River (MBDR) P 'to0 MOBIL -30*30' PASCAGIOULAI rn 34.- ASS CHRISTIAN -SLIDELL* X LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN G U L F 0 F MEXICC OORGN, 88,30, Figure 12. Location of Mississippi/Alabama Sites (see Figure 5 for location the Gulf of Mexico). FLORIDA 37 8239. Fort 83. Pensacola walton,", pense oil a y Beach' c"ace-hatch- Bay ZB e,a 3- 7 80 74... West sly GULF OF MEXICO 68 Panama 30* 37 - Pensacola Bay Indian Bayou (PBIB) 38 - Choctawhatchee Bay Off Santa Rosa (CBSR) 67 - Pensacola Bay Public Harbor (PBPH) - 82 - Choctawhatchee Bay Bens Lake (CBBQ 68 - Panama City Municipal Pier (PCMP) 39 - Choctawhatchee Bay Postil Point (CBPP) 73 - Choctawhatchee Bay Joes Bayou (CBJB) 83 - Choctawhatchee Bay Boggy Bayou (CBBB) 74 - Panama City Little Oyster Bay (PCLO) - St. Andrew Bay Watson Bayou (SAWB) 80 - Pensacola Bay Sabine Point (PBSP) 8!- 8p' Figure 13. Location of Western Florida Sites (see Figure 5 for location in the Gulf of Mexico). A LL@ SAY 'Jormeo .......... 8L GULF OF MEXICO 41 - Apalachicola Say Dry Day (A POS) 69 42- Apalachicola Say Cal Point Bar (APCP) 43'- Cedar Key Black Point (CKBP) 69- Suwahnee River West Pass (SRWP) 75 - Apalachee Bay Spring Creek (AESP) 01. Figure 14. Location of Middle Florida Sites (see Figure 5 for location ix Gulf of Mexico). 62:30' 44 - Tampa Bay Papys Bayou (TBPO) 45 - Tampa Bay Hillsborough Bay (TBHB) 46 Tampa Bay Cockroach Bay UBCB) Tampa Bay Mullet Key Bayou (TBMK) 47 70 - Tampa Bay Old Tampa Bay (TBOT) fA CD '0 P) 76 - Tampa Bay Navarez Park (TBN 77 - Tampa Bay Knight Airport (TBKA) C', jCX Dunedin. - .70 28- F L 0 R I D A 28' Tampa 0-11 Port Hillsboroug Bay Aiara mim, 44'' Gadsden Pt St Petersbur GULF 76 OF Pinenas MEXICO 47W F. Anna 4 Maria Island hz 0 Figure 15. Location of Tampa Bay Sites (see Figure 5 for location in the Gulf of Mexico). 51 82- 81;30. 14 -FORT MEYERS 71 26'30' 26*30'- Is, n d F L 0 R I D A GULF OF MEXICO RAPLES. .'.49 -48 - Charlotte Harbor Bird Island (CBBQ 2w- 49 - Naples Bay Naples Say (NBNB) 50 - Rookery Bay Henderson Creek (RBHC) 51 - Everglades Faka Union Say (EVFU) 11 Lpi W-r 71 Charlotte Harbor Fort Meyers (CBFM) CAPE VROMAN Figure 16. Location of South Florida Sites (see Figure 5 for location in the Gulf of Me3dco). 52 FLORIDA GULF OF MEXICO 87 25* 2z. 81 - Bahia Honda Key Florida (BHKF) 87 - Flamingo Florida Bay (FBFO) 88 - Joe Bay Florida Bay (FBJB) Figure 17. Location of Florida Key Site (see Figure 5 for loc'ation in the Gulf of Mexico). p NO 53 ATLANTIC OCEAN San Juan 19 C@5 rjo St.,/06n Mayaguez PUERTO RICO t4 8.5. 84 Ponc" 86 84 - Puerto Rico Bahia De Boqueron (PRBB) Croi, 85 - Puerto Rico Bahia Montalva (PRBM) CA R I B.B EA N S EA 86 - Puerto Rico Bahia De Jobos (PRBJ) Figure 18. Location of Puerto Rico Sites. TEXAS SrIES SrIE NUMBER - 1 DESIGNATOR - LMSB SITE - SOUTH BAY, LOWER LAGUNA MADRE, TX NOMINAL SITE CENTER - 26002.77'N 97010.48W LOCATED ON NOS CE[ART 11302 SITE ACCESS - A tunnel hull outboard fishing boat and captain are generally chartered at the White Sands Marina in Port Isabel. In Year IV, a GERG boat was launched at the public boat ramp on South Padre Island at the Isla Blanca Pier. Travel time to South Bay is about 25 minutes. Landmarks used to locate the reef are 1450 from the middle of the causeway bridge and 900 from the navigational range marker. The water depth is very shallow and requires the use of a shallow draft vessel. SITE DESCRIPTION - The oysters were located in clumps on expansive intertidal mud flats south of Clark Island on the northeast side of South Bay and were fully exposed at low tide. The dense clumps were mostly conglomerations of dead shells. The few live specimens were small, thin-shelled oysters interspersed among the empty shells. The reef contained many dead shells, and collecting a sufficient number of suitably sized oysters required searching and picking through the clumps of shells. OYSTERCOLLEMONS Years I, II, & III - There was no significant geographic distinction in the three stations. All three stations were taken from the middle of the reef. Year IV - Stations were collected in the same general location but were separated. Station 1 was taken at the north end of the reef just south of Clark Island and adjacent to the Spartina alterniflora marsh. Station 2 was approximately 75 m to the south at two small reefs about 10 m apart. Station 3 was at the south end of the reef, 100 m south of the middle part of the reef. Year V - Oysters were much larger and more abundant than previous years' collections. Stations were on the same reef but were separated. Station 1 was on the northeast shoreline. Station 2 was 100-200 m south (toward the duck blind) from Station 1. Station 3 was another 100-200 m south. Years VI, VII, &VIII - Oysters were collected at the same locations as sampled the previous three years. Year IX - Oysters were sampled at the same station locations as in Years V through VIII. Oysters were abundant, large and thick shelled, in contrast 55 to the conditions found in Year I of the study. The reef has steadily improved. )DUENTCOLLECTIONS Years I, II, & III - Sediments were collected during the first three years of the study. Sediments were taken from the middle (Station 1), west end (Station 2), and east end (Station 3) of the reef. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & XI - No sediments were collected during these years. SAMPLING METHODS Oysters - hand Sediment - hand WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0.3 m POSSEBLE CONTAMINANTS - There were no obvious sources of contamination in the vicinity of the reef, although the salinity of the bay was high and the oysters endured exposure out of the water for a considerable period during the day. ENVIRONM[ENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Date Sampled (0/00) (0c) YEAR 1 30.0 18.0 24 January 1986 YEAR 11 30.0 20.0 9 December 1986 YEAR 111 43.0 13.0 15 December 1987 YEAR IV 37.0 10.0 13 December 1988 YEAR V 34.0 10.0 13 December 1989 YEAR VI 40.0 21.0 12 December 1990 YEAR VII 34.0 25.0 11 December 1991 YEAR VIII 34.0 15.0 16 December 1992 YEAR IX 31.0 19.5 9 December 1993 56 N;! alajA v 3 tw q, 4@ ke 7 x -jp. @q.4 r77r BAYVIEW % LAGUNA VISTA LIM AGUNA EIGHT OS Ar IF '313 1 T51 A Site #1 (LMSB), Lower Laguna Madre, South Bay. 31arer Publishing Company. Reprinted by Permission- S-b piling A"Ll" G C "141, PiIeNjT1v Sb. 04 PA 13 3 4 x SIM 7 0. vs rr small J:1// :-t,, 19 PAW 111111111h,1111110 1% C)TANK I PORT ISABEL C 714r iiItbla 4 3 row W 11 Cv Oll, 4 ri25 T"q 0 --m 10. Ooloh.n ;a 6 2 C. 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Is ........... `.: Site #1 (LMSB), Lower Laguna Madre, South Bay (fi-om chart 11302). tj 14 wo SITE NUMBER - 52 DESIGNATOR - LMPI SITE - PORT ISABEL, LOWER LAGUNA MADRE, TX NOMINAL SITE CENTER - 26004.62'N 97012.05'W LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11302 SITE ACCESS - Access to the site is by foot from the parking lot at the Queen's Point Marina in Port Isabel. SITE DESCRIPTION - This collection site, which was established and collected only in Year III, was located along the south jetty of the Queen's Point Marina. Oysters grow attached to the concrete bulkhead and are exposed at low tide. Numerous shells are present but a high proportion of the oysters found here were dead and the live oysters were thin-shelled. Careful handling was required while collecting to avoid breaking the live oysters. Typically, salinities are high throughout the year. In Year IX, the first resampling of the site since Year III, the entire marina facility was found to be gone. All buildings and structures in the water had been removed. The concrete bulkheads, from which the oysters were collected, were all that remained. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year III - Discrete stations were sampled as described below. Station 1 was located on the breakwater extending south from the marina entrance. Station 2 was along the south facing bulkhead. Station 3 was located between Stations 1 and 2 in a cove formed by the two bulkheads. Years IV, V, VI, VII, & VIII - The site was not sampled during these years. Year IX - The same stations were sampled as in Year III. SEDIMENT COLLECTIONS Year III - Sediments were collected outside the bulkheaded area opposite Station 1 on the side adjacent to the Brownsville Ship Channel. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & X1 - No sediments were sampled for during these years. SAMPLING METHODS Oysters - hand Sediments - hand WATER DEPTH - Intertidal, 0.25 and 0.5 m. 61 POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Contamination of the site was possible from nearby marinas, the City of Port Isabel, and the Brownsville Ship Channel. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (OC) YEAR 111 42.0 13.0 16 December 1987 YEAR IX 29.0 21.0 8 December 1993 62 J_ 7 A7* 0" v -A4 t: LAOtft4 Ar B"VIEW 4- .;Jr ww" ---------- --- III A UUMA I EIGHT& OS 2 =OAF Site #52 (LMPI), Laguna Madre Port IsabeR. thearer Publishing Company. Reprimed by permission- S.btr Piling 40"'J" A G C '141, P.10" -V 0 S.b. P4 PA a LMP1 3 C 114r Site #52 4 -Piling 't st M . @ -1 0'. 1 12 11 mame-sees" 3 Small &Wt 1: 3 P& i. Wd I ANK 19 1 tr I pa" *-e, Pq PORT ISABEL it -lAr C -14r 4 3 0@ 1. .. .1 ../, , .1 -. . ti r" d' FT A ."s 0 Dolphin 6 2 FIXED MIDGE TAN NO# C A FT VIE? C11 IS 11 1 At HIGH Sp. 6 imp Sin OVID F-1 AND T CAjS C," AJJ?H Cj 39 Fy AT HIGH SPAN ,d 1% 4 4"" .,o -3 2-- 6 k .0 ST qt- 1.980 w 3 z bx, "Ae% Q-- PT IS .4@' Long Islond Cw .2, .... C G E Int G 6sec 67ft R Set 74 i@I;lt aBlonce Fl G 2.5,ec 26b 3M 0 ne. 3 Park .5 .5. .4 :.:. 3 Ok FI G 35A-- ORA C, Gil R r R 13 14-1., I " " 12" It/v J4.1 "- R R , - 3 A- 6- 4 <4, R 22" Shoaling 1-1@ "24" 0 "26" .. . , -I..;. 4, mADRE '0 GIJAA 1 1 - 7 LA 110 Pit. ..... ............. -4 Clark G Q* >6 / Shifting MOO I sond clumiri 3 311 ............... d.... /1,1&,//04 330 2 7 Y\ Graw @00 \\\,tjIt1JII11/1 0 J/,/ 0 3 0 x "o Al@ 10 16 2 2 k wow hole VAR 7-,S 2 4Q 4 2 9 5-- 0 U T H y @ 0, z 7z 7 -7- - > - '01/ 7 7 /" 1 16 Q? 4 22 2';' -VI 5 7 AV 0 Q 2 Q 16 2 / 2 Snd ld5l 20 -1 lkdwnos 8 10 tN 17 7 24 S-w 17 0 wod swid //Shifting sof-d dunu 1&0" 8 22 d and mW 25 Sorw ........... Site #52 (LMPI), Laguna Madre Port IsabeH (from chart 11302). I f po, IN, T@., ot SITE NUMBER - 78 DESIGNATOR - LMAC SITE - ARROYO COLORADO, LOWER LAGUNA MADRE, TX NOMINAL SITE CENTER - 26016.80 rN 97017.30V LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11302 SITE ACCESS - Access to the site is by boat launched at the White Sands Marina in Port Isabel. Travel up the ICWW to the site. Travel time is 40 minutes. SITE DESCRIPTION - This collection site, established and collected for the first time in Year V, was located at cabins along the ICWW. Oysters grow attached to the concrete pilings and on mud flats which were exposed at low tide. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year V - Station 1 was located at the first cabin #1399 (tan with brown trim), which was just north of channel marker 45 and west of Primero Island. Oysters were collected from the concrete piling supporting the cabin. Station 2 was at cabin #1423. The cabin was between channel marker 41 and channel marker 43. Station 3w.as located north of channel marker 41 at cabin #P1345. Oysters at this station were growing in clumps on the mudflat. Many were very large with smaller more suitably sized oysters attached. Years VI, VII, & VIII - This site was not sampled during these years. Year IX - The location of the stations were the same as in Year 'V, Station 1 at cabin #1399, Station 2 at cabin #1423 and Station 3 at cabin #1345. The oysters were fewer on the pilings than in Year V. DIMENTCOLLECTIONS Year V - Sediments were sandy silts which were tan on the surface which overlay a black layer mixed with shell fragments and sea grasses. These were collected at the cabins for Station 1 and 2. Station 3 sediments were collocated with the oysters on a subtidal mudflat. Years VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPLINGMETHODS Oysters - hand Sediments - hand WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0.3 m 67 POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Contamination of the site was possible from nearby cabins, a producing gas field just to the south of the sampling area and inflow from the Arroyo Colorado. ENVHtONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (TOO) (OC) YEAR V 34.0 11.0 14 December 1989 YEAR IEK 30.0 22.0 8 December 1993 68 z! KENEDY VVILLACY PORT 14ANNFIELD @a vt- XI > 1847 ZZ, 2925 Site #78 (LMAC), Laguna Madre Arroyo Colora&- )tarer Publishing Company. Reprinted by permission. cv VA CD cn 0 III,& Cf) 330 r@NI CY) iFp\ T-4 ON r-1 I c .4.3 :p v\11111111 // / ev. CV Fl 0 T fka Rol Of 10 1-4 lDeC R E PS'- Z@N pt 50 III cot d 00 C14 u P VA Q "Pit S@ C* CIVIL COD `@ t qY ;L u 0 u Doc 00 dr t- I ci I at:7c CZ.F Bay It E as ---------- Via .1 N- IL Wiwi. SrIE NUMBER - 2 DESIGNATOR - CCNB SITE - NUECES BAY, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX NONONAL SrIE CENTER - 27-51.17'N 97021.55'W LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11309 SITE ACCESS - The site is located at Indian Point Marina on the north end of the U.S. Highway 181 bridge that crosses Nueces Bay. There is a boat launch at the Gunderlands Boatland. Collection stations are located along the shoreline on the north side of the road. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site was located 100 m from the boat ramp at bearing 3250. The bay was very shallow with exposed reefs. These reefs had mainly dead oysters. Small thin-shelled oysters were collected along the mud shoreline or on pilings. Oysters were intertidal and seemed to be on the decline. OYSTERCOLLECTIONS Years I, II, & III - Oyster collection stations were as follows: Station 1 - 145' to boat ramp; 213' to the top of the Corpus Christi bridge. Station 2 - 250 to Portland water tower; 2080 to the top of the Corpus Christi bridge. Station 3 25' to Portland water tower; 115* to large pilings at Gunderlands. Year IV - Oysters were collected in Year IV at the same location as in previous years. The three stations were 40 to 50 m apart. It was noted that the population was more abundant than had been observed in the last two years. Year V - Oysters were collected along the shoreline at the same general locations as previous years. Station 1 was adjacent to the boat ramp. Station 2 was 50-m to the south and Station 3 was another 50 m to the south toward the bridge. Year VI - We attempted to sample the same location, but no live oysters of collectable size were available. A few spat in the 1 to 2 cm size range were observed. No samples were collected. Year VII - Oysters were collected along the shoreline in the same general locations as in Year V. Year VIII - Oysters were small and extremely hard to find. Year IX - This site was not scheduled to be sampled this year, but was used as an alternate for CCIC (Ingleside Cove, Corpus Christi) where there were no oysters to be found. The oysters (at CCNB) were more abundant and easier to find this year. 73 )IMENTCOLLEMONS Years I, II, & Iff - Sediments were collected adjacent to each oyster station. Sediments for the NIST archive were also collected adjacent to the oyster stations. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPLING METHOD Oysters - hand Sediment - hand WATER DEPM - 0.2 m POSSIUBLE CONTAMEINANTS - Contamination factors included the boat ramp, marina, Rincon Industrial Park to the west, and Corpus Christi Ship Channel to the south. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (IYOO) (OC) YEAR 1 27.3 16.0 29 January 1986 YEAR 11 25.6 11.0 13 January 1987 YEAR 111 40.0 11.0 12 January 1988 YEAR IV 38.0 18.0 15 December 1988 YEAR V 34.6 9.0 14 December 1989 YEAR VII 30.0 22.0 10 December 1991 YEAR VIII 27.7 11.0 15 December 1992 YEAR IX 32.0 13.0 14 December 1993 74 RO KPO 1011 Not FT 11 114 too 3?04 136 `@I- J- GREGORY 893 1 35 ARANSAS PAS 35) PORTLAND LF I lei 6AY 40F CCNB: too Site @4; 604PUS cknisti SAY P53 Site #2 (CCN`B), Corpus Christi Neuces, Bay. wx*#" oyster rot ft Oil OP 7 8 r A Y CCNB 7 9 Ian P QO 11 AbWKbr*d Site #2 0&.*d RW (to be r@v 4 8 9 5 10 M M PRw,\ .-3 A 6 7 10 0 /dq 5 ap 5 7 9 10 5 8 A,.. R lu 9 ........ Z 14 12 Ujd 2 7 #1, &W F1 I R\ T V%A- I 01\ M 5 12 7 i-4- 6, 11 Nl@ R Mas 1 9 A .8. PA 9 10 10 % 12 2 12 1 t I 12 12 12 8 1, A R Wd to 4 12 12 12 A -2- ,\.612 tl@ 12 12 ILI) - - - - - - - tform i - -- - - 0) 12 12 ED TANK - - 11 @P -41 PA 17- EM"66 G Z. 5 ObsM PO P-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2,59 f7ff 3A@- 9 9 le. . 7 85, 9 , '- *-' i 2 ---% 7 84 7 7 . ......... 0) .......... \1 -.7 - - - - - - - - - - - 9 sew, Site #2 (CCNB), Corpus Christi Neuces Bay (from chart 11309). Ak AlU. Min Aw SrIE NUMBER - 3 DESIGNATOR - CCIC SITE - INGLESIDE COVE, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX NOXINAL SITE CENTER - 27050.28'N 97014.28W LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11309 SITE ACCESS - To reach the site a boat is launched at the public boat ramp at Ingleside-On-The-Bay. A 5 minute ride across the La Quinta Ship Channel and Ingleside Cove is required to reach the site. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site was located along the west side of Ingleside Cove channel and north of Ingleside Point on the south tip of the spoil island. Oysters were located on an exposed reef and on a mud flat that was exposed during normal low tides. The site was surrounded by submerged seagrass beds. Landmarks to locate the site were Ingleside Point to the south and the dredge spoil island to the north. OYS*= COIJXCTIONS Year I - The three stations sampled for oysters were located on a tidal reef and on a mud flat. Station 1 was at the center of the reef. Station 2 was from the end nearest the shore, and Station 3 was at the south end of the reef. Year II - No oysters were found in Year II and Corps of Engineers surveyors reported that the area had been recently dredged. Oysters were either moved or buried in Year II. Year III - There was no significant geographic distinction in the three stations. Oysters were present again during Year III. Most of the oysters present in Year III were very small and appeared to represent a population that had been newly established since the die-off during Year II. I Year IV - In Year IV the stations were the same as those sampled for Year 111. Year IV oysters were small and sparsely scattered. Years V, VI, & VII - Sampling sites were in the same locations as previous years with Station 1 in the center of the reef, Station 2 toward the shore 75 in from #1, and Station 3 was 70 m south of #2. Year VIII - Only three small oysters were found on this reef, so no samples were taken. Year IX - No live oysters were found this year. Oysters were collected from an alternate site - CCNB (Nueces Bay, Corpus Christi). '79 11MUENT COLLECTIONS Years I, II, & III - Each year sediment samples were collected 30 m offshore to the west from each of the oyster collection sites. Submerged seagrasses were present in some of the sediments. Sediment samples only (no oysters) were obtained in Year II at locations sampled in Year I. Years IV - No sediments were sampled this year. Year V - Sediments were collected adjacent to each of the oysters stations, approximately 15-20 m offshore. Sediments were primarily sand, shell, and grass with sparse areas of mud. Years VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPLING METHOD Oysters - hand Sediment - hand and box core WATER DEPTH - 0.3 m intertidal POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Contamination was probable from dredging, barge traffic in the La Quinta Channel and from a nearby aluminum plant. ENVIRONAUKWAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (OC) YEAR 1 27.0 23.0 2 February 1986 YEAR 11 28.3 11.0 13 January 1987 YEAR 111 37.0 10.0 12 January 1988 YEAR IV 35.0 19.0 14 December 1988 YEAR V 32.7 13.0 14 December 1989 YEAR VI 35.0 20.0 17 December 1990 YEAR VII 30.0 20.0 11 December 1991 YEAR VIII 31.3 14.0 15 December 1992 YEAR IX 33.0 17.0 14 December 1993 8D ROCKPORT 031 fAFT 531 059 ?51 GREGORY 093/ ARANSAS PASS Ike 3S IT PO Lm"U 37 1014 V id NVECE9 BAV LIM U A!9" 443 conput 6A Y Site #3 (CCIC), Corpus Christi Ingleside Cove. R 2;12P 11 R N 'W SLbm Phs 61 C) R NOTE 8 \VL* The position of six privately rNntaii VK 40 ft rep 9978 Fl G 2-58 lWrl 5". 0\ each showing F1 R 2.5sec and morkin Re Re( 8) TANK I Wit 0 facilities are not shown. pop CAUTION Improved channels shown by broke 5\ 9k. subject to shoaling, particularly at the i 4 NOTE C Fl R 40 201r 14' INTRACOASTAL WATERWA) G N\ The project depth is 12 feet from Ne% 12 CCIC Louisiana, to Port Isobel, Texas. 9 \5 The controlling depths are publish TAN,s Site #3 U.S. Coast Guard Loco] Notice to Mori 8 12 5 \X\ 11 CAUTION Pipe rep 6\ Z ARANSAS PASS .Ple ob Strong currents may be encountered in "-@ \'0: 12 11 6\ \sp of the jetties at the entrance to Aronso 4 t 5 \Q\ I 1 10 POLLUTION REPORTS 10 ep 4\ Report all spills of oil and hazardous subsionc 00 90@ R N Response Center via 800-424-8802 (toll free). or I -4 Coast Guard facility it telephone communiccni ""s (33 CFR 153). 3 8 �Plattm. 4r F1 R 4e 1714: -1 Or C' 3 A 4fimp 1982 S 11 -E 41\ 0 315 0 lop 0 \5 4 FI RZST a, ale P 9 Ingleside M S 10 10 On-OwBoy 3 S 10 10 RR4s Tanks 10 2\ qn-6- 3 W-\ 1 Port Ingleside e 10 all phstr: JkO \U2 W@ 10 @-2 10 PA 0 underconsir F% G ?-58 Spa Area Sub F1 R 4s 1 ?ft -36" PA --Z--. RaRef Fl G 4s 1711 "1" PA - - - - - - - - - - 3@A - - - - - - I I PA a PZ PAP/ C@s \Jt% 10 "N %I orm.@ FW p," e @ I I tot Poo 8 t 7 '44-12 FSIV@5- It- -- @ke 29t S 12 A U@ - - - - - - - - -- - @= ;;r- @-- -+ F - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - P"s ST CT@41115-- Piatfo- 13 R T 0 G 24tt ft 55ft 13 469' t PA CAUTION R 13 'il@ And Site *3 (CCIC), Corpus Christi Ingleside Cove (from chart 11309). Xl -41 SrIE NUMBER - 53 DESIGNATOR - CCBH SITE - BOAT HARBOR, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX NONONAL SITE CENTER - 27050.17'N 97022.72W L40CATED ON NOS CHART # - 11309 SITE ACCESS - This site is located on the northeast end of Rincon Point at the junction of Nueces and Corpus Christi Bays. The site is reached by exiting off of U.S. Highway 181 at Corpus Christi and driving under the bridge as if going to the boat harbor north of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel. SITE DESCRIPTION - This collection site was established in Year III. The site was located under the bridge (Highway 181). Oysters occurred along the shoreline and were attached to concrete and brick rubble. There were both single oysters and clumps. The bottom was a mixture of sand, shell, mud, trash, and concrete rubble. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year III - Station I was located along the shore in shallow water on the northeast end of Rincon Point directly under the Highway 181 bridge. Station 2 was located along the next 100 m section. Station 3 was located farther east along the shoreline adjacent to a trailer park. Year IV - The site was not sampled. Year V - Sampling stations were located at the same sites originally established in Year III. This site was collected this year as an alternate site, since oysters were unavailable at another site. Year VI - There were no live oysters present at the site this year, therefore no collections were made. Years VII, VIII, & IX - The site was not sampled during these years. SEDDAEM COLLECTIONS Year III - Sediment was collected 10 to 20 m offshore of each of the oyster collection stations. Years rV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediment samples were collected at this site during these years. 85 SAMPLIN'G METHODS Oysters - hand Sediment - hand WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 - 0.3 m POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Potential contamination was present from the rubble and trash as well as from boating activities and the Corpus Christi Harbor. ENVIFtONM]M1qTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (0/00) (OC) YEAR 111 38.0 10.0 13 January 1988 YEAR V 36.3 8.0 16 December 1989 Sol R e',F@O IC K P u 111 31 /TAFT All. RANSAS PA PO 361 INGLE I lvultcts 60 10 C@- c In CORPUS CHRISTI SA V Site #53 (CCBH). CorDus Christi Boat T4,qr))nr, 0 sLp*sn oystar rot. 00 7 A Y do 9 All 0 q- Ab@Wwod Indian Pll (to be [email protected] 4 8 9 to CCBH RW 'f- 2 0,0 El\ -Site #53 10 461" 'W@ Ali' 7 8 10 N "18 7 9 64 10 Ar" R Fod I 'N 1, lil 9 10 0 q@ 7 % F a \ % Mid Is G % % R\ N M 8 9"t. 12 7 4@' 6,1 %11A Mast 9 R PA % 9 to 10 % it 8 it 6. M 12 12 R 6, \,r- % 12 9 12 12 R\ 11 \A. W 10 t# 4' 4 X \Fl_ 12 * #, 12 N612 j -Tj,-@@ West, A- 11 '2' ,\- l'!: (use dwi 13V form Ile 'PiQ 12 04 At \ . 'A'\ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' 9' @\%k 1.0 9,6 Nut 0 12 TANK 44% PA ED -1 L 12 _12_ &I P- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4- - - - - - - - I Obstn PD V-*@, 12 OF'-16' G 4. 5 8 0* __ 7 10 2.50 '7rt 3M-85.9 9 12 3 A 7 7 8,4. 7 -,VS) 8 :"-. /1, 9 b P ". , 9 - - - (31 Site #53 (CCBH), Corpus Christi Boat Harbor (from chart 11309). ME LA Aim SITE NUMBER - 4 DESIGNATOR - ABLR SITE - LONG REEF, ARANSAS BAY, TX NONEINAL SITE CENTER - 28002.96'N 96056.77V LOCATED ON NOS CELART 11314 SITE ACCESS - The site is located across Aransas Bay almost due east from Fulton. To reach the site, launch at the public boat ramp near the harbor. Travel across the bay to the ICWW and then turn northeast until channel marker 25 is reached. The reef extends ftom St. Joseph Island into the bay. SITE DESCRIPTION - During the first four years of the study, all three stations were located on the reef which extended from St. Joseph Island toward channel marker 25. Oysters were collected by hand from the exposed intertidal reef which was composed mainly of dead shell. The site was located at Lat. 28'03.88'N and Long. 96157.80'W. for the first four years. In Year V the site was moved due to a lack of oysters. OYSTERCOLLECTIONS Years I & H - Oyster stations were located south of the ICWW. Station 1 was on the first island south of channel marker 25. Bearing to landmarks were 255' to white water tower at Rockport and 305' to the middle of the causeway bridge. Station 2 was on the next island to the south at 320' to ICWW marker 25 and 245' to white water tower. Station 2 was located on an island that was a designated bird rookery. Station 3 was on the next island south at 305' to the middle of the causeway bridge and 240* to the white water tower. Year III - Few oysters were present in Year III and no young oysters were observed. Due to the sparse oyster population available by hand, it was recommended that future collections be made by tonging or dredging in deeper water. Year IV - The collection stations for Year IV were the same as those of the first three years. Year IV oysters were tonged in approximately 0.5 m water on the west side of the island. Year V - Live oysters could not be located at the previously collected locations, so the site was moved along the reef closer to the shore and approximately 1 mile to the southeast. Stations were separated by 100 m along the reef Years VI, VII, & VIII - The stations used to collect the oysters in Year V was reoccupied and sampled again during these years. Year IX - Large oysters were abundant all along the west side of the reef. The collection stations for Year IN were the same as those of the first four years. 91 MRINT COLLECTIONS Years I & II - Sediments were collected by box core from the east side of the reef in deeper water in the same order as the oysters. Year III - Sediments were collected on the west side of the reef approximately 200-m off the reef from each oyster station. Year IV - Sediments (NIST) were collected on the west side of the reef approximately 200 m off the reef from each oyster station. Years V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were collected these years. SAMPLINGMETHOD Oysters - hand and tongs Sediment - box corer WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 - 0.5 m; subtidal, 0.8 - 2 m, (Year I). POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - There was possible contamination from marine traffic, oil and gas pipelines, and natural contamination from the large numbers of birds on the exposed reef. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (1700) (0c) YEAR 1 15.0 16.0 26 January 1986 YEAR 11 15.0 12.0 13 January 1987 YEAR 111 22.0 9.0 13 January 1988 YEAR IV 32.0 15.0 15 December 1988 YEAR V 32.7 12.0 15 December 1989 YEAR VI 31.0 18.0 18 December 1990 YEAR VII 25.0 19.0 12 December 1991 YEAR VIII 20.0 15.0 16 December 1992 YEAR IEK 23.0 16.0 16 December 1993 92 ST CHARLES "@AY % 35 029 136 /* 'z SA Y 1511, % IJt -2 OPANO list J1 "LR ;@@AY DAYSI Site #4 ARANSAS 3038 FULTON N &A' .-ZA Y ROCKPQ 41 a to R G R PASS @RASAS fw A N ton NSA 4. 3 Site #4 (ABLR), Aransas Bay Long Reef. IDSheRTeT Publishing CompanY. 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SrIE NUMBER - 54 DESIGNATOR - ABHI SITE - HARBOR ISLAND, ARANSAS BAY, TX NONIINAL SITE CENTER - 27050.33'N 96004.52'W LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11309,11314 SITE ACCESS - The collection site established in Year III is located on Mustang Island on the south side of the ICWW directly across from Harbor Island. The site is at a public access area near fishing piers and is reached by crossing the Port Aransas ferry and traveling west past the University of Texas Marine Sciences building to the end of the paved road. The site is north of the sand parking lot. SITE DESCRIPTION - Oysters were attached to rip rap and rubble material around the base of the piers. Oysters were generally small and not abundant; collections would be best made at low tide since the oysters were growing on bottom rubble. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year III - Station 1 was located west of the wooden pier. Station I was located 200 m to the west. Station 2 was east of the wooden pier. Station 2 was 275 m to west. Station 3 was located 75 m east of Station 2 and west of the three concrete ship docks. Station 3 was 325 m to the west of the wooden pier. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - This site was not sampled during these years. SEDIMENT COLLECTIONS Year III - Sediment at the oyster site was predominantly sand; therefore, the sediment stations were established 200 m to the west of the oyster stations. Station 1 was a sand and clay bottom 200 m east of Oyster Station 1. Stations 2 and 3 were 50 and 100 m farther to the west. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - This site was not sampled during these years. SAMPLING METHODS Oysters - hand Sediment - hand WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 - 0.4 m POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Numerous potential sources of contamination existed at this site. Since it was located along the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, it received effluents from passing ships as well as non-point pollution from the nearby harbor at Port Aransas and industrial waste from Harbor Island. 97 I ENVIRONMENTAL DATA I Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%o) (.C) I YEAR 111 30.0 10.0 13 January 1988 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 % I got @OCKMRT 231 so A@T 71 4 of I V44 too 631 3204 135 GREGORY A% T' SAS. lose 36 I IN. C' NUtCE� AAY f lot ANSA'@ c@-P-O P@-k c- AM COPPIJA jChhISV B y #54: 0,0, J Ir Site #54 (ABHI), Aransas Bay Harbor Island. 4 Q 26 ft VERT CL a I@ 3 4 2 4 A. 32 eo b P;pe 4 T.rk, 35 4 fin 4 + ObStrodiOnS, Wells and Pipelines 4 p oe S 1:@ , 5 2 0' Ho, 2 /@wl @,@ 4 " 11: e 62' 7 6 "Ob", 1.-9 Marker if a PA PA,,, PA 4 ......... 7 V4 . . ... . . 2 10- f ingl 9 76z Morris and Cum "q I 6 4, 6 aGE Are- 5 ",knl IT /3., 4 @fu 6 fT - - / 'Q/ -:. ...... P@v @ CABS a @3 ........ AUT@ SOL ............................. ........ ............ ........... . M C. PORT ARANSAS AND ARANSAS PASS 3 1 'b b" R Gross 4sec 17ft,, 10" CORPS OF ENGINEERS REPORT OF JUNE 1. 1906 CONTROLLING DEPTHS FROM SEAWARD IN FEET AT MEAN LOWER LOW WATER R W IMLLW) /Ro Ref DEPTH Q I OTH NAME OF CHANNEL "LLI DATE OF SURVET IF T, FEE,, EE FORT ARANSAS ENT:A A 4':e A U I:CEeCM 8 : Go 4- 6 T R 6 ASI:NEL I. ARA S. "SAS PASS ARANSAS CHANNEL 10@8 125 5-66 PA %S1 TU::E1"1 213 30.0 5-86 CO C', B'6S :4.0 1 CHANNEL 1-85 -06 7 CONN BROWN "ARBOR 14.0 3SO 5 PA IIO1E-CD. ULT E CORPS OF EN61WEERS FOR CHANGING CONDITIONS E:. 'M HE IL z Piles, sue ENT 10TA.. VE '@R -2-X G '1'\ 'PRODUCED BY COMPUTER ASSISTED METHODS 10\ ,,M G A If @6 ov"D f@we CAB r Ole 1"'T It . 41 0 A ABHI Gross PIC"- (,uirs) X site #5 HA/RBOR FI G PA ' 1., Sub, 2. a R -111Z .A 25 A I L-A N D pile 14 rep 1983 Cobt Area Coble ToA Form 10. PD Area FerryS 9 TOWER 0, (Abond 0 Ho) S, r, Jb@- 1. 16, Oto@u Ferry 35 .8 17 15 16 a' 15 @e S.6- 0`9 FrG 2.5s14 0 2 .\R\ .* *1 * * " I .7 0@2- 9 @A 1-7 0 -13 15,,,,,.p ]Z@, .40 3&A 4 9 ots ks rip Qk rl 38, i..R 10w F1 6s. 00, 1 39ft 5M \ @'@%..140ft ISM .0 ; C, -AND '7k STORM a WARNINGS 0 raSS E frit 6,.@ 78f, Site #54 (ABHI), Aransas Bay Harbor Island (from chart 11314). SITE NUMBER - 5 DESIGNATOR - CBCR SITE - COPANO REEF, COPANO BAY, TX NOMINAL SITE CENTER - 28008.47'N 97007.67'W 1A)CATED ON NOS CHART # - 11314 SITE ACCESS - The site is located on the north side of Copano Bay at Copano Point. A boat must be used to reach the site and is launched at Pouzee's Marina, at Lone Tree Point, Rockport. From Pouzze's, go northwest to Copano Reef, an exposed intertidal reef. SITE DESCRIPTION - The reef ran southeast from Copano Point and was located around the white pole with Texas Parks and Wildlife marker "Copano Reef." This reef has been on the decline for the past five years. Oysters are small and sparse. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Years I & II - Station 1 was 100 m north of the Texas Parks and Wildlife marker, closest to the shoreline. Station 2 was adjacent to the marker. Station 3 was 100 m south of the marker. In the first two years of the project, there were abundant oysters which were collected by hand. Year III - There were few live oysters due to prolonged freshwater conditions during the spring. Numerous oysters were present which had died during the past season, and no young oysters or spat were observed at the site in Year III. Year IV - In Year IV, oysters were collected at the same locations as sampled the previous three years. Year IV oysters were very small and difficult to obtain. Year V & VI - Oysters were collected along the same segment of the reef as previous years. Oysters were abundant this year. Year VII - Oysters were collected along the same segment of the reef as in previous years. Oysters were not abundant. Most were very small and many were dead. Year VIII - The reef was dead, so no oysters were collected. Year LY - No live oysters were found on the reef this year. Lots of small mussels were found to be growing on all the dead oyster shells. MBAR (Ayres Reef, Mesquite Bay) was used as an alternate site for oyster sampling. 103 SEDIMENT COLLECTIONS Years I,II & III - Sediments were collected in subtidal areas in 1 to 1.5 m water and approximately 50-100 m west of the respective oyster sample area. Years IV & VI - No sediments were sampled during these years. Year V - Sediments for Station 1 were collected 50 m west of Oyster Station 1 in 1.5 m of water. Station 2 sediments were located 60 m west of the oysters. Station 3 sediments were 50 m west of station 3 in 1.5 m of water. Years VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were collected during these years. SAMPLING METHOD Oysters - hard Sediment - boxcore WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 to 0.5 POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - There were no observable sources of contamination. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled % C YEAR I 16.2 17.0 25 January 1986 YEAR II 14.0 17.0 14 January 1987 YEAR III 20.0 9.0 13 January 1988 YEAR IV 29.0 15.0 15 December 1988 YEAR V 35.0 10.0 13 December 1989 YEAR VI 26.0 21.0 18 December 1990 YEAR VII 14.0 19.0 11 December 1991 YEAR VIII 14.0 15.0 16 December 1992 YEAR IX 16.0 18.0 15 December 1993 104 ST CHARLES 136 IJ;.4, 35 629 135 X "I ON 7 .e OPA -Iwo -BA Y BAYSIDE -@;APANSAS A"IE, 176, FULTON 136 b Bel eel eel ROCKP %BA Y 7 '7 -7 -4 26 136 EGORY -ARANSASPASS "Z;., 35 N. N\ LESI 0C, Ik 5 D879 AN site #5 (CBCR), Copano Bay Copano Reef 2 2 2 c3cR 33C 10 ',v 4 o 07 PA 62 7 AA 7 7 5 7 7 7 7 Obs@rvcfions 32' Wells and Pipelines 7 7 64 ey 4A 7 "? 7 :M CCSCR), Copano :Bay Copano Real (@Tom CHSEt 2 2 32 SHENUMBER-6 DESIGNATOR - M13AR SITE - AYRES REEF, MESQUITE BAY, TX NONONAL SITE CENTER - 28010.15'N 96049.95V IOCATED ON NOS CELART # - 11314 SITE ACCESS - The boat was launched at Fulton Beach, Texas, at the Sandollar Pavilion during Years I and II and the ICWW was followed northeast to channel marker 79. In Year III, the boat was launched at Goose Island State Park and in Years IV and V the boat was launched at Port O'Connor. Regardless of where the boat is launched, run time to the site is at least an hour in good weather. SITE DESCRIPTION - This site was located on the north side of Mesquite Bay between Matagorda Island to the southeast and the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge to the north. The reef was oriented in a northwest-southeast direction and the site was located in the middle of the reef at Ayres Dugout. OYSTER COLIECTIONS Years 1, 11, 111, IV, V, &VI - Oysters and sediments were collected by hand on the intertidal reef at the same stations each year. During some years, the reef silted over but oysters were still present. Station 1 was on the east end of the Dugout Cut. Station 2 was in the middle of the Dugout. Station 3 was on the west portion of the Dugout. There was an abundant supply of large oysters. Year VII - Oysters were collected at the same stations described for previous years. This year oysters were mostly dead and there was little indication of reproduction. Year VIII - No live oysters were found at last year's location, so the site was moved -0.25 miles to the south. The site is located on a small brushy island with a red reflector on a post. Site coordinates (GPS) for this year's collection are Lat. 28' 09.82N and Long. 96' 49.96W. Year IX - This site was not scheduled to be collected in 1993, but was used as an alternate to CBCR (Copano Reef, Copano Bay). The oysters were larger and more abundant, and were collected from the same stations as in Year VIII. SEDD4ENTCOLLECTIONS Years I, II, & III - Sediments were collected approximately 400 m to the northeast of the Dugout in Ayres Bay. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. 109 SAMPLING METHOD Oysters - hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 to 1.0 M POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - No observable sources of contamination were present. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (0c) YEAR 1 16.0 13.0 28 January 1986 YEAR 11 10.6 12.0 13 January 1987 YEAR 111 27.0 8.0 14 January 1988 YEAR IV 24.0 15.0 15 December 1988 YEAR V 29.0 13.0 15 December 1989 YEAR VI 29.0 22.0 17 December 1990 YEAR VII 24.0 21.0 12 December 1991 YEAR VIII 20.0 15.0 16 December 1992 YEAR ICK 24.0 13.0 15 December 1993 110 771 @W' CHA Lit a IF -:UGIO 0 .001, sea mo DAY 6A V -am faq.- 'ititil at? to,&@ Ftkt& ARANSAS SAY 35L fy a U L k E) lot Sol] ROCII PORT INSET Site #6 (MBAR), Mesquite Bay Ayres Reef. L a k L a n g man A c 75* C '71' oc Pile PA 1 2 a y 4 1 L_ W. Ff 24f, -79, Spoil Arwo a klo 9" G46 Im gy M Rel il Arvo Spoil Arso 4 . . ....... 130W 1, 41, 4 4 Roddy 1 1 2 2 3 3 N Second Chain M s 2 3 of Wands j 3 Ayres Say 3 100 AR 2 (Shell Reef 4 3 pip". 3 sit6 4 3 C 4 4 3,' th 4 3 3 3 3; 3 e=@@ 3 6 Iwd S 2 2 16. Ole j 2 0 2 2 C.1 3,' M s 2 Reef ------ - 2 %00,11, a 3 s sit S 0 U 1 3TE 2 3 2' 2 Sand and fnud fi 2 A Y e ;B/ 2 31 ndre" Big sfj 3,' Dam ON- PA Sand and mud fiats Marsh 3,' L r M Q4 Dom 0 3 Sft M 2 Cove 2 DOM Doms 3 L_ Site *6 (MBAR), Mesquite Bay Ayres Reef (from chart 11315). CW) (W) row AW J6 SITE NUMBER - 7 DESIGNATOR - SAPP SITE - PANTHER PT. REEF, SAN ANTONIO BAY, TX NOM[INAL SITE CENTER - 28014.00'N 96042.55V LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11315 SITE ACCESS - To reach the site a boat is launched at Seadrift (Haynies Seafood or the Public Ramp at Swan Point), Port O'Connor (Doc's Doc) or Port Lavaca. Run time by boat from Seadrift is 30 min, 2 to 3 hours from Port Lavaca, and 1 hour from Port O'Connor. Do not use the Swan Point ramp at low tide - as the area is very shallow. The site is located on the reef that extends to the northwest off of Panther Point. SITE DESCRIPTION - This submerged reef was located 300 to 400 ni from a production platform at a bearing of 2600 and 100 m from the black and white PVC pole marking the top of the reef. This subtidal reef was located to the northeast and east side of the white plastic pole off the northwest end of Panther Point. Oysters and moderately dense "grass beds" were widely dispersed on the sandy bottom. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Years I & II - Samples during Years I and 11 were collected by dredge but could be collected by tongs in calm weather. Oysters were numerous in the first two years. Station distinctions were not made. Year III - There were no oysters present at this site or any of the reefs in the nearby areas. Local and state biologists reported that all of the reefs were dead due to prolonged freshwater conditions during the spring. The submerged seagrasses and seaweeds normally present were absent. Year IV - As in Year III, there were no collectible oysters present due to the massive die-off in the San Antonio and Lavaca Bays in the spring of 1987. Spat in the size range of 0.5 to 0.75" were observed but were not numerous. In the absence of another major physical stress, there will probably be oysters next year. Year V - Station 1 was on the submerged reef on a bearing of 280' to the production platform. The bottom was shell with sandy silt. Oysters were tonged. Station 2 was 100 m to the southeast (bearing 150") between the two white poles on the west side of the reef. The site was subtidal but the oysters were collected by hand in water only 0.2 ni deep. Station 3 was another 200 m south (bearing 150'). Oysters were tonged at this location. Oysters at all three stations were mixed with abundant shell and marine algae. 115 Year VI - Oysters from all three stations were collected by hand at Year V's Station 2. All stations were collected in one location due to broken oyster tongs. Year VH - Oysters were collected with a dredge from the top of the submerged reef. Collections were made at the same locations described for Year V. Station 1 was on the North end of the reef. Station 2 was on the midsection in shallow water. Station 3 was on the south end of the reef . Year VIII - Oysters were very scarce at this reef. All the oysters were collected along the reef top near station 2. Stations were not distinguished due to the small number of oysters present. Year IX - Oysters were abundant again this year and easily collected. The samples were dredged from the same stations as those in Year V. )I[MENT COLLEMONS Years I, H, & III - Sediments were collected at the same stations where oysters were located. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPLING M[ETHOD Oysters - dredge, tongs, and hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - subtidal, 0.2 to 1.5 m. POSSIBLE CONTAMEENANTS - A nearby possible source of contamination was an oil or gas platform bearing 2600 from the reef, 0.25 to 0.5 mile distant. ENVIRONM[ENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (700) (OC) YEAR 1 18.6 18.0 February 1986 YEAR H 5.0 12.0 15 January 1987 'YEAR 111 30.0 8.0 13 January 1988 YEAR IV 21.0 12.0 15 December 1988 YEAR V 24.4 10.0 15 December 1989 YEAR VI 26.0 19.0 17 December 1990 YEAR VII 21.3 22.0 11 December 1991 YEAR VIII 20.0 14.0 16 December 1992 YEAR IN 24.0 15.0 15 December 1993 116 AV CHARLES SAPP BAY :'UG10 #7 35 nq 4*1, Ic. > DAY 6PAIVO bA Y mow sAt, a.\ ftTb,l AnANSAS SA Y 35) lip F 0 F ROCKPORT INSET Site #7 (SAPP), San Antonio Bay Panther Point Reef. A@, brM 0 6 6 6 6 0 6 6 ,q 1k 5 5 6 6 5 5 A, 6o 33 5 5 320 4 6 5 11'.11.11111111ito 1 6 300 350 5 6 5 Pan"r Reef Cut 1?;0 5 6 4 5 ,5 300 v, \01 2 6 0 6 Af4 3 6 bf M Q,@. IN 5 <@ o PA 6 Sh 5 t 6 5 5 VAR s z -SAPP 5 -Site #7 =6 - 5 3 2 C "@ZAS E t; 6 5 4 5 6 sh 6 5 to Fp I/ 4 5 5 0 5 0 Ott 5 5 M 5 5 5 0 5 / 11 ?o@ 1 ;10 P"/@j 'I, (lilt it lilt 11 it 0' N? 2 M 5 5 5 760 150 5140 130 2 4 3 \ooes 2 2 2 Swan r Pt Lake N, Marsh ---------- T A @ 6 6 2 /3 @6 6 6 6 Site #7 (SAPP), San Antonio Bay Panther Point Reef (from chart 11315). f(4,; 5111, lu; L 5L j SHE NUAE3ER - 8 DESIGNATOR - SAMP SITE - MOSQUITO POINT, SAN ANTONIO BAY, TX NONONAL SITE CENTER - 28020.65'N 96042.78V WCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11315 SITE ACCESS - Access is by boat launched at Seadrift (Haynies Seafood or the Public Ramp at Swan Point), Port O'Connor or Port Lavaca. Run time by boat from Seadrift is 30 min, 2 to 3 hours from Port Lavaca, or 1 hour from Port O'Connor. From Swan Point, near Seadrift, exit the channel which is very shallow at low tide and proceed southeast in the Victoria Barge Canal to channel marker 15. At marker 15, turn southwest to the exposed reef There are no landmarks on shore for reference. SITE DESCRUITION - The site was located off Mosquito Point west of the Victoria Barge Canal and southwest of channel marker 15. Oysters were collected on the exposed intertidal reef. A six legged wooden platform was located 80 m to the southeast of the reef. OYSTERCOLLECTIONS Years I & II - Oysters were abundant at this location during Years I and II. Station I was at the midpoint of the exposed reef, Station 2 was 150 yds south on the west side, and Station 3 was another 200 yds south of Station 2. In Year II, the station order was reversed with Station 1 on the west end of the reef, Station 2 was 200 ft to the east, and Station 3 was another 200 ft east. Year III - In Year III, there were no live oysters present on the reef and no spat or young oysters were observed. Year IV - As in Year III, there were no live oysters present due to the massive die-off in the San Antonio and Lavaca Bays in the spring of 1987. Year V - Still no oysters alive on this reef. No samples were collected this year. Year VI - Oysters were again present. Collections were made on the reef southeast of Mosquito Point. Station 1 was on the north end of the reef, Station 2 was on the middle part of the exposed reef, and Station 3 was on the southwest end of the reef. Year VII - Oysters were collected at the same locations described last year. Oysters were much more abundant this year. Year VIII - The reef was dead; therefore no oyster samples were available this year. Year IX - The site was not sampled this year. 121 )DIEW COLUCTIONS Years I and II - Sediments were collected in subtidal areas adjacent to the oyster stations from mud and sand bottom in Years I and II. Station 1 was on the west side 10-50 feet out. Station 2 was 50 yards south of Station 1 (intertidal) and 200 yards south was Station 3. Year III - Sediment samples were collected from soft sandy mud bottom over shell hash approximately 100 to 200 m north of the reef in 1 to 1.5 m of water. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPLING METHOD Oysters - hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 - 0.5 m POSSEBLE CONTAAIINANTS - No contaminants were observed but the potential for contamination existed since the site was located within a half mile of the Victoria Barge Canal. ENVIRONADEWAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (OC) YEAR 1 14.0 20.0 2 February 1986 YEAR II - 12.0 14 January 1987 YEAR 111 21.0 8.0 14 January 1988 YEAR IV 23.0 16.0 14 December 1988 YEAR V 24.3 10.0 15 December 1989 YEAR VI 25.0 19.0 18 December 1990 YEAR VII 18.0 20.0 11 December 1991 YEAR VIII 15.0 14.0 16 December 1992 122 POINT COMFORT iimEy DAY A ;r-e 433 04 BA Y 15 SAY ?go 35 /* 3 LAKE TT ONG 010 too 19 SEADRIFT > "do ;SAN AN TON11 "AFSPIRMU SANTO '4. --iBAY y All' -BA ""d SET sop"., -:7-G U L F )'R IT Site #8 (SAW), San Antonio Bay Mosquito Point. Roth 4 4 *" ro 0 3 4/1@ =@ 2 '1 Sp.,, Fl R1.55 3M -I@A j 5POil A A,--k 0 2 it Aroo, "LSPOiT . ..... . ......... 4 7,0" ......... Sw --T 2C; 2: 2 .......... K 3 2. 4 F C '17' 2 3 le ----3 - r- 4 3* =-L! -@ 0- ' 3 D=i Pits C.21. ltd 1 :7 Jz- T:7' pile 4 23" 2 .2- 3" W. , Atom 3 -- "1 1, SPOI rAr;@ ke 4. sock., spoil Areo SA. 1 4 shell Reefs Site #8 1 PA 4 4 5 Spb" pile 4 4 61 AA 4 3 4 4 4...... 4 5 5 4 4 Q 4 2 PA 4 (@@:q 2 Shell Reeft, 3 Shell 4R 4 6 6 4 PA - -1.: 1 4 Pipe 60 3 1 4 4 4 6, 4 Shell Reefs 60 T 4 62 \\@4 7 6" 7 4 4 6 u b-t M i@- 4 -Z@ 5 5 4 4 Zt 5% 4 5 4" br M OYS 4 4 2 5 5 6 0 le" 5 4 / re 10@ 1\ 6 4 Ov 3 O'e 2 4 22AO 3 0 Shell Reefs S b I OYS 4 un/ PC te k O\A 3 4 4 rep 4 Pole 5 3 ,5 2 5 Shell Reel, Site #8 (SAM-P), San Antonio Bay Mosquito Point (from chart 11315). @IW 1c, V-t rem ff 4F Ni SrM NUMER - 9 DESIGNATOR - ESSP SITE - SOUTH PASS REEF, ESPIRITU SANTO, lix NOMINAL SITE CENTER - 28017.90'N 96037.33V LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11315) 11319 SITE ACCESS - The site is accessed by boat launched at Swan Point, near Seadrift. Proceed southeast on the Victoria Barge Canal to the ICWW and then east to the site. Alternate launch points are Snapper Snatcher dock or Doc's Doe in Port O'Connor. South Pass Island, a few hundred meters to the southeast of the site, is an oil production site and has a compressor station and buildings. Approximate time to the site is 0.75 hrs. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site was located between Grass Island on the north and Steamboat Island on the south. The site was composed of a series of low exposed reefs at 105* from pumping station, 240' from water tower and 150' from outheastern most point of Steamboat Island. The sample area was an intertidal reef. S OYSTERCOLLECTIONS Years I & II - Oyster collection areas were 100 m apart on a north-south line along the exposed reef. Oysters were abundant during both years. Year III - In Year III, there were no oysters present. Texas Parks and Wildlife biologists reported that the reefs in Espiritu Santo Bay had died due to excessive freshwater inflow during the spring and summer periods. Year X - As in Year III, there were no collectible oysters present in Year IV due to the massive die-off in the San Antonio and Lavaca Bays in the spring of 1987. Spat were observed but were not numerous. In the absence of another physical stress, there will probably be oysters next year. Years V & VI - Oyster were present in adequate numbers. Station 1 was on the reef which was northwest of the tanks and west of the island where station 3 was located. The three tanks at the production facility were located on a bearing of 130'. Station 2 was north of the production station, to the east of Station 1 on the same island. It was 180' to the channel marker pole and the top of the small island was to the west. Station 3 was northeast of the tanks on the end of the island with the top always exposed and in line with the island with the Yuccas. There were abundant shell, shell hash, and small oysters with attached marine algae. Year VII - Collection sites were in the same locations as the last two years. Year VIII - The reef was dead; therefore, no oysters were collected. Year IX - Oysters were present again this year, and collected from the same stations as used in Years V through VII. SEDIMENT COLLECTIONS Years I, A & III - Sediments were taken from subtidal mud 500-1000 m to the north at three random stations in all years. Sediments were loose gray muds overlain with loose brown mud. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPLING METHOD Oysters - hand Sediment - box corer WATER DEPM - intertidal, 0.1 - 0.5 m. POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Contamination factors included oil and gas pipelines and marine traffic. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (1700) (OC) YEAR 1 22.0 17.0 1 February 1986 YEAR 11 9.1 12.0 15 January 1987 YEAR 111 37.0 10.0 13 January 1988 YEAR IV 30.0 15.0 15 December 1988 YEAR V 30.0 11.0 15 December 1989 YEAR VI 30.0 21.5 17 December 1990 YEAR VII 27.6 21.0 11 December 1991 YEAR VIII - 14.0 16 December 1992 YEAR IX 2Z.0 17.0 16 December 1993 lly, wo . f@ I POINT COMFORT -AWX SAY iAM KELLER BAV 2433 WIRT UVACA > @3 TE &AV 2b4l" 7 235 3 LAKE LONG MOTT fee 18 SWRIFT 001 SAN ANTONIO ESPIRITU SANTO SAY BA Y oft vMmT eov@ 16 09. G U L F T1 Site #9 CESSP), Espiritu %nto E%uth Pags Reef. o%cum- rhim;emno rnm,%Av Rorw;nto-A hv nffmission. lz=i MCI (see notes) Hotts COASTAL WA!fRWAY' Islands ,X Levee - ------ ------------ rea M001ing And.,,, rep 7984 Discontinued SPOW A,.. .1 ss .............................. Spoil Area 0 Subm pile Spoil A M 5 2 GRASS I S H 0 A L W A T E R sit M Morsh 6 5 4 4 5 2 .... .. 3 ..... 5 3 Shell bar-- 6 4 ESSP 2 9 2 3 6 Site 49 4 bd S Sftombo4t 5 6 6 Fft M I, C.. Id 6 5 Sh 6 61, Plollfafm 2 4 3 2 6 6 6 3 'S 4 61 6 6 Pipe 4 hrd S 6 6 6 2 so Pass 6 5 6 Island I e=zzZZ1. 6 6 7 7 6 6 5 @ I F1 R 12ft 3 3 Pri, maintd 6 61, 6 6 5 7 6 V Sit M A 2 5 4 ofl. 1@v 2 4(y, A 6 6 5 Ish 2 5 2 3 Sh -V hrd S 0 3 PIC. 2 A 0 2 CIO 0ov e 0.0 i, Ir WS A Site #9 (ESSP), Espiritu Santo South Pass Reef (from chart 11315). p F, @-w - SrIE NUMBER - 10 DESIGNATOR - ESBD SITE - BILL DAYS REEF, ESPIRITU SANTO, TX NONDNAL SITE CENTER - 28024.85'N 96026.27V WCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11315,11319 SITE ACCESS - Access to the site is from Port O'Connor via the ICWW to Espiritu Santo Bay. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site was located at Bill Days Reef which was in Barroom Bay south of Port O'Connor. The reef was oriented almost east-west. During the first two years of the study there were no live oysters. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Years I & II - The site was visited both in 1986 and 1987 and no living oysters were found. Year III - During Year III, live oysters were found. Oysters were collected by hand on the exposed portion of the south side of Bill Days Reef in intertidal water near the northernmost duck blind at the east end of the reef No distinct stations were established. Oysters were very small but were numerous. Abundant spat were present. Year IV - Oysters were again present with small oysters in clumps on dead shells. In Year IV, stations were established. Station 1 was on the west end of the reef at bearing of 360' to Port O'Connor water tower; 340' to Milchem tanks; 250 m south of the reef; Station 2 was 100 m to the east in the center of the reef on a line with the west end of Bill Days Reef and the tall tower to the west; and Station 3 was 50 m to the east. Year V - Stations which were established in Year IV were sampled again. Oysters were abundant but small. Year VI - No oysters were present in the required size range but a few 1 to 2 cm. oysters were present. Collections were not made at this site. Years VII & VIII - Oysters were present in adequate numbers for sampling, but were not very abundant. Year IX - Oysters were abundant this year, and collected from the same stations as in Years VII & VIII. SEDIM]MW COLLECTIONS Years 1, 11, & III - Sediments were composed of loose gray silt over gray sandy clay and were collected adjacent to the reef each year. Years X, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. &AWLMG METHOD Oysters - hand Sediment - hand WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0.3 m POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS No observable sources of contamination were found. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (9010) (0c) YEAR 1 28.0 21.0 1 February 1986 YEAR 11 25.6 15.0 15 January 1987 YEAR 111 36.0 8.0 14 January 1988 YEAR IV 34.0 16.0 14 December 1988 YEAR V 34.0 14.0 16 December 1989 YEAR VI - 18.0 19 December 1990 YEAR VII 30.0 20.0 11 December 1991 YEAR VIII 30.0 16.0 17 December 1992 YEAR IX 30.0 16.0 16 December 1993 134 JA N IKSON CALHO r N r POiNT AANCAHUA SAY ;Poo@ COWURT 40ox DAY oaf R DAY 87 2433 35 MV 71 MATAGORDA "M 35 't ESBD site #10 @W LA F c d MRIFT low @.CSPIRITU SANTO NIO SAY -J, PIIIIW E Site #10 (ESBD), Espiritu Santo Bill Days Reef. -.-A %_ @;Ccir%rl R TR- PORT L O'CONNOR' TANK Is It TR STORM 0 WARNINGS Ilacko, a. -------------- land Ramp J Pik$ to; Pail ...... 3 4 ......... N NI- Barroo ...... cry 3 0"D vwt CAI 5 3 Q IS FT 3 G 2 2 ................ 5 A4.iibf 3 Clj, Rep 9821 cot I, r P, ...... 7 4 9 ........ ........... 'd 8 *@ I qv% 7 7 Spoil An. 40 1! 4 7 Sh '04 5 1 3 2 6 ..<t@, 1 ESBD t:::?0- .................. S. Aft 3 ite #10 PA M 2 ......... ............... ;; 6 P"3,wW ;;@Ihoorw 1 2 food S 2 4 10 4 Teller Pt ly 4 3/ 10 10 6 4 'Z 10 3 Solu U 7 4, 4 2 2 2@0@ iied S 10 3 4 9 25 1 I --..: 1. .......... qlb 2 3 @-" 9 reP 26 Marsh Marsh w S % 1 22 13 21 24 30 is 19 Top 6 12 32 6 21 6 4 PA mp TANK 4 c,-s4/ ite PA /4 - 1 1 3 4" 0,e4 4 'o" 4-* od Flab ............. Marsh 11 - *% *, \t-, @ - ". 0 Decros Pt "7& '&S - 01 @fac, ARC ATION tji4fi 5< r _,S DE (see r'ot LF 65@c CO, 80-- 7 6 Pland Site #10 (ESBD), Espiritu Santo Bill Days Reef (from chart 11319). xF SITE NUMBER - 11 DESIGNATOR - MBLR SITE - LAVACA RIVER MOUTH, MATAGORDA BAY TX NOMINAL SITE CENTER - 28039.80'N 96034.83V LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11317 SITE ACCESS - This site was originally accessed by launching the boat at Port Lavaca State Park and proceeding for 0.5 hour to the mouth of the Lavaca River. The site was moved in Year IV. The new site is accessible from Highway 35 and can be sampled entirely by hand. SITE DESCRIPTION - The original site was a submerged reef approximately 0.5 mile west of the river mouth. The highway 35 bridge was to the south and the plastics plant to the east. The site was an exposed reef on the east side of the channel entering the Lavaca River. Oysters were located only on the west side of the reef between channel marker 22 and the river mouth to the north. Most of the reef was dead and oysters were sparse. The site was originally located at Lat. 28'41.00'N and Long. 96'34.65W. In Year IV, this site was moved because of the difficulty in finding oysters in Year III and the absence of oysters in Year IV at the original location. The site was moved to the north shore of the causeway where it joins the Highway 35 bridge. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year I - In Year I the oysters were collected by tonging from a subtidal reef west of the river mouth. Station bearings were: Station 1 was 185' to the middle span of bridge; 90' to the water tower at plastics plant. Station 2 was 85' to the water tower at plastics plant; 195' to the middle span of the bridge. Station 2 is 0.25 mile south of Station 1. Station 3 was 230' to the middle span of the bridge; 70' to the water tower at the plastics plant. Station 3 was 0.25 mile south of Station 2. Year II - No distinctions were made for Stations 1, 2, and 3 during Year II. Oysters were collected by hand. The reef could not be relocated in Year II; therefore, there was a slight difference in site location by approximately 500 to 1000 m between Years I and II. Year III - No oysters were present in Year III. Conversations with Texas Parks and Wildlife biologists indicated that the reef die-off was due to prolonged freshwater inflow. Year IV - Station I was located at the end of the causeway. Station 2 was located approximately 300 m east of Station 1, where a spit/reef extended into the bay from the shoreline. Station 3 was approximately 400 m east of Station 2. Commercial oystering was observed just north of the bridge, between the center span and the power lines to the north. Years V, VI, VII, & VIII - Oysters were collected in the same locations as described for Year IV. Oysters were numerous each year. Year ff - The site was not visited this year. MUNT COLLEMONS Years I, II, & III - Sediments were collected with a boxcorer at stations spaced equidistant and extending from channel marker 22 to the river mouth. Sediments for the NIST archive were collocated with the oysters. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPUNGMETHOD Oysters - dredge, tong or hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - 0.2 - 2 m, subtidal (Years I & II), intertidal (subsequent years) POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Possible contamination could be from the plastics plant to the southeast of the site and the Alcoa plant some distance to the south in Lavaca Bay. ENVEFtONAIENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled MO) (0c) YEAR 1 17.3 17.0 31 January 1986 YEARII 8.0 9.0 13 January 1987 'YEAR 111 23.0 8.0 12 January 1988 YEAR IV 35.0 18.0 14 December 1988 YEAR V 29.0 11.0 15 December 1989 YEAR VI 30.0 20.0 18 December 1990 YEAR VII 23.0 23.0 13 December 1991 YEAR VIII 15.0 16.6 16 December 1992 140 1; -'N N j 6KSO i W-U 13 cm CAL 0 x 7 7 V 7- 150 72 7 P INT .40ARANCAHUA SAY C F R w 4DW MAY 7 *ELLEA SAY 433 T UVACA lk 35 16?9 TE &AY 1541 717 790 - MATAGORDA 31 2?35 LAKE too ,fAWT or'CDNNDR IFT Es PIRITU SANTO -SAY Z .......... 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SM NUMER - 12 DESIGNATOR - MBGP SITE - GALLINIPPER PT., MATAGORDA BAY, TX NON[INAL SITE CENTER - 28035.25'N 96034.17W LOCATEI) ON NOS CHART # - 11317 SITE ACCESS - The boat is launched at Port Lavaca State Park and the channel is followed down to Gallinipper Point at channel marker 63. An alternate closer launch site is in the Refuge Harbour, with a marked channel leading out to Gallinipper Point. SITE DESCRJIPTION - This site was a submerged reef approximately 400 m off the north shore of Gallinipper Point. The reef ran on a1ine from the aluminum plant to a house on the shoreline that had an asymmetrically pitched roof and a fireplace chimney. The reef was south of channel marker 63 and was approximately 400 m offshore. OYSTER COL1,ECTIONS Years I & II - In Years I and II, the stations were distributed on the reef line at distances of 200, 300, and 400 m from shore. Station bearings were: Station 1 - 360' to the orange/white range tower; 275' to the twin radio towers. Station 1 - 50 m from the high range marker. Station 2 was 325' to tower with range light; 290' to the twin radio-towers. Station 2 was 400 m from the shore. Station 3 - 30' to tower with range light; 285' to the twin radio towers. Station 3 was at the eastern end of Alamo Beach. Oysters were dredged using a commercial boat. Year III - In Year III the oysters were purchased from commercial fishermen with Stations 1 and 2 located in approximately the same areas but Station 3 was a mix of Stations 1 and 2 oysters. The reef supported many live, good sized oysters. It was not fished commercially or privately during the first two years, since it was rumored to be a closed area due to pollution. There were numerous oyster boats dredging in Year III. Year IV - In Year IV, the same three sites were dredged as were sampled in Year II. Oysters were dredged by a commercial oysterman at our request and direction. Year V - The same areas and numerous adjacent sites were examined for oysters but none could be located; therefore, an alternate site, which had previously been sampled, was selected in another bay system. Year VI - Oysters were present again this year. Oysters were collected with a clam dredge. Station 1 was 100 to 200 m from the shoreline on a line between the geodesic dome house and the range marker. Station 2 was 150 145 to 200 m to the north along the same line. Station 3 was another 100 m to the north, directly south of the range marker. Years VII & VIII - Oysters were present these years and collections were made in the same location as described for Year VI. Year IX - Oysters were not very common this year, with an abundance of fresh dead oyster shells being present on the site. The samples were collected in a line between the Geodesic dome house and the range marker; Station 1 being 100m south of the range marker, Station 2 being the midpoint, and Station 3 being 150m offshore from the house. 3IME,M COLLECTIONS Years I, H, & III - Sediments in Years I, II and III were obtained by boxcore from an area northwest of the reef between the high range marker and Alamo Beach. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPLINGMETHOD Oysters - The site required dredging on a completely subtidal reef Sediment - box core WATER DEPITI - subtidal, 2 m POSSEBLE CONTAMINANTS - Possible point contamination sources were the Alcoa aluminum plant directly across the bay, and the plastics plant near the Lavaca River mouth. ENVIRONADMAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled 0700) (0c) YEAR 1 23.0 17.0 31 January 1986 YEARII 16.0 9.0 13 January 1987 YEAR 111 29.0 7.0 12 January 1988 YEAR IV 36.0 13.0 14 December 1988 YEAR V - - not sampled YEAR VI 31.0 19.0 18 December 1990 YEAR VII 24.3 20.3 12 December 1991 YEAR VIII 20.0 13.0 17 December 1992 YEAR IEK 25.0 15.0 14 December 1993 146 JA 6KSON 35 rk CALHO N 2143 70 ISO 1721- CARANCAHUA BAY POIN SC.M RT logo Coj( DAY 84 JEELLER BA Y 97 12 2433 VACA RT vo CLATE MY ?b41 7111 7 11 MA TA G ORDA 2235 7- jAxE Iles lob RIFT 'low-po ..ESPIRITU SANTO N10 DAY Site #12 (MBGP), Matagorda Bay Galfinipper Point. 3 Pon O'Connor 0. 2 TASK Pon Lavaca 0@ Platfo, AY . \A (1287) 5 3 412 For Symb and v,1 -@,\r COLAEGS. InternatiDn egule Z\11 ow / 3 3 3.00 Demarcati nes i 5 3 le'P Heights in fef PA 5 3 4 suo; Hydrogrophy and topog .1 Charting and Geodetic Servi 4. 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All 1 4A, 14 @lx dam lt7 SITE NUMBER - 13 DESIGNATOR - MBTP SITE - TRES PALACIOS BAY, MATAGORDA BAY TX NONEENAL SITE CENTER - 28039.50'N 96013.45'W WCATED ON NOS CELART # - 11317 SITE ACCESS - In Years I and II, the boat was launched at Port Lavaca State Park. The transit across Lavaca, Matagorda, and Palacios Bays takes 1.5 hours. In Year III and subsequently, the boat was launched at the public boat ramp at Palacios and then proceeded southwest out the Palacios Channel for two nautical miles to channel marker 48 and then south-southeast across the bay to the northeast end of the Coon Island Reef (15 minute run time). SITE DESCRIPTION - The site was located on a string of reefs across the mouth of Green Island Bay. The reef extends from Coon Island to Oliver Point. Station 1 at the north end of the reefs was closest to Palacios. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Years I, H, III, IV, V - Oyster collection stations remained the same during. each year of sampling. Station 1 was on the north side of Coon Island (the northernmost of three exposed islands/reefs running from Oliver Point to the northeast). Station 2 was taken from the westward end of the middle island, between Stations 1 and 3, and is due east of Red Chi #2. Station 3 was closest to Coon Island at the westernmost reef/island (samples from the north side and east end of this island). Station 3 was on a bearing of 150 degrees to the platform. Year VI - Sample sites remained the same as in previous years. A new channel marker (red 2) had been installed which provided an additional reference point. Years VII & VIII - Oyster collection stations were the same as the previous seven years. Oysters were not as abundant this year. Year IX - The site was not visited this year. SEDIMENT COLLECTIONS Year I - Sediments were collected by hand in close proximity to the oyster sites. Years II & III - Sediments were collected by boxcorer at stations located 150- 200-m, southwest from the oyster stations. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. 151 SAMPLINGMETHOD Oysters - tong and hand Sediment - hand and box corer WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 to 1 meter POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - There were no obvious sources of contamination in the vicinity except for a couple of oil or gas production platforms. Natural contamination may have been present since the entire middle island smelled of bird droppings and the waters surrounding the reef had abundant brown and green algae. ENVIRON'MENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (0c) YEAR 1 24.0 21.0 1 February 1986 YEAR 11 20.0 14.0 14 January 1987 YEAR 111 35.0 7.0 12 January 1988 YEAR IV 34.0 14.0 13 December 1988 YEAR V 26.0 14.0 14 December 1989 YEAR VI 30.3 22.3 16 December 1990 YEAR VII 22.0 21.0 10 December 1991 YEAR VIII 22.0 15.0 15 December 1992 152 > 4AD SWORT nil' 521 521 IL 853 logs @35) F_ IUp,: so TZ PALACION ATAGORDA t 40: lk TOES 0A, C, 2031 @A AS\ M13TP Site #13 Site #13 (MBTP), Matagorda Bay Tres Palacios Bay. -f 4 K 2 2 A4F 4 4 3 3 4 PALACIOS Suorne 3su'bm 3 Uncharted I ond'supmer! le 5 h orec of (his c 4 When anchor Ail PA Covered w 3 R unfigriied bu( S .48 5 5 P.,i Ar 2 5 0 R .46- Ro Pei 3 //32 5 4 6 /2 P.Pes // FI R 4s 17tt '44' -J Ro Pei 0 5 marsh 11 7 6 6 G CHANNEL TO PAL 5 2 R01421 Fr 3 CORPS OF ENGINEERS REPO R Ref k PIA 7 W Ref CONTROLLING DEPTHS FROM SEAWARD IN FEI 7 6 i "\@R I (WLW) DEIT NMTP,@/ @ME Of CHANNEL ILLV "EV 5 -site-, al I 6@- fL_@ E. GIWW To BASIN$ 12, N Cl AT(PALACIOS 12.0 11 TY EAST) BASIN 120 2 3 ENTRANCE TO 6 A Pie_ 5 Marsh MUNICIPAL (WEST) J BASIN 12.0 MUNICIPAL BASIN 120 it AP R 6 2 NOTE - CONSULT THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS FO@ / 138' Po Ref /3 CZ> SUESEOUE@n TO TKT ABOVE MODUCED BY COMPUTER ASSrMO MEtHOOS 3 2 I R 6s 17ft '16' a Pei M 3 2 2 ...... .. 5 3 .. .............. Oliver "Pt 5 / I I.-I........ 2 4f INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY ,/iLR (USE CHARTS 11315. 11319) -34' 3 P'IDes 6 2 Z Ro Pei The project depth is 12 feet from Carrabelle, Fla. to 7 Brownsville. Texas. 6 The controlling depths are published periodically in the 7 1 U. S Coast Guard Local Nctice to Mariners ED a P- FI R 4s 17ti '32' 7 62, 7 Ro Rel S 2 7 9 S @ef 8 7 2 8 A4' D.1 I // 1 28, PA Fl Y 2.5s *J,/ 7 - - - - - - Priv rnaintd 1 5 5 Marsh CD t 12) forms S A fL Site *13 (MBTP), Matagorda Bay Tres Palacios Bay (from chart 11319). 14. lg.4 SITE NUMBER - 14 DESIGNATOR - MBEM SITE - EAST MATAGORDA, MATAGORDA BAY, TX NONONAL SITE CENTER - 28042.67'N 95053.OOrW LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11317 SITE ACCESS - The site is accessed via boat launched in Matagorda at C&R Marina and Bait Camp next to the Matagorda Drawbridge. Proceed east along the ICWW to the first cut to the south. Collection areas are -100 m into East Matagorda Bay at the reefs located on either side of the channel. SITE DESCRIPTION - The exposed reefs extended out from Old Gulf Cut into East Matagorda Bay. Oysters and sediments were collected from mainly dead reefs which had silted over. There were very few live oysters, and all were very small during the first four years of study. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Years I, II, III, IV, V, & VI - Oysters were collected at the same locations during all years of the study. Station 1 was directly outside the cut, with a bearing of 350 to microwave tower on the ICWW and 1060 to a group of six pilings in the bay. Station 2 is 200 m south of Station 1, with bearing of 24' to microwave tower; 95' to group of six pilings. Station 3 is on the third exposed reef west of the Old Gulf Cut and was 250 m west of Station 1. Landmarks were 40' to the microwave tower and 80' to a group of six pilings. Years VII &VIII - Oyster collection stations were at the same locations described above. Year LY - The site was not scheduled for sampling this year. SEDIMENT COLLECTIONS Years I, II, & III - Sediment was collected 50 m west of each of the three oyster stations. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPLING METHOD Oysters - hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 to 0.5 m 157 POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - No observable sources of contamination were evident except for silting over of the reef. ENVERONADENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (700) (0c) YEAR 1 22.6 18.0 30 January 1986 YEAR 11 8.6 11.0 12 January 1987 YEAR 111 30.0 6.0 11 January 1988 YEAR IV 36.0 15.0 13 December 1988 YEAR V 24.7 10.0 14 December 1989 YEAR VI 30.0 22.0 16 December 1990 YEAR VII 20.0 20.0 10 December 1991 YEAR VIII 22.3 13.0 15 December 1992 158 mm m mmmm mom m m % 4- 7- 10 3051 53 2068 i-WADSWORT :r 521 J FJ fj 77 c 7:: I\A so PALW4 @11 MATAGORDA SW #14 WM 1z,I No S I INA-0 Ilk VVER tAkf Site #14 (MBEM), Matagorda Bay East Matagorda. % TANK 17 Old Gulf 0 0 --- --------- 0 M166-fdvhit ------------- -n CQ0k Gross (see WATERWAY tes) Sh Ispif .. . ....... 2 EM Pipe 2 1 itd #14 2 3 M 3 4 Piling 3 3 3 M Pipe 3,1 31 3,1 31, 31, 4 32' 3 32' 32' 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 S M Log Al A B A 4 y 4 M A4 4 . ;ipes 4 4 4 4 Sh 4 4 4 sh ma,ke, 4 4 PA 4 4 4 M 4 Sh 4 4 4 0 4 4 Sh Sh 4 4 4 4 4 M 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 M 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 'lop) 2 2 H og Islond 2 2 461; % I Site #14 (MBEM), Matagorda Bay East Matagorda (from chart 11319). 6.6 4 -w-,mr SrIE NUMBER 56 DESIGNATOR - MBCB SITE - CARANCAHUA BAY, MATAGORDA BAY, TX NOMINAL SHE CENTER - 28039.40'N 96023.18W LOCATED ON NOS CELART # - 11318 SITE ACCESS - This collection site, which was established in Year III, is accessed via boat from a launch point on Highway 35. The public boat ramp located on the highway is silted in near the mouth so that only a small boat can be launched. Proceed directly south down the bay for 4.5 nautical miles and then turn to the east toward a point with a PVC marker. The site can also be reached by land from Highway 35, by turning south at the intersection of Highway 35 & 1862, onto paved Jackson County Road 476. Then turn right onto County Road 477, and south again to Bay Avenue. Turn right onto Bay Avenue and go to the end of the road. The site is located approximately 100 to the west. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site was located on the east side of Carancahua Bay directly across the bay from Port Alto. Several houses were located on or near this point. The site was a shoreline site and could be collected from the shore at low tide. Oysters were very abundant at Stations 2 and 3 but were less so at Station 1. No live oysters were found in the upper part of the bay, presumably due to prolonged freshwater conditions which were common during the spring of 1987. OYSTERCOLLECTIONS, Year III - Oysters were collected at this site for the first time in Year III. Station I was located approximately 300 m south of a green house along the shoreline. Station 1 was 10 to 20 m off the shoreline on a small reef paralleling the shore for approximately 80 m, oysters were found on the bottom or attached to shell. Station 2 was on the point which extended to the southwest. At this site the oysters were attached to concrete and brick rubble. The station extended approximately 100 m into the bay. Station 3 was located southeast of Station 2 on an intertidal reef along the shore and on an exposed reef approximately 20 m from the shore. Year IV - Oysters were not sampled during this year. Year V - This site was used as a substitute for MBGP. Oysters were abundant and were collected in the locations that were sampled during Year III. Years VI & VII - This site was not sampled during these years. Year VIII - This site was used as a substitute for dead reefs futher south. Oysters were abundant and were collected at the locations sampled during Year V. 163 Year IX - Oysters were sampled from the same station locations as in Year III, with Stations 2 and 3 being interchanged. Large oysters were abundant througthout the area and were easily collected by hand at low tide. 31MENT COLLEMONS Year III - Sediment stations were located 200 m to the south and west of each oyster station. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPUNG M[ETHODS Oysters - hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 to 0.3 m POSSEBLE CONTANEINANTS - No sources of contamination were obvious within the bay; however, the inflow and runoff into Carancahua Bay was from the adjacent agricultural lands which were a potential non-point source for pesticides and agricultural chemicals. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (9010) (OC) YEAR 111 32.0 11.0 12 January 1988 YEAR V 31.0 4.0 16 December 1989 YEAR VIII 20.0 16.0 17 December 1992 YEAR IX 25.0 15.0 14 December 1993 164 wi I SON IS93 jaK CALHO N T- 2143 C-1 172 A AHUA SAY POINT COMFORT WX DAY 84 CB 7 R SAY 2 33 Sh 1456- 4 35 PORT LAVACA, e 3 1579 ZbAl MATAGORDA 2235 Y 238, 7 O'CONNOR lob F < Z-S 4.j PiRITU SANTO N10 @*A Y Site #56 (MBCB), Matagorda Bay carancahua Bay. eghearer Publishiniz Company. Reprinted by permission. MINERA 4 2 4 3 bra S 's 2 op of oo Gu( 3 2 TPT 3 ISL 2 it rep 082 Af 4 2 3 2 2 4 Mo, 4 I;k 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 3i 4 4 5 4 NIBCB 2\ Site #66 4 5 4 2 4 5 Af El Campo C1 Community 2 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 Salt Lake (I ft rep 7982) V 4 P.Pe 3, u.,w arsh 4 2 F Zz post Po Marsh 2 2 RedItsh La a reo 1982) 2 3,' Net 3 Subm p,;Des PA AIDS TO NAVIGATION 10 e 2 2 Coast Guard Light List for supPlemental C', ncerning aids to navigation. qPa 3 ifi.g PA RADAR REFLECTORS 2 P,Pe % * Jar refleclorS:have been placed on many 0 Pit" 10 g aids to navigation. individual radar 5 6 4; PA 9 for identification on these aids has been .10 Af 4 from this chart. 7 0 S Piles ) 9PA 'W" "I'," J0 to 0 "30 \'-d"If/ 9 10 I P-Pe res) 0 to -'r 0 10 9 10 F A.4 + =4 to 71 10 12 Site #56 (MBCB), Matagorda Bay Carancahua Bay.(-'Lp'm chart 11319. 4-4 Aft @-IW, "Pow Ai I A-Z SrIE NUMBER - 55 DESIGNATOR - M13DI SITE - DOG ISIAND, MATAGORDA BAY, TX NOMINAL SITE CENTER - 28038.28'N 95000.15'W L40CATED ON NOS CELART # - 11319 SITE ACCESS - The launch point is at the public boat ramp on the Colorado River. Proceed northwest to the ICWW, then southwest along the ICWW to Culver Cut, go south to the first fork and then go east. Proceed to the second PVC pipe and then go south to the first iron structure which is 200 m from shore. SITE DESCRIPTION - This site was first sampled in Year III and was located in east Matagorda Bay near Dog Island Reef OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year III - The site was first established in Year III. Station I was an oyster shell reef located approximately 500 m north of Dog Island Reef. Station 2 was directly south of Station 1 and was located on the southeast end of Dog Island Reef. There was a well developed reef with numerous oysters in the intertidal zone. Station 3 was located 100 m to the southeast on the next exposed reef. Oysters were also abundant at this site. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - The site was not sampled during these years. SEDIMENT COLLECTIONS Year III - Sediments were collocated with the oysters at each station. Station 1 was 20 m north of the oyster reef. Sediment for Station 2 was collected 50 m from the reef in -1.0 m of water. The sediment collection site at Station 3 was located 90 m to the north. Years X, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPIJNG MEvMODS Oysters - hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 to 0.3 m POSSEBLE CONTAM[INANTS - No apparent point sources of contamination were obvious. However, this site was located near Culver Cut which received drainage from agricultural activities, primarily farming of rice and grain sorghum. The Colorado River channel is scheduled to be diverted and will empty into this bay northeast of Dog Island Reef. 169 I ENVIRONMENTAL DATA I Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (10/00) (0c) I YEAR 111 28.0 6.0 11 January 1988 1 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 170 1 4@ SING 4- Z853 BOB 511 I'WADSWORT 521 A 4W \1 -47 1 14 j PALA60i MATAGORDA 4 2031 iA N 13 0*4000000* V STPA LAKE Site-#55 Al \It Site #55 (MBDI), Matagorda Bay Dog Island. NMCOA@TAL )@A Mc Nobb Island % subm pw" 4j" OC mowing Pil" APO;/ Area t ;z -7 Marsh J, ZY 4b 2 M 2 Sh MBDI 2 Site #55 2 3 M G 0 R D A 2 2 3 3 3 M A Y 4f, - Idol 3 0 ch t 4 2 4 3 Oil 2 3 3 M 2 m 2 4 Subnwged 3 iron roils 3 4 4 M 4 2 5 0 5 4 3 2 M 3 2 A 2 Greek island T, ige J. nd 2 Hooper Bayou "r PA 0 ZVO a Z 0 % Enoan= k6i.0 % T A to Al." Site #55 (MBDI), Matagorda Bay Dog Island (from chart, 11319). SrIE NUMBER - 72 DESIGNATOR - BRCL SITE - CEDAR LAIKE, BRAZOS RIVER, TX NONONAL SITE CENTER - 28051.50'N 95027.83'W IA)CATED ON NOS CELART # - 11322 SITE ACCESS - This intertidal site was first sampled in Year IV. A boat launch is located at the end of the road on FM 2918. From the boat ramp proceed southeast across the ICWW to the entrance at Cedar Lakes. Then proceed west- southwest down the channel for approximately 0.75 miles to where two land masses converge, one from the north and one from the south. SITE DESCREPTION - This site was located on the east side of the San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge near Rivers End, approximately 2 miles west of the San Bernard River. The site was south of the ICWW on the east side of Cedar Lakes. An old silted-in channel ran southwest off of the ICWW into Cedar Lakes. This area was predominated by very shallow bays with numerous oyster reefs surrounded by Spartina alterniflora marshland. OYSTERCOLLECTIONS Year rV - Station 1 was located 50 m southwest of the metal casing on the west side of the small channel which turned to the south. Oysters were collected by hand from an exposed reef on the west side of the channel. Station 2 was located approximately 150 m northeast of the metal casing and 200 m from Station 1. It was on the north side of the entrance channel. Oysters were collected by hand from both sides of the land mass which protruded to the south. Station 3 was located on the exposed reef which ran east-west and paralleled the entrance channel. The actual collection site was 350 m east of the metal casing and 200 m east-southeast of Station 2. Oysters were very abundant at this location but the sediment was soft which made access to the oysters difficult. Year V - Due to siltation of the channel leading to Station 1 it was moved 100 m to the east. The station was located on the east side of the marsh that was directly south of Station 2. Oyster collections were made on the small bay to the south. Station 2 remained at the originally established sites. Station 3 was moved 100 m to the east for better access and better quality oysters. This station was located on the west bank of the small channel which went to the south and was approximately 300 ni east of Station 1. Year VI - Oysters at Station 1 and 2 were collected in the same locations as in Year IV. Station 3 was collected at the same location as last year, along the small channel on the south side of the channel approximately 300 m east of Station 1 and 2. Oysters were located on the west side of this channel. 175 Year VII - Oysters were collected in the same area as last year but two stations were moved. Station 1 was moved approximately 50 m to the east toward Station 2. Station 2 was collected at the same location described for Year IV. Station 3 was moved across the channel approximately 50 m to the north of last years collection site. Years VIII, & LK - Oysters were collected at the same locations as in Year VII. ' 0MENT COLLECTIONS Year IV - Sediments were collocated with the oysters and were collected by hand from within the oyster bed. The sediment was red-brown soft silty mud. Year V - Sediments were again collocated with each of the oyster sites and were collected by hand. Sediment character was unchanged from last year. Years VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPLING BEETHODS Oysters - hand Sediment - hand WATER DEPTII - intertidal, 0 to 0.3 m POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - No obvious contaminants were observed, a potential source is marine fuel and oil from the ICWW. ENVIERONM]KNTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (To) (0c) YEAR IV 33.3 16.0 29 November 1988 YEAR V 27.0 16.0 4 December 1989 YEAR VI 30.0 12.7 5 December 1990 YEAR VII 19.0 13.7 3 December 1991 YEAR VIII 24.0 13.0 8 December 1992 YEAR EK 22.0 18.0 7 December 1993 176 IMAICA BEACH ?oil if ReEPOR JONESCREEK BRAZORIA 7911 45T 2611 SONARD NATIONAL oil RIVER F MATAPORDA or 0 U L F 0 F M E X I C 0 0 "Gc 4@A !01 Site.#72 (BRCL), Brazos River Cedar Lakes. (F)Sheirer 13@iblishing Company. Reprinted by permission. \\0 0 "o 100 0 It'll 6 P Marsh =--0 MeNoof Lake 0 1@z Ve Marsh 0 \\N 10 Palicors Lake Oat a 011 180 150 SAN 6ERNARD 40 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE A& (protected area) Marsh u faced Romp 29 Snag, Windmill ee "Oles) CaSW. 27 P. pile. Spo I Ar0a or of Pil D P"--A *P"@R Pill, pile Pile C Pile gzr-wls o, '0 L A -AC::D 4k- Pile* Pi K BRCL KOF FMARCATION J1Nr A) Piles PA Site #72 -wl. . ............... ..... go OL - ........................ 3 2 6 ................. *- Q ...... 4 ; ........ 9 ............. ........... ........... 2 9 ........................ 8 9 12- PA 14 Site #72 (BRCL), Brazos River Cedar Lakes (from chart 11322)., luwl Ad, Ali AA lit 4A. SHE NUMBER - 57 DESIGNATOR - BRFS SITE - FREEPORT SURFS11DE, BRAZOS RIVER, TX NOXINAL SITE CENTER - 28055.25'N 95020.33"W LOCATED ON NOS CELART # - 11322 SITE ACCESS - This intertidal site was established in Year III and is accessed from the shore. From the intersection of FM 288 and 1495 drive south on FM 1495 to the ICWW, cross the draw bridge and the site is located along the ICWW and in the housing development with silted-in boat basins east of FM 1495. SITE DESCRIPTION - Oysters could be collected easily by hand at low tide, otherwise it was necessary to tong for bottom concrete rubble on which the oysters were attached. A local resident indicated that oysters were less abundant in Year III, but a moderate population existed at the three stations. OYSTERCOLLECTIONS Year III - Year III stations were established as follows: Station 1 was directly east of the highway along the concrete rubble on the south shoreline of the ICWW and continued inside the first boat basin along the west side of the bulkhead. Oysters were collected from concrete rubble and wood pilings on the mud bottom. Station 2 was located across the boat basin along the east side of the bulkhead. The oysters were attached to the concrete bulkhead and from concrete rubble on the mud bottom. Station 3 was located in the next boat basin to the east. Oysters were collected on the east side of the channel along the bulkhead and from concrete rubble on the mud bottom. Years rV, V, VI, VII, & VIII - Oyster stations were collected at the locations described for Year III. Year IX - The site was not scheduled to be visited in 1993. SEDIMENTCOLLECTIONS Year III - Sediments were collocated with the oyster stations. The bottom was soft red silty clay over black to gray mud. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAWLINGMEMODS Oysters - hand and tongs Sediment - hand scoop and box corer 181 WATER DEPTH - Water depth at all three stations was less than 1 m at high tide with a range of 0 to 1 m, intertidal. POSSEBLE CONTAMINANTS - Contamination was possible from boat traffic in the ICWW and nearby oil and chemical refineries. Effluent from an adjacent dredge disposal site was returned to the ICWW through the second boat channel where Station 3 was located. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (9010) (OC) YEAR 111 32.0 14.0 16 December 1987 YEAR IV 30.7 18.0 29 November 1988 YEAR V 25.3 12.0 4 December 1989 YEAR VI 27.0 13.8 5 December 1990 YEAR VII 15.0 15.0 3 December 1991 YEAR VIII - - ReEPOR BRAZORIA JONESCREEK Q6) ?gll 451 4 AAN a&Wb VWLDLIFi Mt@ne 'MAYAGO RDA ell Y 66 INSET Site #57 (BRFS), Brazos River Freeport Surrside. FREEP RT to a dc0l' Of 9 leel lot 0 width of 50 feet. OV"D ME 9 TEL CM AUM C, 4, 1 Do IDGE F Surface 0 Ct". 11 / Ramp FIXED BRIDGE OV"D PWI CAI HOR CL 100 F' ALIT Ct So FT VERT CL 50 F1 Marsh Fr*opod Harbor SW$MNO RRIDOE 3 (Old Brazos lltioor) "ON Ct 101 FT OV"D TEL CABS pipefin VERT Ct 11 " AUTH CIL 107 Area TANK FIXED k Hot C too 11 VERT C OVER"I pipoli POWER SPIRE Arec Alit ID Botiff E a 1L. DEPTH OVER SILL It MOR CIL 75 FT VERT CL 60 FT Into r-Y EAI 0-- UTH CIL 63 FT N OVHD PWR A TEL CABS AUTH rL SY it PA ch ical I'larit 0041, 1 0 As BRAZOS RIVER A depth of 8 feet at ordinary river stage I /1U 19 A K, is available upriver from the Intracoastal 4K Woferwoy. DOI 5 T-iv 1I.I., Rep. Aug. 1982 F it "22" 074, IF If -k, I G I IN in rVM U '"IT; e - @P@ @@-'PA D Vote 3 I Bryan 1011ro .i,p Quin A TAL Did rwow DIMS C foom "iDGE C1 Hot 0 130 FT V, tA %top OYND P"M CAI Site AUTH Ct 100 FT . ..... ........... 0 1\ SU It ................ 2 4 -0/4 rya .. n Beach 7 Cur ent Indicator -40P 111141 0 1% \@@ , A"I" C) It --At 1 10 MONS Ali 10 0 NO \\vll it @, ii- Site #57 (BRFS), Brazos River Freeport Surfside (from chart 11322). .Al SrIE NUMBER - 15 DESIGNATOR - GBYC SITE - YACHT CLUB, GALVESTON BAY, TX NOM[INAL SITE CENTER - 29037.30'N 94059.50'W LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11326,11322 SITE ACCESS - The collection site during Years I and II was a walk-up site just north of the Yacht Club. The site was moved in Year III to near the Judges Stand outside of the Houston Yacht Club. The site is accessed by boat launched at the Houston Yacht Club, Eagle Point Marina or Galley Restaurant Marina. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site was in the middle portion of Galveston Bay near Shoreacres just north of Red Bluff. In the first two years the site was along shore in front of the third house north of the yacht club, in from the retaining wall (Lat. 29'37.20'N, Long. 95'00.10'W). Oysters were intertidal and sediments were subtidal. Sediments were collected east of the Yacht Club property. Oysters were few in number and attached to rocks. In Year III, the site was moved. The new location at the Judges Stand was subtidal and oysters were more abundant. OYSTERCOLLECTIONS Years I & II - Years I & II shoreline stations were as follows: Station 1 was 50 m north of the Yacht Club property. Station 2 was 70 m north of Station 1. Station 3 was 80 m north of Station 2. Year III - There were no oysters along the shoreline in Year III; therefore all three stations were moved to deeper water outside the entrance to the yacht basin. The reef was 2 to 3 m deep and runs south from the judges stand curving back to the shore. Station 1 was at the Judges Stand (a 4 piling platform 300 m outside the yacht basin entrance). Station 2 was 100 m to the south and Station 3 was another 100 m to the south. Year IV - In Year IV all three oysters stations were collected by tong at the Judges Stand (Station 1) due to rough weather conditions and siltation of the lower end (Station 3) of the reef. Year V - Oysters were collected from the reef around the Judges Stand. Year W - Oysters were again collected by tong from around the Judges Stand and were abundant despite the high volume and long duration of freshwater experienced in Galveston Bay. Year VII - Oysters were again collected by tong from around the Judges Stand. Year VIII - Oysters were collected by dredge from around the Judges Stand. Year IX - The site was not visited this year. 187 )IMENTCOLLECTIONS Years I & II - Sediments were collected just offshore (100 m) from the oysters stations. Year III & IV - No sediments were collected these years. Year V - Sediments was also collected around the Judges Stand, with Station 1 about 50 m to the north, Station 2 was 25 m south of the stand. Station 3 was 75 m southwest of station 2. Years VT VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPLING AMEYMODS Oysters - hand, tong, or dredge Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0.5 m (Years I & II); subtidal, 1.5 - 2.0 m. POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Contamination factors included ship traffic, residential pesticides, heavy industry and city sewage. ENVIRONAERWAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (9010) (OC) YEAR 1 15.0 12.0 12 January 1986 YEAR 11 10.0 13.0 16 December 1986 YEAR 111 24.0 17.0 11 December 1987 YEAR IV 22.0 16.0 30 November 1988 YEAR V 20.0 13.0 5 December 1989 YEAR VI 24.0 14.0 6 December 1990 YEAR VII 12.0 15.0 4 December 1991 YEAR VIII 17.3 13.0 9 December 1992 188 4 -4@ 1413 413 L. -T T. moss BLUFF 2100 A 449 90 tz; IL 3350 @7 LDRIVER ININFREE '21 MONT BELVIEU A - C VE 41 .0 Igo ap We 40MA IF 1405 SwrT a w SAY TZ AYTO 14 5 My P I N I T Y BAY t 2354 OAK L TE A POR 114 4 Site #15 (GBYC), Galveston Bay Yacht Club. C)SheareT Publishing Company. Reprinted by permission. t it Li SCOH Say 44 CAUTION 6 Rs Within Tabbs* giiiy and 4111,111 numerous O@ERHEAD Tit 10 K IS TANK BAYTO IRS Alexander 1 ,4 ov"D ro@ 0 Pettily VE17)CAL,LWT 11CM CL M F1 Win cl a) vWQ 0 PC V RADIO AWTC fobbsi Bay OL omo rwi 168 FT .ja4@3 AVN Qfl bFD TRS K % Spi mans CZ0 okes -3 Sr -"IsJond fie, Lomax 0,04"M s Stake VND CARS IiA. T r 2.530C 17ft rang so CUT WC 5r Pri ffm0iintel Pipe or ans 46take TANK 5w 41ft 2 Point In'0 F;@ iss W lildle Lo Port Rat3 idg 1 Sigilken, Park SPI-cer Highcy Ubm Pilot Ilk. Slog 5 5 4f2SN Lia Porte Boy Shoree N -t Pipe Park 4 lip" CAUTION TACK 7 y platforms, signs, pipes, piles, and Fl G Asac l7ft '85' 4"C 404 '86; s, some submerged, may exist along thf I . - P0. W Or - fka Sylvan 5It, ined channels. Piles and platforms are Marli (ligh N 1 4ww h W Or6j W Or arled where they interfere with a light 5N 6, 01, -@b Pde P N Su oced Romps 9 4 pits NOTE B 6 W Or go vessels traversing the Houston Ship W Or M7N g V@6 It/ no, can cause iwells engulfing the Shoals boyide -.4 N N oz .5 Terrace .. jec gside the channel. Small cr-vh should 2 W Or E In t G ;=Ak. N 7 76 xtrome caution when operating in "so TAM 0 5 W O'g 00 Ap W or 6tO 4 TANKO 2 F R Ligh Vcf- Ok Fl G it. M- P. Priv retained IS" A 7 IP L 3F Occ G Awe 67h R -1-FiT at 79 UR Y il CAUTION 1?-,ATFor.1M 64 4@,ms)w let VI , 11. porcry changes or defects in aids to Ab @a ed Slu Wo, Priv maimed 30 ft pd@ .001d A%7 tion are not indicated on this chart. MP 1982 C"2 a 0 tice to Mariners. 7Ok FI '75' GBYC R riling. roved channels shown by broken lines CAUTION 8 3@ WO's bject to shoaling, particularly at the Submerged Pipeline a md Ccibles Site #1 Priv mointol Uncharted submerged pipelines and cables .Pile C may exist in the vicinity of gas and oil -ell 3aOk lel C structures. or between such structures and the Surf6 Fl 4mc AON y 7nd -EIRHEADI h Id se caution when J ,,ho,eline..Maririer, @ ou u PA anchoring S. S -1 . - I ., 7 Site #15 (GBYC), Galveston Bay Yacht Club (from chart 11326). SITE NUMBER 16 DESIGNATOR - GBTD SITE - TODD'S DUMP, GALVESTON BAY, TX NONEINAL SITE CENTER - 29030.06'N 94053.82W LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11326,11322 SITE ACCESS - The boat was launched at Pelican Island (TAMU boat basin) in Years I and II and the run up the Houston ship channel to San Leon takes about 1 hour. In Year III, the boat was launched at San Leon Marine near Eagle Point where a lift was available. In subsequent years the boat was launched at the Eagle Point Marina. SITE DESCRIPTION - The collection site was near an exposed reef midway between southeast Eagle Point and Red Fish Island at Houston Ship Channel. The reef ran from Eagle Point to Red Fish Island. This was an extensive reef with several shipwrecks. The top of the reef was exposed at low tide. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Years I & Il - Station 1 was west-southwest of the reef between the reef and Eagle Point in 1.5 m of water. Bearing to landmarks are 850 to middle exposed reef-, 180' to Railroad draw bridge. Station 2 was dredged near the exposed portion of the reef (about halfway between the marina and the ship channel dredge material islands). Station 2 landmarks were 140' to the middle of the exposed reef. Station 3 was dredged northeast of the reef at about half the distance to the island. Station 3 landmarks are 330' to the middle of exposed reef-, 210' to railroad draw bridge. Year III - Year III stations were close to those previously used. Station 1 was moved approximately 0.5 miles to the north -50 m offshore of the exposed reef which borders the ship channel and east of the south end of the reef. Stations 2 and 3 were the same as those previously sampled. Year IV - In Year IV the oysters were obtained from the north side of the east/west reef extending from Eagle Point marina to the exposed reef bordering the ship channel. The location corresponds to Station 2 in previous years. At the time of sampling all commercial oystering was confined to this area and the oysters were purchased. Year V - Station 1 oysters were purchased from a lugger working on the east end of the reef. Station 3 oysters were obtained from another lugger working on the west end of the reef, approximately 200 m from the first pole at the entrance to the Eagle Point Marina. Station 2 was a combination of oysters from Stations 1 and 3. Year VI - Station 1 oysters were collected at the high point of the reef toward the west end. Station 2 was collected at the middle of the reef near the ship wrecked boat (29'29.70'N, 94*53.82'W). Station 3 was dredged by a commercial lugger operating slightly north of the east end of the reef in the bend of Red Fish Island. Year VII - Station 1 oysters were collected on the northwest end of the reef approximately 200-300 m from the exposed portion of the reef, Station 2 was near the middle of the reef approximately 300 m north of the wrecked shrimp boat. Station 3 was on the east end of the reef approximately 500 m northeast of the shrimpboat. Oysters were numerous at the first two stations. Year VIII - Oysters were collected at the same reef segments as last year. Year IX - Large oysters were abundant all the way along the reef. Station 1 oysters were collected on the south side of the reef, next to the sunken shrimp boat. Station 2 oysters were collected 300 m west of the wreck, also on the south side of the reef. Station 3 oysters were collected 300 m east of the wreck on the south side of the reef. )DIENTCOLLECTIONS Years I & II - Sediments in Years I and II were collected north and northwest of the reef. Mud bottoms were patchy in distribution. Year III - Sediments were collected within 100 m of each of the oyster sites. Year IV - Sediments for Year IV were collected with a box corer within 100 in of each of the oyster collection sites described for Year III. Year V - Sediments were collected adjacent to each station. Station 1 was 100 m north of the east end of the exposed reef. Station 2 was 100 m north of the center of the reef. Station 3 was 300 m north of the oyster collection site. All the sediments were sandy-silt over black clay. Year VI - Sediments (NIST) were collected 100 m north of each oyster station. Years VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPLING METHODS Oysters - Dredging, tonging, or by hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal to subtidal, 0.1 to 3 m POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Sources of contamination included the dredging activities on the Houston ship channel, the Houston ship channel-Galveston Bay complex, and the petrochemical industry at Texas City. 194 ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled 0700) (OC) YEAR 1 12.0 9.0 12 January 1986 YEAR 11 8.2 11.0 19 December 1986 YEAR 111 30.0 18.0 9 December 1987 YEAR IV 33.0 16.0 29 November 1988 YEAR V 19.0 14.0 6 December 1989 YEAR VI 22.0 13.0 7 December 1990 YEAR VII 10.0 13.2 5 December 1991 YEAR VIII 13.3 18.0 10 December 1992 YEAR IEK 13.0 16.0 8 December 1993 195 N& AP 016 SMITH POW 146 517 ZZ, :7 IJ KINSON 4- Ilu Qu MAS I -1 ,b& MADi H11 HCOCK BAYOU WIS ALVESTON Site #16 (GBTD), Galveston Bay Todd's Dump. 9C"61 N"62" .5 Eft 9 10 \Platlo 7 4 W Or'A 9 Pr;v mq;nId k9 P;:, N@ or 'Eir, 1"p,i,r P/ 9 k @, 11 1,/ -,, , PA io off 06 9 Fl G Asec 3ft .59- zwo"G- 8 Obstructions 71 Wells and Pipelines 13%5 7 PA (see note D) Z. 7 9 = oft Pi@ rraitild ISP 8 Z- 7 6 i PA @k or -c- Z-7 Z, a OF C@Vz@ 1, -, ", 74@- W@,O, "F' V i6 7 a-, 1P.;md a WO "0- 8 Obstructions P6, 1 106 13 o(e rep maintai Wells and Pipeline //"//11111 1 If# I it I t V, 6' 7 7 -TO I"1 21. 7 W 0, 'E' 08 T 6 Maintq ok, 6k FlR 6; 6 7 6- 8 6 riv maintel 7 Sig. hrd 75 Sig,, ISO 6 7 62 01 2 5 7 1 --q]@TD 6\- boot 2 3 6 1 5 P S. aced Ria p 4 Sh 5site #16 Sri "n 5 .4@ .5 - PD 3 2 NOTE D Markers Y 20 2 Gas and Oil Well Sttuclures PA imerous uncharted gas and oil well 2 subm Sft**s ures, pipes, piles, and stokes exist within NOT 2 PA eston Say. Large vessels traversing the Houston Sh' I If 26 1 Channel con cause swells engulfing t .he shoals 2 Olt EV alongside the channel. Small craft should (2 YZ ft use extreme caution when cipero@snq in these. pit. altos. 4 Son Leon"' (3 ff -p) M Sh pip.24 w 4 Obn i 4 4 6. 32 W 2 4 6) 4 boat 0 2 S barrier 2 Pri. .c Platforms 4 2 2 ED S 6 Shi to I III relo Ao-eil Fool Pt 5 2 1977 3 1;-@ 1.1e0 2 3 3 N, -6 Pile,/@@, Y Subm pi", coikwt stab vivo5 Dickinson go 5-t- Pa.. 3 6 4 M Sh 2\ f Ok Fl t-gfvl 6 "1*,/ 3 PA G PA Priv mainid 111: 16011 Pipe. C', 5" 60 0`7 5 6 @D W 1!tn 6; wo " @6 G P; 2 -7p 4 .3'. Mar 0 0 U / ;:@@ 3 M a A 4w s 3 F14sect7tt'4' 4, ,il* ---, spo", 11@", -- 6.,\.v . %" Site #16 (GBTD), Galveston Bay Todd's Dump (from chart 11326). 6r, SrIE NUM]BER - 17 DESIGNATOR - GBHR SITE - HANNA REEF, GALVESTON BAY, TX NONIINAL SITE CENTER - 29028.85'N 94044.00W U)CATED ON NOS CHART # - 11326,11322 SITE ACCESS - The boat was launched at TAMU boat basin on Pelican Island during the first two years of the study and the ICWW is traveled along Bolivar Peninsula to the first cut (Sievers Cove) through to East Bay. The reef is to the northwest. In Years III & IV, the boat was launched at the Eagle Point Marina. SITE DESCRIPTIONS - Hanna Reef is a large subtidal reef that runs northwest to southeast and separates East Bay from Galveston Bay. The large exposed (only at low tide) portion in the middle served as the point of reference for site identification. The oyster site was the submerged reef northeast of the large exposed part (bearing 055' from) and marked by two telephone pole sized pilings. Also at mid-bay there was a solitary concrete piling and a six leg wooden platform. The area was fished commercially and marked by many temporary stakes. OYS= COLLECTIONS Year I - In Year I the oysters were obtained on site from a commercial dredger and thus no station distinction was possible. Year II - In Year 11 the stations were dredged from the submerged reef to the northeast of the exposed part of Hanna Reef. Station I was on the west side of the submerged reef, between two telephone poles. Station 2 was north of the reef. Station 3 was east of the reef. Year III - In Year III, oysters were purchased from a commercial fisherman operating at Stations 1 and 2 and oysters were dredged from Station 3 at approximately the same location described above. Year IV - Oysters were purchased from commercial fishermen dredging on Hanna Reef. Year V - Oysters were tonged to the north of the exposed part of Hanna Reef on a line between the white oil platform and the six legged wood platform. Station 1 was on the west side of the reef approximately 1000 m east of the white platform. Station 2 was 150 east of Station 2 near the top of a submerged reef. Station 3 was another 200 m east toward the six legged platform. The bottom was shell and shell hash in dark brown mud. Year VI - Oysters were purchased from a commercial fisherman dredging on Hanna Reef. 201 Year VII - All three stations were dredged off of the east end of the exposed portion of Hanna reef. The first station was approximately 300 m east of the reef with Stations 2 and 3 further to the east separated by approximately 50-m. Year VIII - Oysters were dredged in the same location as Year VII. Year IX - This site was not scheduled for collection this year. )DONTCOLLEMONS Years I, II, & III - Sediments were obtained by boxcore adjacent to the oyster stations. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPLING ME"MODS Oysters - dredge, tong, or purchase Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - subtidal, 1 to 3 m POSS11BLE CONTAMINANTS - Possible contaminant sources included oil and gas development in Galveston and East Bays and the petrochemical complex at Texas City. ENVIRONAIENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (9100) (OC) YEAR 1 10.5 7.0 11 January 1986 YEARII 10.0 12.0 16 December 1986 YEAR 111 30.0 18.0 9 December 1987 YEAR IV 34.0 16.0 29 November 1988 YEAR V 16.3 14.0 6 December 1989 YEAR VI 23.0 12.0 6 December 1990 YEAR VII 10.0 13.2 4 December 1991 YEAR VIII 18.0 13.0 10 December 1992 202 77 41c N, -SMITH POINT 146 517 "Oft #17 CKINS01 t log 67 17 TEX-AS C1 HI CHCOCK BAYOU VISTA SRI GALVESTON M J'. Aw JL Site #17 (GBHR), Galveston Bay Hanna Reef. OShearer Publishing Company. Reprinted by permission. 2 %Fingt-et.u. 1. ing the regulations may be obtained at the _u" un is Office of the District Eng;neer, Corps of Stake Engineers in Galveston, Texas. o pile Lake Surprise oined Anchorage regulations may be obi - --- ------ at the Office of the Commander, Sth Coast 2.%19 Guard District in Ne- Orleans, Lo. .. ... 4.: i N Refer,tc, section numbers shown with ------ area des notion. S,:k., 4' son Ps 38 .. .. ........... 2 1, Romp SiZ .... i" 2 3 2 ...... ..... 3 4 2 5 f -ipe oys Plotform 2 Files 5 3 NAh 4 Sh 4 3end pilft;. .. . .. .. .......... . 2 M 3 5 5 3 -Pile Dol 3 aPlatform 5 Platform 6 6 MSh M Sh M 7 M 5 5 Obstructions 6 6 6 6 Wells and P;pelints 4 (see n te Q 5 5 6 M 3 6 M 3z' Sh oc 2 7 2 Piles 6 G13HR *I Pile Pa. 3 6 Pile 4 S46 #17 sb. pip;s- st, e e @. 2 Platform pi ips, 3 A I el Pi 2 M pile 5 5 *S-b- Pie* 4 6 Pile I. 4 ?rove 6 OPILE Pik 2 2 Marsh 6; 6 2 subm Post 00 0 Pa. Foot .p SO- Pile- 6 6 6 2 Poll 7 7 Ift M S 3 2 7 6 5 File. 7 L 6, 7 7 6 6 Pi 00file 7 x 7 Pilftt 6 5 3 File o 3 9 7 -?Pii&s Fl @@l A 7 6 1-7h 4' to ....... Pa- 7 7 Flake 2 15 6,' subin pile f I to 1 16 S ,V5 am proeiire' 6, 2 Piles 14X 16 se, oic C 10 7 _19- File 440sts '-" 14' Ip" o' Piling , : 2 subm Pile (0@walh al W) 17 s# fipe fop P1.11- 14 I V7 to (lighted) a Lr 2 4 16 s P'e Ete ,,T 3 P i I'ft* Sub- pk- . RADIO 3 10 16 Site #17 (GBHR), Galveston Bay Hanna Reef (from chart 11326). SrIE NUMBER - 18 DESIGNATOR - GBCR SITE - CONFEDERATE REEF, GALVESTON BAY, TX NONIINAL SITE CENTER - 29015.75'N 94054.88V LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11326,11322 SITE ACCESS - The site is accessed from the boat launch at TAMU boat basin or more directly by driving to a public boat ramp for launch directly south of the site. Take Seawall Blvd. west to 8 Mile Road, which joins Anderson Ways Road at Stewart Street. Continue on Anderson to the north almost to West Bay and turn left at Sportsman Road, proceed for -1 mile. The boat ramp is on the right between two houses. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site was a reef between Deer Island and shore, approximately 0.5 mile from the boat ramp. This large reef was exposed at low tide and was utilized by commercial and private fisherman. This was a heavily utilized reef, as was evidenced by the large number of people collecting oysters during the third year's collections. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Years I, II, & III - Stations were established along the edge of the reef. Station 1 was located on the eastern tip of the reef. Station 2 was in the middle of the reef and Station 3 was at the west end. Oysters were picked by hand from 0.5 m of water on both sides of the reef. Year IV - In Year IV, the prevailing winds and tides had covered the reef completely with waves of about two feet. Thus, sampling by hand on the reef margins was not possible. Oysters were obtained from a commercial dredger operating in the area of former Station 2, between Confederate Reef and South Deer Island to the north. The site was 1.7 nautical miles to the west from the green channel marker 9 at the entrance to Offatts Bayou. Years V, VI, VII, & VIII - Oysters were collected by hand at low tide from the exposed reef. Station 1 was located on the eastern tip of the reef where 50 m of reef was above water. Station 2 was in the middle of the reef to the west of Station 1. Station 3 was on the west end of the reef approximately 300 m west of Station 2. The entire reef was over hard bottom composed of shell and shell hash. Year LX - The site was not scheduled for collection this year. SEDIM[ENT COLLEMONS Years I, II, & III - Sediments were patchy and were located approximately 1 mile north of the oyster stations, between Deer Island and the reef, and 2T northeast from the island at a distance of -50 m. Sediments were collected at Lat. 29'16.10'N and Long. 94'54.60'W. Year V - Sediments were collected north of the oyster stations near Deer Island. Station 1 was on the east side of the island 200 m from shore. Station 2 was on the south shore of Deer Island near a cove approximately 60 m from shore. Station 3 was on the west side of Deer Island 60 m from the shore. Sediments were silty sand over hard sand. Years IV, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPLINGMETHODS Oysters - hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal or subtidal, 0 to 0.5 m POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - There were no obvious sources of contamination in the vicinity of the reef. ENVIRONMIENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (0c) YEAR 1 20.0 7.0 10 January 1986 YEAR 11 17.0 14.0 16 December 1986 YEAR 111 37.0 18.0 10 December 1987 YEAR IV 40.0 12.0 30 November 1988 YEAR V 21.5 11.0 5 December 1989 YEAR VI 26.0 13.0 6 December 1990 YEAR VII 24.0 12.0 4 December 1991 YEAR VIII 23.6 13.0 9 December 1992 77-7 -'4 Z. ;7;@ .1 -SM T PC INT 4.. .7 jF KINSON 107 108 87 RQUE RTEXAS C1 --V J Pr I CHCOCK SO- BAYOU VISTA at SALVESTON CR #19 Site #18 (GBCR), Galveston Bay Confederate Reef. eShearer Publishing Comvanv. Reprinted by permission. or- K, 2 C115 1 11 Ck 70 11 @'o VERT CL 14 1 ,OVHD PWR CA 0\1 2 FT Marsh C"49 41 ;1P% --.Ft 15";"" C47" '1_1 2 P9, 2 North eer T, 4 ,@4 'x \ .. 'V, 2 2 1 Isl d C., IV 0 ip". or li@W th 4 7- 00 5 3@R 4 It, -A 4 1@4 '6\ 8 12 :..:2 106 4 a- 2 1 2.9 --cs 2 N-42" -7 3 3 2 41 3 3W-a- Ok F1 12 Ncll 3 R%'\ 4 AV 2 (3 3 0 2-2_ 0 5 3 .... pi; 6 Oje; 3P po ...... ..... 7 4' V ............ 2 IJ6 3 -3- Pf it C. 2 ;FN' I 'Vft. 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NA, SrIE NUMBER - 58 DESIGNATOR - GBOB SITE - OFFATTS BAYOU, GALVESTON BAY, TX NONIINAL SITE CENTER - 29017.08'N 94050.15V LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11322 SITE ACCESS - This collection site, established in Year III, is located in the middle of the south shore of Offatts Bayou. From Stewart Rd. Take 71st Street north to Heards Lane and then travel down Bay Drive through the apartment complex. Follow the dirt road around the turn for approximately 100 m and turn north onto private property to an open shed with a green roof The stations were located along the shoreline north of the shed at Lat. 29016.65'N and Long. 94'50.87'W. In Year IV, the collection site was moved to the 61st bridge at the public boat ramp. SITE DESCRIPTION - This collection site was located in the middle of the south shore of Offatts Bayou. Oysters could be picked up along the shoreline but sediments had to be obtained in deeper water east of the oyster stations. Oysters were fairly common but not abundant and were attached to concrete and brick rubble or were loose on the bottom. OYSTERCOLLECTIONS Year III - Year III stations were located as follows: Station 1 was located at the boat ramp and extended east to the first set of wooden pilings. Station 2 was located between the pilings and wood pier. Station 3 was located to the east of the wood fishing pier. Years X, V, & VI - In Year IV, the Offatts Bayou site was moved to the east end of the bayou to correspond to the location from which sediments were sampled in Year III. The new GBOB stations were located on the 61st Street causeway at the bridge which crosses the bayou. Station 1 was on the bay side of the bridge, extending from the bridge to the public launching ramp. Station 2 began under the bridge (on the south side) and extended into the enclosed basin part of the bayou. Station 3 was inside the small basin, extending south from the bridge. Years VII, VIII, & IX - Oyster collection stations were located at the same sites described above. MENT COLLECTIONS Year III - Sediment was collected at the east end of Offatts Bayou near the shoreline. This was the only place in the bayou where mud was found. All other sites had sandy bottoms. 213 Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPLINGMETHODS Oysters - hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPM - 0 to 0.5 m. POSSIDBLE CONTAMINANTS - No obvious point sources of contamination were seen; however, this bay was surrounded by housing and residential development and had a long-term history of pollution. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (9010) (0c) YEAR 111 35.0 18.0 8 December 1987 YEAR IV 38.6 15.0 30 November 1988 YEAR V 21.7 13.0 5 December 1989 YEAR VI 27.3 15.5 6 December 1990 YEAR VII 24.0 14.5 4 December 1991 YEAR VIII 25.0 15.0 9 December 1992 YEAR IEK 21.0 17.0 8 December 1993 214 M-7 7- Q'PQj, Ar.- :4 __7 -'1@ All SMITH POINT 40 A- X1111SON too 87 T XAS CIT big .4dk)(PMR R1 CHCOCK ',BAYOU VIST 'D17 00@ ALVESTON :4 14 _4 Site #58 (GBOB), Galveston Bay Offatts, Bayou. 10Shearer Publishing Company. Reprinted by permission. Surfaced 731 Rom VI" ct 14 2 2 Marsh C"49, VhD PWR CA Fl North ee;, 2 4 0, 2 Isl d 0 3, P- P@ It 4 4 4 1 8 2 %;' 8 0% 6 4 ::2 Z41 1 2*9 24@ 2 3 3 3- pli" 14"6% :;@.3 Ok FIR 15ft 0 2 ... 2 A\ 4 AD 2 0 5 2 3 36* 3 9 3 7 4 3 'A Q,;,/ ,@ . ....... . 01 b F Ic - @ @S, % N'\ M sh .3 spoii 2 ;1113 69 k@ 4- -fZ 0 P-M 3 3 qp Arto 0 .......... South Deer 3 4 Ok q* `404 lit" 8,17 'p 2 S-bnt "I'l G d 0, Pita rn Island V41. pa. .73 ft 4 V 5 "it 2 21% b @Irft "ID' C; 4 to 4 NO 0*0@6 " f .-I. ...I P' '4 2 6 2 .......... W R21 X-. 2 .......... 2 2 3 4 2 3 ... /14 4 2 nt G 6se;3;`\ 6 Fr sy 25 ry SEP? 980 6 2 E I Ir 2 5 30ft 3 % 4 4 @TG_ 2 3 PA pip%. Su pipe ..1k Fi 4 3 2 *Pipes Pit 43 5 4 I oat S i 2 G 2 ... ........ P 9160004, 1 45\ ZOO 5 2 JUL ------------ Suw@' 11whrIf - 3--3 I *PC.... '12",WMA ly ev y9s. @,fq!t ....... ,I a &;hl"Un PF 11 ---- -------- 2 % 11rincCa iff. Romp 2 -A-@ .._@mjlnon W YS - ------ .2 Ab ...... . . %, iws 0"4 4 U ace Skit)" Tfing Poo P-6@,, Ramp@@ A@ 9 24"I!A- --- ----- ------- q -2 p p ;CABL ------ ... ------ K A -------------- - A ,2 13 0 16 19 ----------------- --------- -------------- -------- -- Z ---------- 20 Scholes 2(59@, Field P;pes ED R 12 Site #58 (GBOB), Galveston Bay Offatts Bayou (from chart 11322). wi SITE NUMBER - 59 DESIGNATOR - GBSC SITE - SHIP CHANNEL, GALVESTON BAY, TX NONEINAL SrIE CENTER - 29042.27'N 94059.58V LOCATED ON NOS CELART # - 11326 SITE ACCESS - This collection site, which was established in Year III, is located at the mouth of Goose Creek in Tabbs Bay. Access to the site is by boat launched at The Galley Restaurant and Marina, south of U.S. Highway 146 on Black Duck Bay. SM DESCRIPTION - The three oyster stations were located approximately 150 m off of Tabbs Bay point in a south to north line on a submerged reef marked by concrete pilings. Oysters were collected with tongs in I to 1.5 m of water on the submerged reef Numerous dead oysters were present along the reef but abundant young oysters were present. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Years 111, X, VI, VI, WI, & Wrl - Oyster stations in all years were from south to north along the reef Station 1 was near a group of concrete pilings. Station 2 was 50 m north and Station 3 was 50 m farther north. Year IX - Very few live oysters were to be found in the area, as a layer of silt now covers the dead reef. Only one small sample of oysters was collected from the entire area that was originally established in Year III. The surrounding area was searched and no live oysters were found, just extensive collections of oyster shell. SEDIMENT COLLECTIONS Year III - Sediment stations were located east of the oyster stations. Station 1 was collocated with the first oyster station. Station 2 was located 50 m to the east and Station 3 was 50 m farther east. Year X - No sediments were collected this year. Year V - Sediment samples were taken in the same locations as described in Year Years V1, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAWLWG M=ODS Oysters - tongs and dredge Sediment - box core 219 WATER DEPTH - subtidal, 1 to 1.5 m POSSIEBLE CONTAMINANTS - Potential contamination was possible from the Houston Ship Channel to the west and from the Goose Creek watershed which drained a heavily industrialized area containing several petrochemical refineries. ENVIRON7vfENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (OC) YEAR 111 22.0 18.0 12 December 1987 YEAR IV 21.0 16.0 30 November 1988 YEAR V 17.0 13.0 5 December 1989 YEAR VI 10.0 16.0 6 February 1991 YEAR VII 12.0 16.0 4 December 1991 YEAR VIII 15.0 14.0 9 December 1992 YEAR IX 12.0 16.0 7 December 1993 -A -A 1409 "N 14113 is -11OSS BLUFF 14" A@% 3350 INFREE MONT BELVIEU COVE 146 in V 54 lob soory NAY qxm Air R IN I TV .8A Y A BAK t154 'Pi 1@;. r .;!iw. 46 Site #59 (GBSC), Galveston Bay Ship Charmel. a4-hpnrp@r Plubh-hinv Comloanv. Reprinted by permission. t W 11 Scott Bay N ? CAUTION Within Tabbs Say and TR TANK.! ore numerous O@fRHEAD W N TANK - TRS 0 'CA BAYTO N TRS 0 '% "% oi ' - Alexander I 'k rwit CAM 0 Polly V1174A, W7 '4111 CL I I rr k GBSC -'W OL isir, zz --zz- Site #59 'k, a RADIO MASTC I 168 Ft bbstBay Iob ED TRS i;-, spilrin \,CN .2 T2 TR r TA K Spilmons S .0 TS.- Stokes3 Island TR$ . t " T. V f44 Lomax "D C S %11; 'iNspoil SiA. Staki "a CANS Irk , 2.5%ec l7ft 'Pl. S rang 5 We Pipe Fri. inclintlif irgo Zook* TANK Point Int 6s*c'4 I ft 2 : !'. vrS.9 , F1 R We -W Stakes East La Porte t Rol3 I , "0 %I G sec ii, X.- " BOYY#dg p Subm TANKO Os,,&. Spencer High,ioiiay subm PUMPS -'1""'2 eft 4 Porte Boy S ore V'67" til 7 pipe Park 6 L 7 CAUTION ACK y plattorms, signs. pipes. piles. and FIG sec l7ft'85' Fl It Am %'70- '. .11 FIC Ref some submerged. may exist along thf Sylvan Beach W Of 5 rained channels Piles and platforms are Markey (lighted) IN9 ;haried where they interfere with a light 5 W Or W Or(,, 6' Pile ep N Sur aced Romps Z; 4 file '9 I'll C1163" NOTE 8 \ @ 6 8 MW Or \4* 7N ge vessels traversing the Houston Ship W or W Or t N N inel can cause swells engulfing the shoals Boyside .5 1' Terra gsido the channel. Small cr-ift should 2 WCrr E Int G ssec 650 TANK N 7 7 6 xtreme caution when operating in these a 5 4A W Oir(@ I W Or N NN 1, 4 NU 7 ek Shoreocres 41 6N Ok Ft G 25@ TANKC) 2 F it Lights Priv mointcl '150'5 P, 7 V% OR7 SHIP CHANNEL 38 FT CE-%',f Occ G Awc 6 V CAUTION I mAR 978-FES 1979 @PLA-@,rlil I 4 -%b" "ta ed Oil .-M War porary changes or defects in a;ds to 30 fly P- :riamIdA tion ore not indicated on this chart. rep 982 3 r- 7Ok FI -75- tice to Mariners. R roved channels shown by broken lines CAUTION 81 ff wof 8 priv moined bject to shoaling, particularly at the Submerged Pipeline and Cables Uncharted submerged pipelines and cables 1:7 file C -may exist in the vicinity of gas and oil well 8 10k 1`1 C structures, or bei@veen such s1ructu'es and the Surf Oo s FI Aw M ,shorel;ne. a i ers @ho Id use cooicin when anch 7S. $ >,ing / - I. .: I Site #59 (GBSC), Galveston Bay Ship Channel (from chart 11326). LOUISIANA SrIES SHE NUMBER - 19 DESIGNATOR - SLBB SITE - BLUE BUCK POINT, SABINE LAKE, LA NOWNAL SITE CENTER - 29047.50'N 93054.42W LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11342 SITE ACCESS - The site is accessed by boat launched at the ramp on the east side of Sabine Lake at the base of the Highway 82 bridge at Mesquite Point. The ramp is on the right just after crossing into Louisiana. The site is north of the ramp at Blue Buck Point about a 10 minute run by boat. In some years, there were numerous gill nets in the area. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site was at or adjacent to Blue Buck Point in the lower part of Sabine Lake. Oysters have been collected by hand along the shoreline and by tonging in deeper water offshore from the point. Oysters occured in clumps on the shell and mud bottom and were not overly abundant. OYSTERCOLLECTIONS Year I - Oysters were collected by dredge and by hand the first year. Station 1 was dredged 300 m. north of Blue Buck Point at a bearing of 3600 from the point, 1100 from the middle of the ICWW bridge, and 340' from the tall radio tower to the south. Station 2 was collected by hand just offshore approximately 80-ni south of the point. Station 3 was 350 ni south of Station 2 about 10 ni offshore. Year II - Collection sites were along the shoreline . Station 1 was collected along the western margin of the lake at Blue Buck Point approximately 1 to 10 m. offshore. Station 1 was a composite of Stations 2 and 3 since the collectors were unable to find oysters at last years station. Station 2 was just south of the point and Station 3 was approximately 200 m farther south. Year III - Oysters were tonged 200 m offshore with Station 1 off the western edge of Blue Buck Point. Station 2 was south of the point and Station 3 was 200 ni farther south. Oysters were scatter clumps in the sandy mud bottom. Year IV - Year IV Stations were located slightly farther offshore than previously sampled. Station 1 was 250 m south of the duck blind at Blue Buck Point. Station 2 was 400 ni southeast of the duck blind and 250 ni south of Station 1, located at a pole and approximately due west of several oil tanks on the shore. Station 3 was 250 ni south of Station 2. Numerous oysters were dead or near death, the reef appeared to have had a partial die-off, and appeared to be recovering. 225 I Years V & V1 - Oysters were located along a narrow reef with a few live oysters attached to dead clumps. Station I was 300 m west of the point. Station 2 was 100 m south of the point. Station 3 was 150 m south of station 2. Year VII - Oysters were collections were at the same stations as the previous two years. Oysters were very sparse with many recently dead. Year V111 & IX - Oysters were collected at the same stations as in the Years V through VII SEDIMENT COLLECTIONS Years I, II, & III - Each year the sediments were collected offshore in subtidal waters adjacent to the respective oyster sample stations. Years IV & V - No sediments were collected during these years. Year VI - Sediment sites for NIST sediments were collocated with each oyster station. Years VII, VIII, IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPLING METHODS Oysters - hand, tong and dredge Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - 0.0 - 1.5 meter POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Contamination factors included ship traffic, urban sewage, and heavy industrialization nearby. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%) (c) YEAR I 17.5 7.0 26 January 1986 YEAR II 19.0 3.0 10 December 1986 YEAR III 15.0 16.0 28 December 1987 YEAR IV 16.0 27.0 6 December 1988 YEAR V 20.0 14.0 6 December 1989 YEAR VI 15.0 13.0 8 December 1990 YEAR VII 10.0 14.0 5 December 1991 YEAR VIII 16.0 12.0 10 December 1992 YEAR IX 11.0 16.0 9 December 1993 226 IDGE CITY 0 "7 . ...... 4i:7 soke #19 -7. 3 7.- L 7, 21, -V, L I 4! - k BAY EAST Site #19 (SLBB), Sabine Lake Blue Buck Point. CShearer Publishing Company. Reprinted by permission. + - ipoll Aroc 6 6 I 4 5 o 5 5 3 5 2 N 5 3 2 \\.\Tk a Site .019) 5 a&,- 2 10@ 2 It, \4 0 4 2 0 5 2 4 3 0 5 bbstructions Wells ard 'pelines (see rate 0) 14 lue Suck Point tAAGNE r C 5 5 3 5 5 1 z i 3 4 Obsin 3 Fish Havon M.1 PA 3 4 2 3 PA 4 PA 3 7 2 2 3 8 DECPE?' PA -r 4 3 2 7 8 \4 3 13 8 13 O/C@ 3 7 3@ I Dal 17 6VHD PWR CAB 16 fiTH CL 75 FT x 21 "A 0 Itill 1111111 Vattao 24 \. -,.1 47 1 lb 2- 703 j': -I ILft Pht \ SWING OMDGE q,,22 C'qA, HOR CL 8D FT 11, VERT CL 9 FT 6 6 0 R 19, 'C' \WrP 0 R 2-q3 M 0 r1m 34 I t 27 f Site 019 (SLBB), Sabine lake Blue Buch Point (frem chait 12342). fki;. lo"j, @Ji + SrIE NUMBER - 20 DESIGNATOR - CLSJ SITE - ST. JOHNS ISLAND, CALCASIEU LAKE, LA NONGNAL SrIE CENTER - 29049.83N 93023.00V LOCATED ON NOS CHART 11347 SITE ACCESS - The boat is launched at the ramp in Calcasieu Channel at Cameron. The ramp is located on the west bank of the channel at the ferry. Run time to the site is 0.25 hours by water. Travel to the site by going north to West Pass and then west along West Pass until its entrance into West Cove. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site was in West Cove near the mouth of West Pass, between the shoreline and Rabbit Island. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year I - Year I oyster Station 1 was 150 m northwest of St. John's Island on the submerged reef. Bearings to Station 1 was 60' to tall channel marker; 295' to near point mainland west. Station 2 was located 55' to tall channel marker; 2951 to near point of mainland to the west. Station 2 was 100 m northeast of Station 1 and 200 m from St. John's Island. Station 3 was taken 150 in west of Station 2 and 250 m east of St. John's Island. Oysters were abundant at this site. Years II, III, & IV - Oyster stations were at the same general locations as previously sampled. In Year IV, oysters were fairly abundant at the first two stations and near the shore, but were silted over away from the shore. Years V, V7, VII, & VIII - Oysters stations were in the same general locations all four years. Station 1 was at the north end of St. Johns Island. Station 2 was on the shoreline 250 m from station 1. Station 3 was 150 m northwest of Station 2. Year IX - This site was not scheduled for sampling this year. SEDIN[ENT COLLECTIONS Years I, II, & III - Sediment at Station 1 was 50 m from the first oyster station on the reef. Station 2 sediments were adjacent to the reef to the northeast. Station 3 sediments were located 40 m west of the oysters. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. 231 Oysters - tongs and dredge Sediments - box corer WATER DE= - I to 2.5 m POSSIBLE C(DHTAbMMNTS - No contamination sources were observed. H9qVMC)NhEEHTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (0/00) (OC) YEAR 1 13.3 15.0 18 January 2986 YEAR 11 9.3 12.0 9 February 1987 YEAR 111 23.0 16.0 15 December 2987 YEAR IV 35.0 15.0 7 December 1988 YEAR V 26.7 16.0 7 December 1989 YEAR VI 27.3 13.0 7 December 1990 YEAR VII 17.0 14.0 6 December 2991 YEAR VIN 17.0 17.0 11 December 1992 rim I rM 232 y JtMffr -14 o Sweet 6 6 6 L commiss I Lake 11 and BBC % I . . .. - I I Ir POF Ir th c't;1,11 ------ n L - Ur N::' oft L cWc POINI 7 lf-vdr- 'A" /,,,A Lift'df-FUGE 4 crVr r 9i I ink Site #20 e@ I /A K h* 14r it c'"'f. JNAT40NAL, I <D RAW '@"Wj E PEFUGJ@ @? P-.- - . 1191d FAtA T) Gas iield. reole SACK RIDGE it (,)Ir,6 Fe'r IIR jk d 6- meronw momp. low ob 19 Ugh --6- fia and sm @ -, @zl 'KrR u c Re io MACM LCASIVI JASS BEACH )OWN MACK - -------------- 're 26" ogn (rT.QTi rtairoc;m, T,qlrg% Jnhivq Island. -F CALCASIEU PASS AND RIVER F*V" PM I CACW CORPS OF ENGINEERS REPORTS TO FEE, I= CONTROLLING DEPTHS FROM SEAWARD IN FEET AT kMAN LOWER LOW IVATFR ..It OF 0-11M OEPT. VMTM DATE (P MONEY Rabbit bgw@ .M1w OV" FM CAO ewn ill R CHANNEL 33 Mo 2-M 7 Y CHANNEL 9 A4'33N,. g3*M27W.) 40 wo 2-M E ZE 70 LAAE CHARLES 3- IYO 7'N., 93'1 S' 14-W 1 38 400 2-M 3 1E - CONSULT THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS FOR CHANGING CONDITIONS S-@SSEMMT TO @t* ABOVE &1d 'CEO 81 OOMPUM ABMTED tITMODS C0 3 4 C A I C A 146,9 U C M A ME os PA Mp go= F1 st Johns 3 C-apm- @.A - 3 1"--- -9 &--- A Q 2 (�rD IV J% ----------- PA F1 R 4a 17?1 -52" PA 2 50, PA PA lp % ),I C-.Pgiv Mzk6d Wan A Wonkgy I Data PA NOTE E 4*1 . The oarderfine dep2h ftcLq3h ft Owwon LoM ms I I last MO I/ Feb. 1 M 2 am VvM CAM@@\ 8 tb- Ear. Am. 0"M PWO CAO AM CLOR AM CL 05 PY OPA 3 rim -4-24 2 3 A CERON 27 13 ANM 2 2 @cb 3 4 3 2 2 I10il- 7 -Ili p x 4 11110 SABINE 2 ATIONAL 0 3 WILDLIFE k@I% 4 -d Sr- Z, ,0 1 IT I -- REFUGE zZ" IlLprotecled Orea) 2 C4 ,b A rw po= 06 Site 020 (CLSJ), Calcasieu Jalke St. Johns Islanj (from chart 113,47). iVl SITE NUMBER - 60 DESIGNATOR - CLLC SITE - LAKE CHARLES, CALCASIEU LAKE, LA NOMINAL SITE CENTER - 30003.42'N 93018.42'W LOCATED ON NOS CHART 11347 SITE ACCESS - Access to the site is via LA Highway 384 to Deatonville and a boat launch at the Cajun Cove Marina. The channel going out from the launch is very shallow at low tide. From the launch proceed northwest along the shoreline for 700 m to a long pier at the Reef Restaurant. In Year V the site was moved, so -after launching proceed on a bearing of 80' from the ramp to the shell island. The GIWW bridge is due west of the site. Since the site was moved it is much easier to launch the boat at the Ellender Bridge and go up the GIWW to the north end of Calcasieu Lake. SITE DESCRIPTION - This collection site, established in Year III, was located in the north end of Calcasieu Lake at East Pass (30'03.50'N and 93'17.50W). Oysters were scattered on a submerged (0.75 to 1 m deep) muddy reef, with individual clumps of 3-10 oysters. Oysters were thin-shelled and broke easily when separated. In Year V the site was moved 1 mile to the west to an oyster shell reef and nearby Spartina alterniflora marshes. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Years III & X - Year III oyster Station 1 was located 30 m south of the end of the Reef Restaurant Pier. Landmarks to locate this site were 2700 to the twin towers of the Ellender Lift Bridge and 1340 to the Cajun Cove Marina ramp. Station 2 was 75 m southeast of Station 1 approximately 30 m off of the private piers. Station 3 was another 75 m southeast, 30 m off of the last private pier. Year V - The collection site was relocated about a mile west due to the lack of live oysters at last year's site. The new site is a oyster shell island with marsh grass nearby. Oysters can be collected by hand during low tide. Station 1 was located on the south end of the shell reef just to the north of the Spartina island. Station 2 was 75 m to the north and Station 3 was 100 m west of Station 2. Years VI & VII - Oysters were collected at the same stations described in Year V. There is a new orange metal post marker on the north end of the reef. An oyster die off has occurred since last year, only small oysters were present. Year VIII - Oysters were collected at the same stations described in Year V. Oysters were more abundant and larger than the previous two years. 237 Year IX - Large oysters were abundant across the reef The same stations were used as those described in Year V. SEDIMENT COLLECTIONS Year III - Sediments were a light gray-brown, fine-grained clayey layer over a dark brown clay. Collection sites were collocated with each oyster site. Years IV & V - No sediments were sampled during these years. Years VI - NIST sediments were collected 50 m from the oyster stations in 1.5 m of water. Years VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPLINGMETHODS Oysters - tongs and hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0.2 to 0.5 m POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Potential local contamination was from private piers, septic tanks, oil production, and boat traffic in the ICWW. However, since the site was located at the mouth of the Calcasieu River, there was a much greater potential for contamination from upstream discharges particularly from the Lake Charles metropolitan area. ENVIERONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (9010) (OC) YEAR 111 15.0 11.0 16 December 1987 YEAR IV 28.0 16.0 7 December 1988 YEAR V 22.0 15.0 7 December 1989 YEAR VI 23.0 15.0 8 December 1990 YEAR VII 12.0 16.0 6 December 1991 YEAR VIII 14.0 13.0 10 December 1992 YEARIX 12.0 18.0 9 December 1993 238 34 0- ni I.V Nr' 4.... 4rry Om got STOP- T A PARK 23 Y I glan 551, 0 Oil Field it Phur 7 .Oil Mossvil ==i-r== 1 1) 1 -T ;, loe Bviloshn I St G p t ) es Ak--, ...... 77P ..,::_Stej.ll StAi n T= - I I lial 911 at oc- a.5 J' o') 11 La an A ) . @ E)p To* -41- n iv_ bel Camp 'oh, 4A 3R4 Tower T, ' J, Cem I U (e Cha e LLC Off od fl@tkid- on A F r T., 6==- 4p a rield@,-l L @Site#60 o'p Ian 1@-= _... I "I, @ ind Gas Fie! 7 Ik- .1 A D w IRS -Cem fe lb T erry L __jL 911_ AL(,A IF PAR@,SA CAMF W) 717A_R_'@SH 0 1 Theld _n n r I_o* 0.1 lind Gas Field and Ra% r #r Oil and Gas rieldl Ga@ 00 an, Site #60 (CLLC), Calcasieu Lake Lake Charles. % 10 Fr --Oe % NOTE D Numerous gos and oil well wuctum, pipes, % piles, and stokes exist *Rhin the obel:nuction1 22' area indicated by dashed mogento linm Uncharted oil well drilling structures may be found outside the obstruction areas. % 0VKD PVWMR AUTH CL 02 FT-- 131 ONO 6 Ellender 07- 10 1@' Obsm rep LIFT BRCGE 0VMD PW CAB HOP CL 24D Fr % ALITH CL 139 FT VERT CL So FT DOYM 0 ER T GL 135 FT LIP 2 ipeline & I& Area Sur ace I 1 0 - - - - - - % C, 10. 10 1 9 G 4- 3aft AM lar 17" FI 0 69 A/ 4M .8 a-b* Z Ff G 450C N" 4M 20 L -12 $PC j SPOW A Arg, 7' t- - 2 3 62 61 A 2-%a 36h iT dl`@; 62 #vd 2 2 3 Pk0form Pile 90 .41 3 3 PA 3 le 7 N 6 TU 2 say A 2 3 61 3 3 Choupique rslan-d- in 7 61 Ma .1 9 5 "6 h1 0 Pilo 4----_ 4@0 fird CI 3-41 d' 1;6 .1 5 4 v - 6 111 rep 1 qW80 - ':C@ PA 4 hrd2 Pipefirm 5 -2J 3 12 1 A4 4 C^LCASWU UNGTH 11% FT Rom IWOMPS" I pe"" ova 54UI 2 3 PT ile A rv amp,/ j amp PONTOON BRIDGE c3) MOR CL 125 rt and Lake Site #60 (CLLC), Calcasieu Lake Lake-Charles (from chart 11347). ell. L .41 SITE NUMBER - 21 DESIGNATOR - JHJH SITE - JOSEPH HARBOR BAYOU, J. HARBOR BAYOU, LA NOAENAL SITE CENTER - 29037.75'N 92045.75W LOCATED ON NOS CHART 11345,11344 SITE ACCESS - Access to the site is by boat launched at the Gran Chenier Boat Ramp on Highway 82, west of North Island canal. Proceed by boat south along a man-made channel to the mouth of Joseph Harbor Bayou. Run time to the site is approximately 0.5 hrs. SITE DESCRIPTION - The collection sites were located on both sides of the channel; 300' from the Gulf along the grassy margins of the bayou east of Miller Lake. Oysters were taken from intertidal waters from a mud and shell bottom. Low tide was the optimum collection time. 0YSTER COLLECTIONS Year I - Year I stations were established as follows: Station 1 oysters and sediments were collected from the east bank of the bayou 200 m north of the entrance to the Gulf with a bearing of 180' to the abandoned wooden structure. There were very few oysters at Station 1. Station 2 was collected from an exposed reef on the west bank of the bayou on the second bend approximately 0.5 km upstream from the Gulf. Bearings to locate the site were 130' to abandoned structure; 320' to deer stand. Station 3 was collected from an exposed reef 60 m north of Station 2. Year II - In Year 11, the mouth of Joseph Bayou had been dredged a few days prior to collecting. This reduced the number of oysters present but the station locations were the same. Years III, IV, & V - Oysters were collected from the same stations as described in Year I. Years VI, VII, & VIII - Stations were located in the same areas as previous years. Oysters were more abundant and larger. Year IX - This site was not scheduled for collection this year. MENT COLLECTIONS Years I, II, & III - Sediment stations were collocated with each oyster collection site. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. 243 &0"LINGA19MOD Oysters - hand Sediment- hand WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0.2 m POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Dredging was the only source of contamination observed at the site. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (,Y00) (0c) YEAR 1 20.0 22.0 31 March 1986 YEAR 11 7.0 18.0 10 February 1987 YEAR 111 37.0 13.0 17 December 1987 YEAR IV 33.0 16.0 8 December 1988 YEAR V 15.0 15.0 6 December 1989 YEAR VI 25.0 13.0 7 December 1990 YEAR VII 10.0 12.7 5 December 1991 YEAR VIII 10.0 13.0 11 December 1992 2U rim rqf% I lvrwlLL 7 ri -T -1 -7 WASSINE k-EFUGE POINT L-, i Oil GUM PONT r ISLAND', Lo to to MACKAERRY k,@1011 ad it 401,, POINT WA AVAMEUA POWT ILU' A GRAND LAKE SffO#T POINT Wall POW al Structure R"U"Ll TUO POINT catfus I , ..: :26L@ akc c Bleu C-- T,- T Ah; I' P,.7.;n LoAt, -Lit 7,, Cr.,,d Loc L*htuif., Gn fWd av 4 AM -tor 0, 05- cc' 12 49 -e M 141@ 3 L D-Lj Dk 2 Like A AUH Site #21 Site #21 (JHJH), J. Harbor Bayou Joseph Harbor Bayou. M&Mh V. R 4sec Phe Marth z Northl. R. To, D Momh I INE 4 PAj 12 )bSff P P've PA 10 9 20 Desp 15 10 MIMI, 23 28 16 3 21 28 Mar PA 20 17 Sub It 0 PIP 15 31 28 PD 11 19 17 27 26 JW14 I6)f fel, 0 ;@l fWA NIN I IN At Af 33 AO, 10 Site #21 23-0bvr@003'4, 'I, 27 PA r? 1 11 5 33 30 27 22 is Af 15 PIP" 37 35 32 22 9 4'4)11 34 27 22 14 15 '41 , I, 36 35 34 34 2 26 26 23 23 19 16 17 -I', i Sub- PIP. PA 39 (,? ff repi 39 S.6M PIPe a 32 24 38 (,? III, repl 27 Afs 38 PA 37 41 (/5 ft,ep 1970) 34 39 1--- Site #21 (JHJH), J. Harbor Bayou Joseph Harbor Bayou (from chart 11345). % Xi I@e @_7@ UP SITE NUMBER - 22 DESIGNATOR - VBSP SITE - SOUTHWEST PASS, VERMILION BAY, LA NONUNAL SrIE CENTER - 29034.60'N 92002.75V 1A)CATED ON NOS CHART # - 11345) 11349 SITE ACCESS - Departure point and boat launch is at Cypremort Point State Park, and run time across Vermilion Bay is about I hour. Shoaling is very steep and treacherous through Southwest Pass, especially on the west side of the channel opposite Marsh Island. Keep in the channel until seaward of channel marker 3 or well into Vermilion Bay. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site was located adjacent to the channel outside of lighthouse point in lease 25918. Oysters are located at the mouth of Southwest Pass. Oyster reefs and private leases are ubiquitous in the area, but oysters are not necessarily in the same place each year. There were no significant geographic differences recognized in the oyster stations for this site. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year I - Oysters were collected due east of channel marker 3 in Year I. Years II & III - In Year II, only dead shells were found at the Year I site, so in Years II and III, oysters were purchased from a commercial dredging boat operating on private leases on the east side of channel marker 3. Therefore, no distinct stations were recognized. Year IV - The site was the same as in Year II and III. Oysters were purchased from a commercial dredger operating to the east of the channel entrance; east of channel marker 3 and south of channel marker 5. No distinct stations were delineated. Year V - Oysters were purchased from a commercial lugger working 200 m east of channel marker 3. Stations were not distinguished. Year VI - Oysters were purchased from a commercial lugger working 200 m west of channel marker 3 (29'34.89'N, 92'03.14'W). Stations were not separated. Year VII - Oysters were dredged from the edge of a private lease approximately 200 to 300 m east of channel marker 3. Large oysters were not abundant but many small oysters were present. All three stations were located along a north-south line covering 150 m. Year VIII - Oysters were collected by dredge at the same locations sampled in Year VII. 249 Year IX - Oysters were dredged along the edge of a private lease about 220 m west of channel marker #3. Very few oysters were present, and all three stations were collected along a 200 m north-south line. The stations were not seperated. )EMENTCOLLECTIONS Years I, H, & III - The mud was approximately 100 m from shore. Sediments at all three stations were 1-2 cm of fine-grained loose brown silt over gray clay. For all years, fine-grain sediments were located northwest from channel marker 3, less than 100 m from shore, and -0.5 mile from the site of the oyster collections. Station 1 was 60 m offshore on a 1900 bearing from the tank on shore; 185' to pair of rusty tanks; 87' to channel marker green 3. Station 2 was 50 m from shore on a line from channel marker 1 to the tanks. Landmarks and bearing were 286' to 4 tanks; 190" to oyster sampling site. Station 3 was on a line from channel marker 3 to the tanks -100 m from the shore. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPLINGMETHOD Oysters - dredge Sediment - box core WATER DEPM - subtidal, 1.5 to 2 m POSSIUBLE CONTAMINANTS - No point sources were identified other than oil wells in Vermilion Bay. ENVIRONAWIWAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (0/00) (0c) YEAR 1 8.0 - 31 March 1986 YEARII 8.0 11.0 10 February 1987 YEAR 111 22.0 10.0 28 January 1988 YEAR IV 10.0 - 6 January 1989 YEAR V 10.0 11.0 6 January 1990 YEAR VI 10.0 12.0 8 January 1991 YEAR VII 5.0 16.0 8 January 1992 YEAR VIII 5.0 18.0 5 January 1993 YEAR IEK 3.0 8.0 11 January 1994 250 ff I!n el, to" Pi fi U-7 rWid WAV C $ 33 .+ x It vy N hiond ISLAND adid 11@,or Ch, sinploin Point trot 1, City A v hi IUCK POINt/ Blue POWU In v . AROD -x POW a- a: 01 - Ix - ft .......... 'R,1111,10N BA Y z a- nig '7 wh VE Cyp 21 z POINT or 11N: Dead Cypress :% w VBSO Point W1 he > I I 111ST' ("077-4' Site #22 re"I ,aks RAMAN POINT 2 -OW -P T V4 0 iA ou Tigre 5"' A of \,Is A M A C, "T Site #22 (VBSP), Vermillion Bay South Pass. 4 htV Pri?k F' 70f@t@- 3 ff MaInId/. 8 9 A cypromort pt Ok F1 A 14tj / 2 3 5 F1 A 4SeC 1711 "28' JAI 6 6 106- PA (chart 113491 3 Af, 6 9 ad Cyp"oo P1 31 Obsfn.--@3 4 26" 5 5 6 9 ubm pl, 9 24 PA 7 4 9 6, 4L 5 NO 0 9 f F1 R 6* 10h 5M *2r 8 JR G -WR- 6 2 so G 7 p 4 MICRO TR WA F1 (2@ 1) R 6S 4 A,20* 10 7 -4--lobsin, - .. 6 7 PA h1d 4 6 4 s1k 7 3 5 awa 7 7 S h 7 F1 R 4sec 174" 16, 5 6 A R"w PA @ 4 7 7 5 5 5 3 7 7 brd R. fird' PA: 5 6 A-12 7 6 6 Z"Sseftc 1 .10. all 7 2 3 sout1h n!f .115 . S@bm ObsIns top I 52 F1 mes 2 3 A, ' 8 2 212 PA "F) R 41ift Q 1711"8" 2 3 #P2 LAW CLUMP OF JR[ffS LCLU POP 11111911, i;F 2.5s ITR 'IV Pt p- k F1 R 1711 -4- v, A :, R 486 shi e@ 4 5 F:R4a . In N 0 is 17ftD 2 5,A .'@/O' 3 HOIR pA 7 @A i @&- 6 01- A S L A obstge W 8 3 8 r 7 'po T@ tore I& Croix zr- '04bulop d'," I- C, VBSP p 06.j er 0" Mush 9 6 4v Site #22 9 W' Af 3 Ma,ka, 14P PA 40, f S.b. 0,00 0 11 1983P 13 5 9 RwAs 3 14$ 1'3 R 2 R-1 Roof PA Priv Mai td 4 MOWS& P1- 4 JVA POkFIR I Ift'2' SAW 1101 PrNmainid 12 IPA 5 /2 F1 0 3s 17ft -1 G I. n d Site #22 (VBSP), Vermillion Bay Southwest Pass (ftom chart 11345). 41 ol w son SrIE NUMBER - 23 DESIGNATOR - ECSP SITE - SOUTH POINT, EAST COTE BLANCHE, LA NONONAL SITE CENTER - 29028.50'N 91048.OOV LOCATED ON NOS CHART 11345,11351 SITE DESCRU?TION - The site that was originally examined is a dead oyster reef at the mouth of Oyster Bayou (through Marsh Island) adjacent to spartina marsh along the shoreline. No oysters were sampled/available; sediments were sampled. This site was located on the southeast side of Marsh Island. With the help of the Louisiana Fish and Wildlife Department, we found the very old shell rubble reefs but no living oysters of any size. Oystermen of the area reported no living oysters were known to be in the entire area of East Cote Blanche. The site was deleted from study as no alternate site in the geographic area was available. Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (OC) YEAR 1 4.0 22.0 1 April 1986 SrIE NUMBER - 24 DESIGNATOR - ABOB SITE - OYSTER BAYOU, ATCHAFALAYA BAY, LA NONEINAL SITE CENTER - 29014.40'N 91008.10'W LOCATED ON NOS CELART 11351 -SITE ACCESS - The only access to the site is by a 1 hour boat ride. The only launch ramp is at Dularge Sporting Goods. Proceed south on Bayou Dularge, across Caillou Lake into the open Gulf and then west along the beach front to Oyster Bayou. A more circuitous route is possible through Lake Merchant, winding through the bayou to Four Leagues Bay, then south to Oyster Bayou. However, the bayou is shallow and should not be attempted with boat draft of 2 feet or more or at low tide. SITE DESCRIPTION - The sampling stations were located throughout the length of the Oyster Bayou which joined Four League Bay with the Gulf of Mexico on the south. Oysters were extremely abundant and were obtained either with a dredge or collected by hand along the shore. However, the entire area was leased by Mr. Wilson Voisin. Oysters could be obtained only with his permission or purchased by the sack from his boats when they were oystering. OYSTER COLLECTIONS - In all years when oysters were collected by hand, dredge or purchased, the sampling stations were: Station 1 was at the mouth of the bayou, along the west bank; Station 2 on a reef paralleling the west side of the bayou -300 m north of the shrimp drying facility; and Station 3 was a large reef in Four Leag-ue Bay at the north end of Oyster Bayou. Landmarks included the channel entrance marker, an abandoned shrimp drying facility, and the ends of the bayou where it entered the bay and Gulf. Year I - Oysters were collected by hand. Year II - Oyster were purchased from a commercial oyster dredge. Year III - Oyster were collected by dredge. Year IV - The stations sampled in Year IV were the same as were sampled for all previous years. Oysters were dredged at Station 1 and collected by hand near the shore at Stations 2 and 3. Year V - Oysters were purchased from Mr. Wilson Voisin. They were dredged by a lugger working on the north end of the bayou between Station 1 and 2. No stations were designated. A recent freeze had killed all of the oysters along the shoreline and to a depth of 1 m due to extreme low tides. Year VI - Oysters were collected this year since the area was closed due to excessive freshwater. Station 1 was dredged at the north end of Oyster Bayou on the west side of the channel. Station 2 was collected by hand from 257 a reef on the west side of the channel across from the three buildings- Station 3 was also on the west bank approximately 0.5 mi north of the mouth of Oyster Bayou and 300 m south of the shrimp drying facility ruins. Year VII - Oyster collection Stations I and 2 were located at the same sites as last year. Station 3 was just to the south of station 2. Oysters were abundant this year. Year VIII - Oysters were collected at the same locations sampled in Year VII. Year IX - The site was not scheduled for collection this year. 04ENTCOLLEMONS Years 1, 11, & III - Sediment Station 1 was located in a small cove on the west bank at the mouth of Oyster Bayou. Station 2 was located on the east side shoreline 0.5 miles north of Station I and was 300 m south of the shrimp dryer at a fringe marsh along the east shore. Station 3 was located north of Station 2 on the east shore 0.5 miles south of an abandoned shrimp drying plant. Station 3 was at the southernmost piling of the old dock at the three wooden buildings with rusty tin roofs. Sediments were variable but were generally soft gray-black mud. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPLINGAIETHOD Oyster - hand, dredge or purchase Sediment - box core WATER DEPM - intertidal to subtidal, 0 to 2 m POSSIBLE CONTANIINANTS - No sources were observed. ENVIRONDUM"4TAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (1700) (OC) YEAR 1 11.0 23.0 29 March 1986 YEAR 11 6.0 16.0 11 February 1987 YEAR 111 11.0 12.0 29 January 1988 YEAR IV 13.0 21.0 7 January 1989 YEAR V 21.0 13.0 7 January 1990 YEAR VI 18.7 14.2 9 January 1991 YEAR VII 8.0 16.0 9 January 1992 YEAR VIII 5.0 17.0 6 January 1993 258 71 Fax Paw 41"httld? Rd I At .14 is It A 4 .1, I'Ithc 2 e 3 4 CI eev 5 It adia LVI-I 7 12 13 114 ?0 ABOB 19 #24 If, P. ---- --- - 2z Ph off orms 31 30 29 27 25\ 24 23 Ti droll, jIII__ 22 34 41 38 39 40 latforms .S2 33 35 37 food Is RC Ccoon 55 54 53/ 52 51 510 49 48 47 46 S L E S 4 Site #24 (ABOB), Atchafalaya Bay Oyster Bayou. Xl@ R2 2 o. 2 4 3 3 2- 4 2 -E R 4 16 8 it a 2 5. 3 3 @9. 4 3 aye jrp 5 3 01% 3 46 a' r e 3 2 Marsh 03 3 @;2 0Tr 3 3 2 0 14 1 4. 3 S@j. PAP 2 W 3 2 2 2 3 2 i1ira.-F 2 2 M 3 2 22 3 FI 0 4s 30tt 3M *I' A* A01sh 20)41 22 3 6 Af 2 2 0 0 0 0 its )10 0 0 Marsh 400 ws 0 0 M 1 0 go a 2 Af ..... ....... ------- -------- lot a Marsh 2 4 I A S OAA4 4 OCREGS DEMARCATION ME ? 4 4 22 80. Oo(seo ol&A) Ft ow 30" Af 3 3 6 S 3/ 2 AIX 4 1/ 61 4.4 10 9 7/ 5 a# At 6 4 46870 to a 9 AF as 2 9 6 4 2 7/ It 6 3 Site #24 (ABOB), Atchafalaya Bay Oyster Bayou (from chart 11356). IA Ir. 4C ILL "UT"T, if 1, 11A SITE NUMBER - 25 DESIGNATOR - CLCL SITE - CAILLOU LAKE, CAILLOU LAIKE, LA NOMI]NAL SITE CENTER - 29015.25'N 90055.80'W LOCATED ON NOS CHART 11356 SITE ACCESS - 'A boat launch is at Bayou Dularge Sporting Goods at the end of LA Highway 315. Take Bayou Dularge southwest to the channel separating Lake Caillou and Lake Merchant and turn south toward the Fish and Wildlife Camp on the island. Run time to the site is 0.5 hrs. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site was located in Lake Caillou on a submerged reef running from channel marker 16 to Fish and Wildlife Camp. The reef was usually closed to oystering, and it was necessary to notify the F&WL camp prior to sampling. Dredging or tonging was required. OYSTM COLLECTIONS Year I - Oysters were patchy on the bottom running on a line from the channel marker to the camp, and could only be located by feeling the bottom with a bamboo pole. No station distinctions were made at this open water subtidal site because of the sparsity of oysters. Year II - Oysters were dredged from the same location as the first year. Year Iff - Year III oysters were abundant and were easily dredged. Year IV - In Year IV, the oysters were dredged from approximately the same location as was sampled in all previous years. The dredging was done between channel markers 14 and 16, in front of the F&WL camp, and about 150 m east. Year V - Oysters were dredged from the same general locations as previously sampled. Station 1 oysters were collected between channel marker 16 and the F&WL camp. Stations 2 and 3 were collected 200 m south of channel marker 16 where the reef runs north-south. The bottom was soft mud and scattered shell. Year VI - All three oyster stations were dredged from the same area as previously sampled (29'15.42'N, 90'55.91'W). Calliou Lake was opened two weeks for commercial oysters just prior to our sampling. Because of this oysters were not abundant. Years VII & VIII - Oysters were collected in the same general locality. Several tows of the dredge were made approximately 50 to 100 m east of channel marker 14 on line to the F&WL camp. Oysters were abundant but distinct stations were not recognized due to the limited size of the reef. 263 Year IX - Oysters were dredged from a small reef to the east of the channel marker #14, in a line with the Fish and Wildlife camp (29'15.12'N, 90'55.85'W). Oysters were abundant but distinct stations were not recognised due to the limited size of the reef. GEMW COLLECTIONS Years I, II, & III - Sediments were located to the north of the oyster site, along the shoreline which separated Bayou DuLarge from Lake Caillou. Sediment Station 1 (in all years) was located at the base of channel marker 18. Station 2 was located at the mouth of a small cove 300 m to the east. Station 3 was located -100 m from the shore at a large cove which was due north of the FV,TL Camp. Sediments were variable, Stations 1 and 2 were dark gray silty mud with a thin brown top layer. Station 3 was stiff gray clay with a coarse sandy mud layer on top. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPLINGMETUOD Oysters - dredge Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - 2 m POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Possible sources of contamination in the vicinity included numerous camp houses without sewer systems along Bayou DuLarge. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (OC) YEAR 1 14.0 23.0 29 March 1986 YEAR 11 5.0 17.0 11 February 1987 YEAR 111 15.0 13.0 29 January 1988 YEAR IV 22.0 22.0 7 January 1989 YEAR V 14.0 14.0 7 January 1990 YEAR VI 14.0 14.0 9 January 1991 YEAR VII 9.0 17.0 9 January 1992 YEAR VIII 8.0 18.0 6 January 1993 YEAR IX 5.0 10.0 12 January 1994 264 So-A PO-P 0 yr 7 J F" POW 't P Wand, F POW V Me /I It C, Ad V A a I )i Aj1 -11 -T- - -77 -44L 4m. r -T Ol r pf, 2 Hale 3 4 ea 5 'Radio 0- i!@ ld' 7 "4 rF f j Q j 12 13 1 114 15 16 lly 0 ""Y A 2 P, Itforms 260 31 go 30 29 27 24 23 CLCL 22 a . ........ . ... .... -Site 4125 :!r2 41 34 37 38 39 40-8 laffor 33 35 ism me as 88 Man 16 .. ...... ..... @6' 55 54 53/ 52 51 @1- 49 48 47 46 50 ISLES Site #25 (CLCL), Caiflou Lake Caillou Lake. 5 52 2U 2 U 3 2 2 21 2 3 M 4 4 4 2 2 2 32 t;@ & 2 2 4 4r 2 4 .#a, 4 4 3 2 2.4 3 04 3 M2 21A 3 2 4 4 4 3j 32 2 maA 2 3 4 M2 IN, 3 32 .%4 V 'bo 2 1 3",,2 2 2 2 2 CL 2 2!2 22 laeor 3 0 33 M I I I af 3 W 2 2 234 3 3 32 22 2 King Lak I* 3 3 0 0 3304 N .'0. 3J@h- 2 IV 2 M 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 3oNS>j 2 ri 16 0 3 4 3 21Ao C A I L L 0 U L A If E 3 7 6 3 3 33A 4 2 3 3 3 #N-C 4 S* 1 2in2 3 R4 4 2 tj -r@ 3 3 2 qo ts Ill.2 jo 4 3 1 2 2 4 3 30 2 6 3 2 2 140 201 7 4 27 2 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 19 01:1. 23 2 I I --j 12 I1 13 C 115, 14 1A 9 Ar^ - 3 61 1 0 2 3 2 ,jeck Stoat I 1 6 A, 22 5 :19 '13 17 2 3 2 IWWI 5 3 440-4 24 2 3 -127 j20 - - p ri 13 0 16 a?12- 16 19 n4s 24 2 1 3 39 16 $eq 26 0-IV 4 M21R 2 0 25 MAW s fin 7n Site #25 (CLCL), Caillou Lake Caillou Lake (from chart 11356). SrIE NUMBER - 26 DESIGNATOR - TBLB SITE - 1AKE BARRE, TERREBONNE BAY, LA NONEINAL SITE CENTER - 29015.60'N 90035.70"W LOCA= ON NOS CHART # - 11357 SITE ACCESS - Access to the site is by boat launched in Cocodrie at the Coco Marina and then north on Bayou Petit Caillou. Turn right (east) into Lapeyrouse Canal and proceed to Bayou Terrebonne, turn south and proceed to the third cut into Bay la Fleur. Run time to the site is approximately 0.5 hrs. SITE DESCRIPTION - The three stations were located along Bayou Terrebonne. In Year I, Stations 1 and 2 were on the west side of the channel and Station 3 was on the east side. In Year II and following years, Station 1 and 3 were reversed and Station 2 remained unchanged. OYSTERCOLLECTIONS Year I - Station 1 was off Bayou Terrebonne in a small bay on the west side of the bayou about 0.5 miles north of Lake Barre. Landmarks and bearing were 265' to LUMCON tower; 163' to green channel marker 3, and 106' to the Montegert water tower. Station 2 was located upstream at the mouth of bayou in grass near an old fishing camp on Bayou Terrebonne at the first cut to the west into Bayou Lucien. Bearings were 258' to LUMCON; 116' to the green channel marker 1. Oysters and sediments were taken near the remains of a galvanized corrugated iron shed and wood dock in intertidal waters on the northwest shore. Station 3 was farther north on Bayou Terrebonne at the next cut (Lake Barre pass) to the east which was the first cut to the east north of Seabreeze Pass. This cut connected to Bay la Fleur on the east side of Terrebonne Bayou. Oysters were from an intertidal reef on southwest shore and sediments from subtidal waters. The reef was exposed at low tide. Oysters were abundant at all three sample areas. Years II, III, IV, V, & VI - Stations 1 and 3 were reversed these years. Years VII & VIII - Stations were located in the same sites sampled the previous five years. Station 1 on the north, Station 2 in the middle and Station 3 was on the south end of the bayou. Year LX - The site was not scheduled for sampling this year. SMEMENT COLLECTIONS Years I, II, & III - Sediment collections were collocated with each of the oyster stations. 269 Years IV, V, VT VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPLINGMETHOD Oysters - hand Sediment - hand WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0. 1 - 0.5 m POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Contamination factors included marine traffic and the fish camp ruins at Station 2. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (1700) (OC) YEAR 1 17.6 20.0 29 March 1986 YEAR 11 17.6 20.0 11 February 1987 YEAR 111 18.0 11.0 29 January 1988 YEAR IV 25.0 19.0 7 January 1989 YEAR V 18.3 16.0 6 January 1990 YEAR VI 19.0 14.3 8 January 1991 YEAR VII 15.0 16.0 9 January 1992 YEAR VIII 10.0 18.0 6 January 1993 270 0 j- C'L Z- NO P, zd"E 4f- Tim .1 f7 T E P LAFOURCHE PARISH Z M 71K rv h Jill! 0- o c (w1n) a 174 Le 7-,-4 @@'; -\- -1 - IL I C, I LJ c f4l 9: PC i'B IV 13 7 1 3 -A0 5 2 3 3 3 3 D&_v 3 W-60"u"x 3 43 32 - Marsh 33 2 3 I : %. 33 20 3 R. TR 4 33 11 3 B 3 0 2T13L �it.e # 5 2 2 16.5 4 2 4 ..2 2 244 4 2 3 2 Af 3 44 0 .00 4 2 4 Is 3 5 2 A' 45 5 55 5 45 55 3 Af 5 Av 5 L 5A5K 3 4 4 ittle CM-0.4ne 2 5 E 4 T3 it. 5 2 4 Ney as q(l G 2.5@ 20lt 4M 0 4 2 Fr NOV 198 2B"f 1 2 2* r' Alf Cocodrie Seabreeze BS4 10" 45 5 Me A, 2 3 2 73 4 pA 2 3 2 4 5 2 2Af 4@% 2 3 5 41 4-3 3 5 > 2 2 2 2 262 3 S. 4 -,-- p3 FI A 2-5@ 1:0 FIG 2 -sts%ft 2 9 2, lla I?Yt 5% 2 2 3 Za 5 91 2 4 071 3 3 21 2, 1 1 R 4..C 2 42 %3 2 oys. 3C, 1 2 2 remb" Cwt0h; p 2 32 02 2 33 3 23.8-%. 4' 2 w1. 3 2Lake 2 43pl 3 9 2 3 lp.1 4 3 VON 2 + %. .-A 3 Bay 22A %. Saint Jean Bap v " 3 VA 2 Ito2 3 3 '3 Lost Aref I Ql%. Y. 1 320 4 27* 2 -. Fl R 6@ 1 t 1 3 2 4 3 N- -"@ -4 2 3 vj 4 "...% Obs PD 5If All 3 Site #26 (TBLB), Terrebonne Bay Lake Barre (from chart 11357). 41 1 lie. V IrA SITE NUMBER - 27 DESIGNATOR - TBLF SITE - LAKE FELICITY, TERREBONNE BAY, LA NONONAL SITE CENTER - 29015.80'N 90024.40V LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11357 SITE ACCESS - The launch/departure point is Coco Marina at Cocodrie or the boat ramp at LUMCON, and the run time is -1.5 hours to the site by boat. A deep draft outboard must enter and cross Terrebonne Bay to Lake Felicity. A shallow draft outboard can shortcut up the bayou to enter and cross Lake Barre (see directions for TBLB). The site is located at an abandoned and dilapidated fish camp on the southeast side of Lake Felicity, near Bayou Point Au Chien. Landforms in the area bear little resemblance to any maps or charts of the area and navigation to the site by reference to shoreline features as depicted in charts is nearly impossible. SITE DESCRIPTION - The oysters were intertidal and interspersed in the grass beds on the small islands surrounding the fish camp. The only landmark in locating the oyster stations was the fish camp structure, which burned down in Year III. OYSTER COLLECMONS Years I, II, & III - Station 1 was located at southeast corner of bay, south of channel marker 5 for Felicity Bayou at an abandoned fish camp. Station 1 was located on the island (grass covered flat) at the abandoned fish camp. Station 2 was a subtidal Spartina bed across the channel on the island bearing 162' from the fish camp. Station 3 was a subtidal grass bed west of the fish camp on the island bearing 240' from the fish camp. Years IV, & V - Prior to the Year IV sampling, the fish camp had burned to the ground. In Year IV, Stations I and 3 were in the same locations but Station 2 was moved due to the lack of oysters. The new Station 2 was located approximately 200 m northwest (320 bearing from Station 1) of the dock at the fish camp. Station 2 is a small reef at the edge of the Spartina marsh. Years VI, VII, VIII, & IX - Oysters were collected at the same locations as in Years IV & V. SEDDEEW COLLECTIONS Years I, II, & III - Sediments are silty mud and collocated with the oysters. Sediments were taken from the subtidal waters adjacent to each of the oyster stations. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. Z75 SAMPLIN'G METHODS Oysters - hand Sediment - hand WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 to 0.5 m POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - There were no obvious sources of contamination .in the vicinity except for the very large producing oil and gas field in Terrebonne Bay between Lake Barre and Lake Felicity. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%00) (0c) YEAR 1 19.0 21.0 28 March 1986 YEAR 11 16.0 20.0 11 February 1987 YEAR 111 27.0 15.0 29 January 1988 YEAR IV 26.0 22.0 7 January 1989 YEAR V 21.0 15.0 7 January 1990 YEAR VI 26.0 14.0 9 January 1991 YEAR VII 20.0 16.0 9 January 1992 YEAR VIII 20.0 16.0 6 January 1993 YEAR EK 15.0 15.0 11 January 1994 276 0 0 p Gas Field *6,Ubst3tw;, 00 pil Ifts rfe %; 0 as Oil 4nd Gas nel 0 V 'TBLP Site #27 X, 0k -.0 Oy I t1% 1.P 0 1Mc 1 0 0 Radio Tom r )0 ;7,4 n 41 tollo T 116 T I R N V A' V I-, 2 117 Caftan I C r 4 SPOO 2 1 At" Ill J,\ a tj ,e ubs, 4 VsiboUff Rod 640 4. 6 13 9 1,14 BAY IMJ'RCH P,4 Plotforms *now C Site #27 (TBLF), Terrebonne Bay Lake Felicity. 3 CIS 3 26 0 *4 4 aL^ p/4 4 6 4 4 2i@ 2 3 17N 4 2 3 2 Af 5 IW 5 6 3 1 2 5 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 2 5 6 5 42 122 3 5 4 2 2 7. 6 6 2 9 chhw@n 6 2 4 5 3.7 2as Des LAKE FELICITY C1Ajn*Pass22 4 3 35 65 6 2 33 36 ` TBLF 5 2 21 f342 55 5Site6#27 6 5 Not21 % 5 2 It, 2 4 46 325 Af 5'o& 6 5 4 35 c1q, 3 2 5 43 3 6 5 4 3 9 jMft 4 4 Af 010 3Af4 5 @.06 .5. .-44 4 34 0 7 4 -1 4 5 4 64 pe" 4 4 3poor Cf 3 23 4 2,@ 61 4 9 24.5 4 Obstr 55 12 3 PA 43 3 444 4 r4 4 4 5 6 0 34 3P3 Af 4 04 5A3 ts@ 1*0 2 34 4 43 3 4 454 5 OLD LADY-"4 3 4 5 2 4 3 44OR M M 3 2 3 4 tnaMtd 522 4LAKE 3 2 4L Pr1v A 5'@K 2 2 ow 51 4323 2 34 3 3 2 2 4 34 4 M 1% 2 2@r 4 =*4 14 4 2 1 23 4 A 4 R A4CC 01 u 3323 3 4 3 3 3 44 161 6 21 2@- 4 3 53 'kq% 5 hfd 54 5 22 4 2*01* 1/0 RJR AT I N 3 5 3 3 53 Af4 32133 2 7 06.'# 1 ::Zl% 3.2 114 LSLAN 3 2 sub* oftir5 41 5. 3 2 ....1 2 3.. ED lyNorthwest 1, M -2n 2 2 3 4 Site #27 (TBLF), Terrebonne Bay Lake Felicity (from chart 11357). 141 j-4 jr t;m 1@ 'J'@tt' SITE NUMBER - 28 DESIGNATOR - BBSD SITE - BAYOU ST. DENIS, BARATARIA BAY, LA NONONAL SITE CENTER - 29024.18'N 89059.75W LOCATED ON NOS CHART 11358 SITE ACCESS - The site is accessed by boat, launching at the Happy Jack Marina in Point Sulfur or the Cheramines Marina in Grand Isle. From Grand Isle proceed north up the Barataria Waterway to green channel marker 31. Islands and landforms have changed since the chart was published, and the land forms provide little reference for determining position. Run time to the site is approximately 1 hr. SITE DESCRIPTION - This site was located in Bayou Cholas on the west side of Barataria Bay and the Barataria Waterway. Oysters have been collected in the bay area and along the shoreline of the small island on the north side of the bay. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Years I & II - Oysters in Years I and II were taken from intertidal mud and sand bottom on the west side of island west of green channel marker 31. The oysters found were very old and few in numbers. Year I oysters were purchased from a commercial lugger working on the reefs in the area. Station I was on the south part of the island, at a bearing of 360' to channel marker 9. Station 2 was 120 m north of Station 1. Landmark bearings were 121' to channel marker 9; 20' to channel marker 11. Station 3 was 100 m north of Station 2. Bearing were 65' to pipeline platform and 285' to channel marker 9. Year III - Year III stations were on a submerged reef west of Barataria Waterway between channel marker 30 and 33, near several small islands to the west in Bayou Cholas. Station 1 was on a bearing of 30' to green marker 13 and 105' to marker 9. Station 2 was 50 m to the south, and Station 3 was another 50 m south. Year IV - Due to the lack of oysters at the stations sampled in Year III, the sample location was moved approximately 500 m to the east. Year IV stations were located on the island directly west of channel marker 33. Station 1 was on the east end of the island (nearest the channel) and extended along the south facing shoreline for 50 m. Station 2 was in the middle part of the island and was 50 m due west of Station 1. Station 3 was on the west end of the island next to Station 2. Year V - Stations collected this year were those described in Year IV. Oysters were scarce. There were numerous dead oysters and fish due to the recent hard freeze. 281 Year VI - There were no oysters on the island this year so the site was moved back to the submerged reef Stations sampled in Year III were resampled this year. Year VII - There were no live oysters found in this part of the bay. Year VIII - Oysters were present again this year, but were scarce and small. Stations sampled in Year III were resampled this year. Year LX - The site was not scheduled for sampling this year. )DfflE-NT COLLEMONS Years L& II - Sediments were taken from subtidal areas west of channel marker 26. Year III - Sediments were taken adjacent to the reef 30-40 m east of each station. Year IV - Sediments were collected 100 to 150 m south of each oyster station in 1 to 1.5 m of water. Years V, VT VA VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. &UNG METHOD Oysters - commercial dredge, tongs, and hand Sediments - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal or subtidal, 0.3 to 3 meters POSSEBLE CONTANUNANTS - Contamination factors included marine traffic, dredging, and a compressor station. ENVI[RONbEENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (1700) (0c) YEAR 1 19.0 19.0 27 March 1986 YEAR 11 19.0 19.0 13 February 1987 YEAR 111 12.0 11.0 28 January 1988 YEAR IV 19.0 18.0 6 January 1989 YEAR V 16.0 16.0 6 January 1990 YEAR VI 7.7 15.0 8 January 1991 YEAR VII 20.0 16.0 8 January 1992 YEAR VIII 10.0 19.0 5 January 1993 282 oil a s -4-4 A, 'S <>Poinf BBSD ON is -10 U Chola, ABU B.-;.@'i 7@4 F q ON '15 U Delcind V.1101 &Onsi 1E i- crew Grae4e E lit zz:;_ Asi"I Bass& Bassa Ci .0 Y Sun -reficam stint (M Field kip, -7 ell- Wand' Is" rpd Te"e ,@,4-pswd I J Island polican stand Isis 00 Isle A 30 T G V 0 F &te M (BBSD), Barata-Tia Bay Bayou St. Denis. J 14 10 11 2 7- P-re, 2 123 22-.. 6. 3 3 2 2 3 ..'2 4 2 3 2 3 2 -4- 222 .. 5 5 31@ 2 2 2 R ......3 3 3 4'38, 10 4 Af 1 43 4 3 3. 32 3- 9q 9 P 4 4 10 11-P4 23 3 3 3251 1 21 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 4-3 FIG4*1?ftli* Roil 222 12 2 3 2 4 3 Af toy 14 3 30, 36- 2 24 4 3 Af 3 33 2 422SM 2 3 Af 3 3 3 5 2.022PA2G 2231 5 at Maryps Pt 4 3 -35- 4 13 U04.4 4 4 ?1L 7anille 5 Mwkw OYS 3 4 4 4 24 R -4 9 4 '34- Nil Ile 2 Mwkw 33 332\2.3.G 3 4 4 3 3 23P2 -3 5Af 5 44 Af 5-, 2 3305003 4 Ow 4 443 4 4 p Obqffucft@ns 4 Af 011330 S' 5 4N Is, .0 4 10 It- 4 - 4 410200 Fj R 6s&c 1?fI Wef/3 Or'dPipefines % 3 '44% .2V (see nofe 8) 0 T34C, 4.4 4 4 S wit ,,r 6 4 212 R 4 4 2-49W B R T 0 -3-m 330 1 3 Mxvw waft3 4A# 4 Obs40@:J' 11 3 322 3 G 3Jw3 N F1 SR 2 d poetnes2X. SM 17ft 4#0 rtil. 0q24o4 6 S.&- ppe ED (see AW 441 1 ole2 .4 .1 22 '25-WL '26.:! BBSb If 119 6 3illlideni`tA4 Site #28 C 4 G 1*4 211.4 R R ftec 17h '24* 6 3 If. 5 1A 4 [email protected] B m. A III R 6 223 G2. to Bqy 221 6 2 3232 '10 F142.5w 17ft -20'- - :=..PA 2 Af2 6 4 564C 17ft "V -- -.1 23 B&SOA Bass, 6 32 PA 2 2 5 B Ile" pf 6 Of 6 2V3 73 2 5 Obsv PD 6 12 6 (3 It rep 198 1) 4Obstuct'ws 4 @3<j 2 2 2 13,00 Wells and pipWines 01 6 3 1@201 A Shea a 4 Site #28 (BBSD), Barataria Bay Bayou St. Denis (from chart 11358). @1@ J:; SrIE NUMBER - 29 DESIGNATOR - BBMB SITE - MIDDLE BANK BARATARIA BAY, LA NONEINAL SITE CENTER - 29016.55'N 89056.53V LIDCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11358, 11365 SITE ACCESS - During the first two years of the study, the boat was launched at the High Point Marina, Point Sulfur. The run from this point is at least 2 hours. The site is now accessed by boat launched at Cheramines Marina in Grand Isle. From the marina, proceed east across Barataria Pass to the Louisiana Fish and Wildlife Camp on the northwestern tip of the westernmost island of the Grand Terre Islands. Run time is less than 10 minutes. SITE DESCRIPTION - This site was located in Spartina alterniflora marsh along the channel going to the Grand Terre F&WL station on the east side of the channel to F&WL camp harbor. The site was only 10 minutes from Grand Isle. Oysters and sediments during Years I, II and III were collected from intertidal waters inside the Fish and Wildlife boat basin. Oysters were found scattered on the mud and sand bottom. There were very few oysters during Year II. There was a reported die-off after the first year's collection. OYSTERCOLLECTIONS Years I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, & VIII - Station locations for oyster collections were: Station 1 - located at the dock; Station 2 - 50 m to the north; Station 3 - 70 m north of Station 2. Station locations were the same for all eight years. Year IX - The site was not scheduled for sampling this year. SEDIMENT COLLECTIONS Years I, II, & III - Sediments were collected along the channel adjacent to each of the oyster stations. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. SAMPLINGMETHOD Oysters - hand Sediment - hand WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 to 0.5 meters POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Possible contamination would be from Fish and Wildlife bottom-fouling paint and possibly from pesticides. 287 ENVIRONADMAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (.C) YEAR 1 22.0 24.0 27 March 1986 YEAR II - 22.0 12 February 1987 YEAR 111 23.0 11.0 28 January 1988 YEAR IV 29.0 21.0 6 January 1989 YEAR V 30.0 18.0 6 January 1990 YEAR VI 23.0 16.0 8 January 1991 YEAR VII 27.0 18.0 8 January 1992 YEAR VIII 20.0 19.0 5 January 1993 288 j,,tid( S 5@p odl hur 10 S B.; % .5 Mr, Seturday 4hoias I WNW m-w 74 F:-; .z 0Oil -,-.jjj'7 Sa eou Defond #a gm Paw A, Granic Lail, 'I jp(ide rp Bassa Elassa Sun_ pol6m Fbint A, 00 FWd Q4 _- b Ir 7. F rprq,,d Toffe 17s I- imland BBUB 4 Gwd Isis 00 'P Site #29 F*" bkmd rand Isle 2 3 5 30 20 Ott 8'te #29 (BBMB), Bamtaria RaY Middle Bank. 'Maw --W. 2 4 /[email protected] Bee Q, 3 4 .0 3 2 sw 44 411 10 3 2 1 2 PA Cot 80. JNY F1 0 40 30lik 15 -310F Dispads 1 4m -r 2 3 WO 4 13 3 Os 2 3 E 4 0 2 14. 3 RCA A 2 .3 ARCA 0 0600 rcalt ia 4 W 2 @@O A S!n a 2 fteGs 4 ..,:e Iwo* 4 3 3 3%2 3 2 pal 3 [email protected]@ At @' . ..; , - 1 5 "13 3 2 0 PA 1 2 4 6 7 a "i-R 16 is 41 IF v 44 1 zo -Nj Y.? - -- -- - " '406 0; ALF) R"2'"': to t4 17 a -0417w, A 'A. 34 5 a *lair jAO ft 4w:@:.. 2 Flo ft Af NV." d' 21 5 SIR Si #29' 25 3 14 23 3 23 PA 15 23 9 20 -3 2 28 449 if Is 17 2? 17 iv. '@,'K- 14 / 23 14 e 24 IV 1.18F 29 N PA 7 10,;pp 21 30, 1@1 N 4- '@A* Af 26 %, * A 29 32 24 29 A4 #0 Soo U" 17 Welp 21 CID 29 Afo A NJ I if, Jw nE 26 A9, 9' CAW PAWP 3 10 Z2 It U16; ps 113 A 22 0 3 24 21 ? 28 39 2 17 26 23 4 21 29 [20 1 \0 \21 25 9 30 29 21 23 ..... ..... 38--' 42 Site #29 (BBMB), Barataria Bay Mddle Bank (from chart 11358). r at At fill, SITE NUMBER - 61 DESIGNATOR - BBTB SITE - TURTLE BAY, BARATARIA BAY, LA NONIINAL SITE CENTER - 29"30.67N 90005.00'W LOCATED ON NOS CFLART 11352 -SITE ACCESS - Access to this collection site is at the marina at the end of LA Highway 45. By boat proceed north on Barataria Waterway and turn left into Bayou Rigolettes. Follow Bayou Rigolettes south of Harvey Cutoff and then south to Turtle Bay. In Turtle Bay proceed southeast for approximately 1.2 miles past the mouth of Long Bay to the mouth of Bayou St. Denis past several small islands en route. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site, established in Year III, was located on the south side of the entrance to Bayou St. Denis from Little Lake at a row of red and white poles which parallel the shoreline to the south. Oysters were not abundant; therefore distinct stations were not established. Oysters were dredged from a black muddy bottom which contained numerous dead shells. Landmarks to locate the site were: 110' to a small treed island and 30' to a green camp house and silver storage tank. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year III - Station 1 was at the north end of the island 50 m from shore. Station 2 was 20 m offshore, opposite the oyster dredge site. Station 3 was at the south end of the dredge site in a small cove 20 m from shore. Years IV, V, VI, VII, & VIII - This site was not sampled during these years. Year IX - The site was revisited this year and no live oysters were found within a half-mile radius. An alternate site - MBCP (Cedar Point Reef, Mobile Bay) was substituted. 3IM[ENTCOLLECTIONS Year III - Sediments were taken along the shoreline to the south. Sediments were black fine silty mud with detrital matter and an obvious H2S odor. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. SAMPLING Affi'THODS Oysters - dredge Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - subtidal, 2 to 3 meters 293 POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - No point sources were evident, however there were several petroleum facilities in the general area. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (0/00) (0c) YEAR 111 12.0 15.0 30 January 1988 YEAR IEK 53 12.0 12 January 1994 294 Fer e :A &7'@ ufresne .7 Luting 0 am_ ubstta - sc@)Iark- i d ---@vondcle 1W 7' E f @,T 22,E 1 7- ego 2 2111 0 ean 0 el di6 ID Oi LaAv cula"Uth) nC _$, n -.7 IMAV Gw iel, d At IM TATiD NM\ Aug Q u r.2 e 0 - d - 4 Ga W - ld- x Crown Po, n 5 '-Oll'and Gasikid- / 7 15S Will, -on Xive Cia oinI d 001 TiL-ld* 40 Ir Jesuit Send Ula and GA r Field\ .0 lea ire 9 % I and 119-s'fiek and Gvs F' 4@ LAFOuR CPE PAR -Gas Fi enO Lafifte ON, Radio "'K - L ;I.P . ..... -40 lower 00 AV @x, Fiel Oil and Gas Field il nd Gas Fiel Isu $to n- ;-7 elta Farrq r 0 00-.- 0. arase 7- 0 I oft Fiat 4- I-,elly s 00 7 7!. - Site 100- il Field' re-A L 4 A"L. 8,- IT I N oil 4Gas FOM 2@ 7 4c- el Site #61 (BBTB), Barataria Bay Turtle Bay. IL row - R 4MC 171111 NOTE F BARATARIA WATERWAY The comobig dep1h w= i I W the P* bw No o d"M of 9 bw to o Arcow womh 316 kwocooskw wowway. 1987 PA PA ..... 3 Los" (4 4 ot @A 02 3 z-N 3 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 AV 2 5 3 5 4 8 4 4 6 4 19@ a.,. 2 .41 !:2 4 6 5 6 3 2 1 Mp 3 wwj 1 3 LOU 2 1# 4 2 4 eb . 2 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 Q 2 3 3.2 4 OkR )m the 2 42 W.) 2 3 4 3 urchon 2 1 3 A R'41' feet to 0 merway 9 2 4 10 e 4 feet 8"*' closed 2 4 4 3 3 etties is 2 VM%M 2 5 gk War" ]h 4 4 ly 1987 2 o3 32 2- 34 5 3 3 4%Shod 0 #* 5 w an 5 R TO 4 PrIv mairred 4 le, oe 4 4t- _4 4 71 5 4 3 S F1 3 4 2 4 &am Joe ED a 2 Af 3 3 MaH 11356) IL Site #61 (BBTB), Barataria Bay Turtle Bay (from chart 11352). jq tj 4P, 14 L t' SrIE NUMBER - 65 DESIGNATOR - MRTP SITE - TIGER PASS, MISSISSIPPI RIVER, LA NONEINAL SITE CENTER - 29008.69'N 89025.67W LOCATED ON NOS CHART 11361 SITE ACCESS - Access to the site is by boat. From the boat launch at the Venice Marina proceed down Tiger Pass; this takes 0.5 to 1 hour depending on weather conditions. It is best not to go to the site in foggy weather. The mouth of Tiger Pass is bordered by a jetty on both sides; proceed past the jetty on the north side to channel marker 7 then turn north and go back to the shoreline. The site is directly north of the jetty and channel marker 9. SITE DESCRIPTION - This site, established in Year III, was located on the west side of the Mississippi River delta near the mouth of Tiger Pass. The site was on the southwest shoreline of a small smooth cordgrass island. The site was located near a telephone pole at the edge of the marsh. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year III - Individual stations were contiguous along the shoreline. Station 1 was along the shoreline just north of where the Tenneco pipeline canal ran into the bay on the east and southeast from the pole at Station 2. Station 2 was the next -100 m of shoreline to the north across from the telephone pole with two bolts. The pole was approximately 20 m from the shoreline. Station 3 was northwest from the pole up to where the canal forms the northwest boundary of the marsh island. Oysters at all three sites were found lying in the edge of the marsh in the smooth cordgrass marsh. Year IV - The same three- stations were again sampled, except that Station 3 was combined with Station 2 because of the scarcity of oysters in the Station 3 location. Station 2 oysters were larger and more abundant than in the initial sampling in Year III. Year V - There were very few oysters present this year. Due to the scarcity of oysters, Stations 1 and 2 were not distinguished. All the oysters in the area were collected and split into two groups. Station 3 was in the same location as previous years. The number of oysters has decreased each year and it may be necessary to move this site. Year VI - The same site was collected this year. Oysters were almost depleted from this area and only a partial set of oyster samples were collected this year. Additional sites in the immediate vicinity were examined but no oysters were present. There was no oyster reproduction occurring at this site and there were no oysters remaining to be collected, therefore a new site farther to the north should be established. 299 Year VII - The same site was collected this year. Oysters were not abundant thus .distinct sites were not recognized. Year VIII - The same stations sampled in Year V were resampled this year; however, dinstinct stations were not recognized since oysters were not abundant. Year IX - The site was not scheduled to be visited this year. IIMENTCOLLEMONS Year III - Sediments were collected offshore of the oyster stations. Sediments were composed of fine silty muds taken 20-50 m offshore from the oyster stations. Station 1 was at the southeast point of the marsh island, Station 2 was 20 m offshore from the oysters. Station 3 was northwest across the channel from the oysters. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. SAMPLINGMETHOD Oysters - hand Sediments - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 to 0.1 meters POSSEBLE CONTAMINANTS - No known sources of contamination were visible. ENVEEMNAUKWAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (1700) (0c) YEAR 111 30.0 13.0 31 January 1988 YEAR IV 23.0 19.0 8 January 1989 YEAR V 30.0 15.0 8 January 1990 YEAR VI 10.0 14.0 11 January 1991 YEAR VII >0.5 12.0 10 January 1992 YEAR VIII 2.0 13.0 7 January 1993 IN. Gas ;.- SRETON NWR &*ton 1114ws-@. Oil N is int -S" idww -Z.,j -P ir 0 on @Al Fiat --4aoolk@il , , * I.,i : "! f-I LF vt VJ@ -,!- 4- 7 " X EL' A T + @ATION oil FWd Is R 'D S c p, C" Oil FW Y, "'.r R41 oil M TP R 7: Site W 00 6011 2. k E@7 E-1.) 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Z@, t Jj it 'LAI, ti IA "ITT 14, SrIE NUMIBER - 64 DESIGNATOR - MRPL SITE - PASS A LOUTRE, MISSISSIPPI RIVER, LA NONGNAL SITE CENTER - 29004.87'N 89005.53V LOCATED ON NOS CEURT # - 11361 SITE ACCESS - The departure point for this site established in Year III is from the Venice Marina. From the boat basin, head upstream to the main fork of the Mississippi River and proceed downstream to Head of Passes. At this point, take the east fork holding to the south shore to avoid the large sandbar at the entrance to Pass a Loutre. Proceed east to the first cut to the south and proceed to the Louisiana Fish and Wildlife Headquarters which is located south of the entrance to Johnson Pass. The Louisiana Fish and Wildlife personnel provided guidance to the site the first year. Proceed back upstream to Loomis Pass, turn to the southeast into the pass and proceed downstream entering Cognevich Pass and on into the Gulf of Mexico. At this point, turn north to the mouth of Redfish Bay. No attempt should be made to travel to this site except in calm weather. In Year IX, access was gained to Redfish Bay via Pass a Loutre, down SE Pass to the first oil tanks (29*07.75'N, 89'05.78W), and then south into Redfish Bay via a narrow reed lined channel. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site is located at the extreme southeast edge of Redfish Bay just north of the last small island. Prominent landmarks are the Port Eads Lighthouse (240') at South Pass and the Exxon platform with green tanks (3501). OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year III - No distinct oyster stations were established at this site. Oysters were located by poling and occur in scattered areas of large clumps of old large oysters. This was an old reef which has silted over with fine sediment. Oysters were collected with tongs and are difficult to break loose from the reef. Year IV - Oysters were collected by dredge in the same area that was tonged in Year III. Sampling was difficult because of windy conditions and the overall sparsity of live oyster beds. Dredging yielded barely enough for two replicates. The site was located about 200 m east of the seawardmost pole marking the entrance to Johnson Pass, and on a line to the small barrier island. The only way to find the isolated scatterings of oysters in the soft mud was to randomly dredge or feel the bottom with a bamboo pole. This did not distinguish live and dead reefs. Oysters could not be hand picked from the marsh plants on the nearby islands because the mud was far too soft to walk on and the water was too shallow to approach by boat. Year V - Oysters were again dredged from along the north side of the last Phragmites island on line with Port Eads lighthouse and the green oil tanks (29'04.30'N, 89*04.60'W). Oysters were found primarily on roots and 305 old crabs pots and were very scarce. It required 2 hours of dredging to obtain enough oysters for three replicates. The substrate was a black anoxic mud. Year VI - This site was not sampled this year. Year VII - The site was moved slightly to the north and west of the Year V site. Oysters were dredged from a linear submerged reef west of the small Phragmites island. The site was approximately 500 m due south of the green oil tanks located near the north end of Redfish Bay. The reef was very narrow and difficult to locate. Year VIII - Oysters were dredged from the south end of the linear reef described in Year VII. Distinct stations were not recognized since extensive dredging was required to obtain an adequate sample. Year IX - A very small patch of live oysters was found on the extreme end of the SE promontory on Redfish Bay, just north of the southernmost island. The oysters were dredged 5 to 10 m out from the shore in 1 m of water. Seperate stations were not distinguished due to the size of the reef. The rest of the bay was devoid of any live oysters. EMENT COLLECTIONS Year III - Three sediment stations were established on the reef -100 m apart. Fine grained silty sediment were mixed with shell. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. SAMPLING MEETHODS Oyster - tongs or dredge Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - subtidal, 1 to 5 meters POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - The only point sources were the nearby oil productions facilities in the upper part of Redfish Bay. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%o) (0c) YEAR III - 13.0 26 February 1988 YEAR IV 2.0 15.0 9 January 1989 YEAR V 9.0 13.0 9 January 1990 YEAR VII >0.5 13.0 10 January 1992 YEAR VIII 5.0 13.0 7 January 1993 YEAR IX 2.0 8.0 14 January 1994 307 + ORETON N WMIS field at AS" hbnd@ i@, rIK" I*d bWW Field Od 6% .J on oil ,z4 Fillid Ve Oil Y TEL NA AIA Oil 'JI Nd P T D E ranli Zr- c 74. .-Dn wells Ts I:L. ji-A o F il -j A- C@, 4 V Uc.r zy: L; off ek ob -t!, @tM- Od Field Ikk d Ar 14'4al, Ba. Ba- PL EAS BA Y IVU7 9,; 0 Site #64 oil 0 S-,. ft Eads Site #64 (MERPL), Mississippi River Pass A Loutre. 2 iOWE - 2 3 Lt Hot 0 Ullt 0 -4p 2 Ol T. 6 1 @) %,% A TR 2 0 4 arms ao 4 92 do V @p. a AD 4 3 2 2 Do 4 -p- 3 M 10 14 4 PO' 8 4 3 3 0 13 2 2 3 '04-C -5 t-= 0 '1 3 0 'A' 14 4 Pfiv Gids C@) 3 to 2 4 4 3 4 44 ObstruclAw" 14 7 M 24 2 2 / 41 4 and POO*Ws 5 13 A4 65 A 2(am noft Q. 3 8 23 2 47 - 5. .. a" 12 79 4 2 2 /3 3 #1-- 36 PL 22 ID 2 3 1 14 1 3 to 3 75 -A Y S saw 2 13% 2 plb 4 1 4-- 1 3 2 3 91 % 5 41 91 2 113 2 93 I ZIMUTH 2 /2 142 South -P itty Light '4 4 1 41 73 68 1 t ht - 313'27'17. 24 56 9 42 73 - 0 08 33 34 26 as :::"Ob@%fA 9 136 6 82 108 1 13 C3 Site #64 (MRPL), Mississippi River Pass A Loutre (from chart 11361). Miami SITE NUMIBER - 30 DESIGNATOR - BSBG SITE - BAY GARDENE, BRETON SOUND, LA NOXINAL SITE CEN R - 29035.90'N 89037.25V LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11364 SITE ACCESS - The site is accessed by boat launched at Pointe a la Hache from the Chevron Marina. Proceed from the marina southeast down the Back Levee Canal to Lower Grand Bayou, then east along the bayou to Battle Ground Bay. In Battle Ground Bay go generally east paralleling the shore to Tripple Pass. Then go northeast and northwest to Pintail Point in Bay Gardene. At Pintail Point proceed east-northeast to Bayou Lost to the Louisiana Fish and Wildlife Camp. The site is along the south shore of the western end of Bayou Lost, west of the Fish and Wildlife Camp. Approximate run time to the site is 0.75 hours. SITE DESCRIPTION - This site was located on small unnamed islands between Bayou Lost and Lonesome Island. Oysters'were abundant. No visible contamination factors were observed. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year I - Oysters were collected by dredge off the western tip of the island. Landmarks used to located the position are: 680 to the Fish and Wildlife camp, 129' to white grain elevators, and 293" to the oil terminal. Years II & II - In all years, Station 1 was collected on the westernmost tip of the island on the south side of Bayou Lost near Pintail Point in Bay Gardene. Station 2 was 100 m to the east of Station 1. Station 3 was 100 m to the east of Station 2. Years IV, V, VI, VII, & VIII - The stations sampled were the same as in previous years, along the east end of the island at the Fish & Wildlife camp on the south shore of Bayou Lost. Year IX - The site was not scheduled for sampling this year. SEDIME14T COLLECTIONS Years I, II, & III - Sediments were collected by box corer in subtidal waters adjacent to the oyster collection areas. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & LY - Sediments were not sampled during these years. 312 SAMPUNGAIEMOD Oysters - hand and dredge Sediment - hand and box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal or subtidal, 0. 1 to 3 meters POSSIBLE CONTAAIINANTS - No sources observed. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (OC) YEAR 1 15.0 18.0 26 March 1986 YEARII 15.0 18.0 14 February 1987 YEAR 111 12.0 17.0 25 February 1988 YEAR IV 20.0 21.0 8 January 1989 YEAR V 10.0 14.0 8 January 1990 YEAR VI 24.0 17.0 10 January 1991 YEAR VII 10.0 13.0 10 January 1992 YEAR VIII 10.0 16.0 7 January 1993 313 4P" 0-procto Pbjw sce I a r @V/ Vill COASTAL U I nill iorl' ri 0C V hwaits A S se le 04,. catsd. Allu, Oil @A city Pi, Afnr 'H 00d Lak@ v f@ .1 . 1.4 .4 N@ x " Im, *A. r r,r r elacroix V, j L @A N, W P'. Vill !Ilk 7 csd@s ie ri b@ OIL V, ix h v I '. 4 1, : v Site M" 1. Gr 0VP sraiv 3. 00 V. 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(see note 4-,N 0 40 F1 49*c 12ft '781 Priv mairrId N IL P"..4 Belle Isle B 7 MINERAL DEVELO Y 4=ww obstruction lights ate requited lor fixe structures shown on approval by the Di Coast Guard (33 CF site #30 (BSBG), Breton Sound Bay Gardene (from chart 11364). 1j'i 17 T tv it ' 14 SHE NUMBER - 31 DESIGNATOR - BSSI SITE - SABLE ISLAND, BRETON SOUND, LA NOAHNAL SITE CENTER - 29024.11'N 89029.10W LOCATED ON Nos CHART # - 11364 SITE ACCESS - During the first two years, access to the site was by boat which was launched at Point a La Hache Marina. Proceed southeast on Back Levee Canal to Fucich Bayou. Fucich Bayou enters California Bay and channel markers are followed to California Point. - Avoid the shoals at California Point by staying near the platform structure off the point where the telephone lines appear to end. Turn south from California point and cross through the oil field to Sable Island. Travel time by boat is 1 to 1.5 hours, and the open water crossing at California Bay and south to Sable Island requires a calm day and/or a larger protected boat. In Years III-V of the study, the boat was launched at the Venice Marina. There are several way to reach the site but the easiest is to go up the Mississippi River to the Ostrica Canal Locks and then out the private channel across Quarantine Bay to Sable Island. Run time to the site is still about an hour. In Year VI a new launch site was used at Delta Marine in Empire. It is necessary to go through the Empire Lock then down river to the Ostrica Lock, but the run time is much shorter than coming up river. In Year EK, the Buras Riverside Marins on the west bank of the Mississippi River, was used. This. shortened the boat run time to less than 30 minutes, allowing for the Ostrica Locks. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site surrounded Sable Island. Oyster reefs were ubiquitous around the island, but live oysters were found by trial and error. The best oyster beds were on the southwest end of the island. In Year IX, there was a good reef, clearly marked with PVC poles, on the SW side of Sable Island (29024.26'N, 89029.09'W). OYSTER COLLECTIONS Years I & H - Oysters were found by commercial oystermen on the north side of the island in Year I (29'24.70'N, 89'28.70'W)(with limited success), and were more abundant on the south side in Year II (29'24.20'N, 89028.80'W) (again with a commercial dredger collecting the samples). Landmarks to help locate the area were: Station 1 - 2450 to well nearest north shore; 310' to tanks nearest large platform. Station 2 - 20' to the nearest well on the north shore; 257' to platform with 4 pipes and 3 tanks. Station 3 - 262' to platform with 3 pipes and 3 tanks; 344' to nearest large platform on the north side of the island. Year III - In Year III, oysters were hand collected at Station 1 on the northwest shore of Sable Island (29'24.21'N, 89029.10'W), oysters were not abundant. Oysters at Stations 2 and 3 were purchased from commercial fishermen who were operating just offshore. 318 Year X - The oysters were collected by dredge in the area between the larger part of Sable Island and the smaller mostly shell island to the north (29*23.94'N, 89'29.09'W). Oysters for all three sites were taken from a marked leased area about 200 m west of the well jacket with a red beacon light. Oysters were plentiful on a mud bottom in 1 m of water. Year V - Oysters were dredged on the northwest side of the@ island along the edge of the reef approximately 50 m from the island. All stations were obtained along a 500 m area (29'24.32'N, 89'29.05'W). Oysters were not plentiful. Year VI - All three stations were located off of the southwest end of the island (29024.20'N, 89029.04'W). Station 1 was located on the south end and west side of the island. Station 2 was approximately 100 m farther southwest. Station 3 was another 100 m to the southwest of Station 2. Oysters were sparse at Stations 1 and 2 and abundant at Station 3. Year VII - Oysters were collected near the same stations described for Year VI, but the stations were shifted slightly to. the southwest. Oysters were moderately abundant with numerous mussels attached. Year VIII - Oysters were collected at the station described for Year VII. Mussels were very numerous, covering most of the oyster shell. Year IX - Oysters were abundant and easily dredged from the same station areas as in Year VIII. Numerous small mussels covered most of the oysters. IDIENTCOUECTIONS Years I, H, & III - Sediments were available nearshore on the south side. In all years, sediments were collected at three stations -50 m apart on the south side of the island. Sediments were gray-brown silt over dark black mud. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. SAMPLING M=OD Oysters - dredge and hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPM - subtidal, 0.3 to 2.5 meters POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Obvious sources of contamination included extensive oil and gas platforms to the north and west (closer than 0.5 mile) and widespread oil and gas development in the overall delta area east of the river. 319 ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (9010) (OC) 'YEAR 1 12.0 17.0 26 March 1986 YEARII 15.0 15.0 14 February 1987 YEAR 111 8.0 14.0 25 February 1988 YEAR IV - 18.0 8 January 1989 YEAR V 14.0 12.0 9 January 1990 YEAR VI 4.3 13.0 11 January 1991 YEAR VII >0.5 10.0 11 January 1992 YEAR VIII 2.0 10.0 8 January 1993 YEAR IX 1.0 10.0 13 January 1994 Gas r-", POW?, AsPAPdot Reef BRETON "WR Amfon islands- raw N nssi F Site #31 Wrd Wand Oil Field O'l* on -8001ityl r 4 Zz 4 oil -NA L LOA 'DQFE-@R E .001 A, Field- ramp ISS1 "S11 P T Z A D E L T A lid, rr A. 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Enter the lake and proceed to the west side of Old Fort Beauregard. Run time to the site is less than 0.5 hours. SITE DESCRIPTION - Oysters were collected from intertidal waters in mud. They were attached to bricks from the historic fort. The site was located on the west side of Old Fort Beauregard. Oysters were abundant. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year I - Station 1 was in the southeast part of the small cove 100 m west of channel marker 2. Station 2 was 60 m north of Station 1, 150 m west of channel marker 2. Station 3 was 60 m north of Station 2, 200 m west of channel marker 2. Oysters were collected with a commercial dredge. Years II, III, X, V, VI, & VII - The oysters were collected by hand along the shore west of the Fort. Station 1 was on the west side by the shore. Station 2 was approximately 50 m north of Station 1 by the rock rubble, and Station 3 was 70 m west of Station 2 by the mud flat. Year VIII & IX - The same stations were collected again these two years, but the oysters were less abundant. SEDDMENT COLLECTIONS Years I & II - Sediments were taken 300 m offshore in subtidal waters northwest of the channel markers. Year III - Sediments were taken 100 m offshore in a north-south transect, with stations 50 m apart. Station I was on the north and Station 3 on the south. Year IV - Sediments were not sampled this year. Year V - Sediments were composed of soft mud and shell and were collected adjacent (25 m) to each of the oyster stations in 1 m of water. Year VI - Sediments were not sampled this year. Years VII, VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. 325 SAMPLING METHOD Oysters - commercial dredge and hand Sediment - box core and hand WATER DEPM - intertidal, 0.1 and 0.3 meters POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Contamination factors included outwash from the Yscloskey Bayou and Mississippi River Gulf Outlet Canal, an ammunitions dump, and oil and gas pipelines. ENVIRONAUKNTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (OC) YEAR 1 12.0 20.0 27 March 1986 YEAR 11 12.0 20.0 15 February 1987 YEAR 111 17.0 16.0 30 January 1988 YEAR IV - 18.0 8 January 1989 YEAR V 4.0 11.0 8 January 1990 YEAR VI 16.0 16.0 10 January 1991 'YEAR VII 10.0 14.0 10 January 1992 YEAR VIII 8.0 16.0 7 January 1993 YEAR IX 6.0 10.0 14 January 1994 326 A I Oc r coo LBMP 14S CIL, 0 -7 COAMrAL #32 site h a. I -fog u Tr AV 'Ve -@-v I.. 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M M M M M M M no M M M Ri Ad 'S 4V NUMBER - 62 DESIGNATOR - LBNO SITE - NEW ORLEANS, LAIKE BORGNE, LA NONDNAL SITE CENTER - 29056.60'N 89050.10V LOCATED ON NOS CELART # - 11364 SITE ACCESS - Access is by boat launched at the marina north of Chalmette on LA Highway 47. From the marina, travel north to Bayou Bienvenue, then east to the first channel or continue on to the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet Canal. Turn right (southeast) and continue on for 5 miles, then turn right into Lake Borgne. SITE DESCRIPTION - This site was established in Year III and was located on the west side of Lake Borgne. The site was located just inside the pass into the lake along the south shore and was due south of Martello Castle. OYSTERCOLLECTIONS Year III - The oyster stations were located along the shoreline from east to west. Oysters were collected by hand in 10-20 cm water at low tide. Live oyster clumps were interspersed with abundant dead shell. Station 1 was due south of Martello Castle. Station 2 was 50 m to the west. Station 3 was another 50 m west. Years JrV, V, VI, VII, & VIII - The site was not sampled during these years. Year IX - The site was not scheduled to be sampled this year, but was substituted as an alternate site for LPGO (Gulf Outlet, Lake Pontchartrain). The oysters were large and abundant, and were collected form the same stations as in Year III. 3DUNT COLLECTIONS Year III - Sediment sites were located 50 m offshore to the north of each oyster station in an east to west line. Sediments were a mixture of peat, mud and shell. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. SAMIPLING N=ODS Oysters - hand Sediment- box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0.1 - 0.2 meters 331 POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS No obvious pollution sources were evident. However, the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet drained the area from around New Orleans as well and carried boat and ship traffic. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (9100) (11C) YEAR 111 16.0 18.0 31 January 1988 YEAR EK 7.0 9.0 14 January 1994 332 A 4- P N,, 17 MM-1-5-H vi I OAST BNO L u #62 )a' t n r 6 4 , Ken' t @D V r c oc a hwelft I A Oil Alluvi I -t A in) sco al, i ty -aim obo q Lakfe I W Ai .4 44 6 A ,0 0 -7--f A 1 Delacroix 01* A 1-4 I- @114 -A on v c ry I j n te 0 d" oil @W,, 0,1 -A Qv Grov` wit -oil mclat J&Uj@j I ef Deer ange P@i t Celp@te .0a Site #62 (LBNO), Lake Borgne New Orleans. Ad S 4 4 9 9 (see na@te \7 Pile Y tj .9\ 7 9 9 4 .9 t 8 BNO 8 z --R Site #62 ........ .. 2-1.111@ Ra he M sh 3 -4 8 Ad S f* Proator am -5- t@"TLR II Sh 5 ' . 7 7 . ....... 0% 7 ........... ............. . . ........... . .. .......4 Q2 3 .3 Ca-p b4 0. @ Q It 0,101A 4 7 7 & 7 Marsh 7 0e; 7 i Al h 140* %, TIA 7 NOTE D C&, VKXU CANAL itrolling depth was 5 feet over the bar in La a ke 7 ence 6 feet through Bayou Dupre and the canai to 'Y bridge at Violet; thenoe 4 feet to the end of the Mar. I 9M 4Zt "b-* L 9 Z. Site #62 (LBNO), Lake Borgne New Orleans (from chart 11371). q(41 SITE NUMBER - 63 DESIGNATOR - LPGO SITE - GULF OUTLET, LAIKE PONTCHARTRAIN, LA NOMNAL SITE CENTER - 30002.44'N 90002.57rW 1A)CATED ON NOS CELART # - 11369 SITE ACCESS - A boat is launched at the ramps located under Shoreline Drive Bridge. The site is located just to the north of the ramps in the south edge of Lake Pontchartrain. Travel time to the site is less than 5 minutes. This site cannot be sampled when there is a strong north wind due to high waves. SITE DESCRIPTION - An attempt was made in Year III to establish a site at the Gulf Outlet on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain. Although the site was recommended as being most likely to support oysters, no oysters were present; therefore, no stations were established nor was sediment collected. Based on new information, a sampling site was established in Year VI near the Gulf Outlet on the south side of Lake Pontchartrain. The site was located approximately 1 km north of the bridge adjacent to the New Orleans Lakefront Airport. Oysters occured at this site due to a salt water wedge that entered through the outlet. The high salinity water allowed the oysters to exist on the bottom near the Gulf outlet. OYSTERCOLLECTIONS Year VI - The oyster stations were located along the edge of the channel in deep water. Oysters were sparse this year because the Louisiana Fish and Wildlife Department had removed most of them in a replanting project. Stations were not distinguished due to the sparse population. Three hours of dredging was required to obtain 90 oysters. This station should improve in future years since the area is closed to commercial luggers. Years VII & VIII - Oysters were not collected at during these years. Year IX - Only three live oysters were found after three hours of dredging. As a result, an alternate site was selected - LBNO (New Orleans, Lake Borgne) for sampling. DEVIENT COLLECTIONS Year VI - The only suitable sediments were found in deep water along the edge of the channel. All of the south end of the Lake had hard packed sandy bottom. Station 2 was located at the coordinates given for the oyster collection. Station 1 was located 200 m to the northwest and Station 2 was 300 m to the east. Sediments can only be obtained by a box corer equipped with a 10 m rope and a messenger. Years VII, VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. 337 SAMPLINGMETHODS Oysters - dredge Sediment - box core attached to a rope WATER DEPTH - Oysters 4 to 5 m and greater than 5 m for sediment. POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - No obvious pollution sources were evident, but Lake Pontchartrain drained through this outlet and tidal water from New Orleans flushed back into the lake. There was also abundant boat and ship traffic. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (9010) (0c) YEAR VI 5.0 11.0 31 January 1988 YEAR IEK 5.0 9.0 13 January 1994 338 L A, 10% sitf #63 Light Now 10 N I LE NS L -F p It /* 7 -)v Iso"s LL Pontchartrain 7 LAKESHORE LEVEE owe Ial@ F I Reach r\ % US Nwal-M86" C 4 Boat 0 -.-Ram 0-1 US Army u"Iv 0 NO Reservee (Emst Ce 9. -A& Cuive sout1wrn ul@ 7g ew 0rI#&n%1Bv LF c.4w= I'l 0 ,NMI hq L K w 37 rk A- rtOn yoe Site #63 (LPGO), Lake Pontchartrain Gulf Outlet -ale Y'lly Ile itI A,)S 5 lit'l, 16 13 'Pill 14 14 M 14 1 15 @84 PA not" ,,g 14 PfIv maiNd 13 ... 14 (4 14 14 14 Is 15 oicfs 14 Are *01-A' W0,18, Wtst' 16 14 'S, 14 w Or Ic'. 14 Of or Reg> PA CP 1-4 -y-,p 14 14 W w 0, W 0, IV", Y-4703o 14 IV J), -0. 2 Ok Fi 14 -A@w ------- ts, w or J4 Or -F 4. PA @O 14 13 14 -0 CW 0@ w 0, 15- 14 C IF, 14 V"O- 14 W 139 13 13 14 PA wo, 91 w 0, ov w 0, 's W or J'dk W 0, 14 C .@ 29 so C 'J" 13 13 15 PA 13 -29 2.9 r2i .Wcl 4 13 14 me 0, AffAS S70UTt kf'Lr V@ 24 C -" 29 84.1- TRUE 9 Oro StA 35 36 42 7 12.. 13 .9-44 ------ r- 14 q y 45 AERO \Sea foirre RAN EN F?Ofat,np W G 10 TOWERS Tum on low NEU Ipa .1. CANAL C,6, Indian seach ocol Milnob rg m STACK (5 OF TWO) Li U01K 2 WIIL t At rn nna ac RADIO 1/36 TOWER te (use chets V:j 2511c-i "Mot NTAC 4 FIG2.59ec i Pnvrmrntd TR SPIRE FRr ?AnK OV"D PWA AS 0 STACK @01 Ali. (BE OF 2) vwfte b E 0 R L E A N S Lack Arnhi AI#x GABLE Carrouton CAR 4 We #63 aJIGO), Eake Pankhartmin Gulf Outlet M[ISSISSIPPI SrIES SrIE NUMBER 33 DESIGNATOR - MSPC SITE - PASS CHRISTIANY MISSISSIPPI SOUND, MS NONEINAL SYIE CENTER - 30018.12'N 89019.62W LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11372@ 11373 SITE ACCESS - Access point in Year I was from Pass Christian small craft harbor with an approximate running time of 20 minutes. From Year II on, access to the site was via automobile, taking the first exit on the west side of the bridge at Highway 90 and following the road south along the shoreline to Veterans Pier. A boat ramp was located on the south side of the jetty/pier for sediment sampling. SITE DESCRIPTION - In the first year oysters were tonged from the open water offshore from Bay St. Louis (30"17.75'N and 89'19;60'W). The original reef location off Pass Christian was dead in Year II and the site was moved onshore to the Veterans Pier. At the pier, oysters were attached to rocks and on the muddy sand bottom. Accessibility was best at low tide. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year I - Year I stations were located in Bay St. Louis. Station 1 was approximately 0.5 to 0.75 miles south of the railroad bridge. Bearing to landmarks were: 70' to the silver water tower, 230' to the center pivot trestle, and 350' to the buoy marker. Station 2 was 200 m north of Station 1 and Station 3 was 200 m farther north. Years II & III - During Year II no oysters were found at the Year I site. In Years II and III, the site was moved to the Veteran's Pier at Bay St. Louis. The oysters were intertidal and were collected by hand without the use of a boat. Station I was on the north side of the jetty. Station 2 on the seaward side of the "T" end of the jetty and under the pier. Station 3 was on the south side of the jetty. Year IV - In Year IV, the site was the same as in Year II & III, on Veteran's pier. Stations were located as before. Construction was in process along the shore, jetty and pier and sand had been filled on the beach. Additional rock rubble had been added to the "T" end of the jetty, covering most of the oysters at Station 2. However oysters were more plentiful and larger than in the past. Year V - Stations were in the same locations as previously sampled. Oysters were very scarce due to the recent freeze which had killed all oysters above the low tide line. 343 Year VI - There were no live oysters at Stations 2 and 3. At Station 1 there were very few live oysters attached to the concrete rubble but there were numerous oysters at a small reef 20 m north of the north end of the "T" end of the jetty. All three stations were collected on this small reef. Stations were not differentiated. Year VII - This site was not sampled this year. No live oysters could be found at any of the previously sampled sites nor in the surrounding bay. Year VIII - No oysters were present at the Veteran Pier, so the site was moved 1.65 nm to the NE (bearing 57). The site is located at a submerged reef which parallels the Highway 90 bridge. The reef lies 10 meters south of the bridge on the east side of the channel in 2.5 m of water. Oysters were numerous but since the reed is small, individual stations were not recognized. Loran coordinates for the new reef are 30' 18.87'N and 89' 18.05V. Year IX - Veteran's Pier was re-occupied this year, as there was an abundance of small oysters again.The sampled stations were the same as those used in Years II through V. 3D4E'NT COLLECTIONS Year I - Sediments were taken at 100, 150 and 175 m south, respectively, from each oyster station. Year 1I - Sediments were obtained by box coring directly offshore from the jetty at distances of 200, 400, and 600 m, respectively, for the three stations. Year III - Sediment stations were collocated with each oyster station. Silty-sand sediments were collected along the shoreline and can be reached by wading. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & LX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. SAMPLING METHOD Oysters - tonging and hand Sediment - box core and hand WATER DEPTH - 0 to 3 meters (subtidal in Year 1, intertidal in succeeding years) POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - There were no obvious sources of contamination nearby. 344 ENMONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (OC) YEAR 1 11.3 16.0 6 March 1986 YEARII 8.0 15.0 16 February 1987 YEAR 111 18.0 17.0 2 February 1988 YEAR IV 16.0 - 10 January 1989 YEAR V 9.0 16.0 10 January 1990 YEAR VI 17.3 11.0 12 January 1991 YEAR VIII 10.0 15.0 8 January 1993 YEAR ICK 18.0 6.0 15 January 1994 R P I e Rif ce C: r7o ke Tovmr' ubsts r tPor C __j ftSIA 0 NAV41L R RVA --llle@umr Light Ra e SIP Edge4ater Park I Mississippi City 4@ CU as GULFPORT Pow Pow % 4 maw ong Beach Flow ass Christian A rwA v UY H,,nderson Point tmlWAC,VASTAL WA ------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------- or MSPC 0 tj Norl% Point S so-@d + 0 weig Site#33. n. :D W.0 P.W 8 9 Site #33 (MSPC), Mississippi Sound Pass Christian. I U.S. Coast Guard Light List for supplemental on concerning aid* to navigation. 0 Piling2 j2)FJ 4 Cl 4P&3 4 4 44 4 4 S 523 4 S r (trasixy Pit 4 310 5L0D'ammW 4 Sp,'f A," 4 Ro R.f..--'4..--7 C/ A, 0 IIASCULE BRIDGE JIy# S Si " .,- 4- toolt CL Go FT 3 spoil Sisk" PA fl31. VENT CL 12 FT 4 4 VND PWO CAB O.UTH CL 441 FT FI 0 4sec 1711 3M 40 3 efto Ref PC P011 10 ciao% OR W1 jlt- 24 Gill-, "b2 00 2 -3- -.0jzf L,- It Jt 1MI -vo-GLIT 2 6 0 9 5a VIt.2VA 15 Cowan -03 Pilo -14- Pipe56V. IPA , Sj,6% River I-11 Nkl. A."R, :00.ALO Wb- 4 5d 60@*-i,-402Wallow IPL 6 molke, SAKULI lowy BRIDGE /10 ". 13 71?)3NOR CL MIFT 21 Louis DAY VERT CL 17 FT AT CINT1111 OS LON It It SWING BRIDGE OYND POWER CABLE I Mrs PA3AUTNCL SOFT AT WARNINGS NOR CL MEET DRAW) 100 rT 8 VENT CIL 13 4 L rvice displays storm warnings OVND I CASIX sus" ..... 0 .,60. CAB .11to locations: -61e A-6: " TANK DON -.3 alum" d, - 2. Iss-WIS-) 7 Town z 2! !bPA lips Bar a 47086 1 4 man on - 4, 20 74 W-k;,@, )TE H 4*4-4;- PA 7 i@- - JITt AARIANNE 2 .47 ..... ...... pA F-I G jk411 3 7 irclad whm im'00 M Piles 77 to 02 ANK Pit 8-47082 to @jSpC W ans 9 10 PrIv Mainti @P" PA .1.0 10 - ------ Site #33 19 Clystefs0112 It 8 one I !- - - a 4,7(18() \I 9 d Pipes..": F1 R 49 17tt 4M ...... ......... . 7 b Ret7 2 8 0 P\ ............ ii ........ 0. 7-4 -77 ,iiial PA' 13ns 8 0 @64 @A 3 47n7A 21-11 re4 n Site #33 (MSPC), Mississippi Sound Pass Christian (from chart 11372). wl' 'I'LL Om SITE NUMBER 34 DESIGNATOR - MSBB SITE - BILOXI BAY, MISSISSIPPI SOUND, MS NONDNAL SYIE CENTER - 30023.55'N 88051.45V LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11373,11372 SITE ACCESS - No boat is necessary since this is a walk up site. Access to the site is via automobile, parking at the Marine Education Center on Highway 90 at the Biloxi-Ocean Springs bridge. SITE DESCRIPTION - The sample area was along the shoreline in intertidal waters. Oysters were taken from the concrete bulkhead, rocks and debris in the water. There were a limited number of oysters at this location. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Years I, II, & III - The stations established in Year I were collected the next two years also. Station 1 was adjacent to Marine Education Center. Station 2 was next to the west end of the bridge on the south side. Station 3 was northeast of the bridge - 150 m from Station 2. Year IV - In Year IV, the stations were: Station 1, under the bridge at the second and third support from the west end; Station 2, at the first pier support under the bridge; and Station 3, on the shoreline bulkhead and into the bay. As before the oysters were collected by hand from the concrete pilings, piers and concrete rubble. Year V - Stations 2 and 3 were in the same locations as sampled last year. Station 1 was moved from under the bridge to 125 m up the shoreline to near the point north of the bridge. This station was moved due to the lack of live oysters. A freeze had recently killed most of the oysters. Year VI - Stations 2 and 3 were again at the locations sampled last year. Station I had not recovered from the freeze, so it was collected north of the bridge on a concrete bulkhead. Oysters were numerous at this site. Year VII - No live oysters could be found at any of the stations this year. Year VIII - Oysters were again present and were collected at the locations described for Year V. Year IX - The site was not scheduled to be sampled this year. 31M[ENT COLI.EMONS Years 1, H, & III - Sediments were taken offshore from the three oyster sampling locations, with the boat being launched at the city marina -0.25 mile to the east from the Mareing Education Center. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. SAMPLING NIETHOD Oysters - hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPM - intertidal, 0. 1 to 0.3 meters POSSEBLE CONTAMINANTS - Possible contamination factors included marine traffic and city pollution. ENVIRONAEEMAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (OC) YEAR 1 15.0 15.0 4 March 1986 YEAR 11 15.0 15.0 16 February 1987 YEAR 111 16.0 14.0 2 February 1988 YEAR IV 14.0 17.0 10 January 1989 YEAR V 5.5 15.0 11 January 1990 YEAR VI 3.0 14.0 12 January 1991 YEAR VIII 10.0 16.0 8 January 1993 351 4 P I it e ri h r 0 In ubsta Ipor c At 8 0 > 75 e@W A 0 NAVAL R RVAPON ;@, @.t;r Light e sle Edge,fatpr Park Mississippi City c as -vt Point cz d Ej=:.rT ULFPORT COW ng BeaCh Point MOD AUSFWAV as$ Christian Site #34 B StILOUIS H nrierson Point ay OUIS ----------------------- -------------------------------------------- or 0 North Point Sod Ififf 00 Q 0 1, , - @;@;SIA im, li"', 8 9 q;fo *14 (VqRII). Mississivy)i Sound Biloxi Bay. 10 As 19 14 , @ - I N 20 77 .2 Sit. 2- 15 0 1 4 2 A -'Obst,2 3 0-10 4 4 1 o' It 11- 4 1 2 Do 4 G lye* 4 a 3 3 10 9 7 4 '17 5 4 -71 to 4 a MS1313' NX @w @ , . % 2 2 to --\ 1A 0 -.Ar, AE 2 4STte 3 1. Area 9 Sow, 2 to 2R ;1@0 3D A>A-Jli 0 /so 4. -t- '42e4 oot - Is 4-9 4 8 132 sift 14,W %40P 00 PON a 91LOJr, 0 3 0 AR S P7 3 4 & 3 2 4 (Z I%w A;0.2 10 3 0 3 3 no, 4 FR? 49), 1 4 4 Nw F'@@ to h" 2% 26 . ........... -4 @@g, '? :!@@ 4 4 N 3 2@ 4 6 s #, 0 4 4 4\ 7 4V-01Z @MB A pi ft it 5 7,/ 2 -; - -r - 6 &P PA 74 LP 2 r BY ISO Stu CO w a * .0 7: F1 4 4a 7 41 Ff a no, 3 Ono 2 Stu A. 7 7 8 St-ve 7 01 0611, *,. 0 .11 2 13 C) an 9 2 2 10 / Al 9 9 A 2 Site #34 (MSBB), Mississ Sound Biloxi Bay (from chart 11372). @ M M M 14 M M M M M M (MEN.- ml .it low-, i4. A .4, " 4, 106 V1, Ll SrIE NUMBER 35 DESIGNATOR - MSPB SITE - PASCAGOULA BAY, MISSISSIPPI SOUND, MS LATI'I'UDE 30020.03'N 88036.10V LOCATED ON NOS CHART# - 11374,11373 SITE ACCESS - To reach the boat ramp on the Pascagoula River turn off Highway 90 onto Market Street going south. When the road dead-ends at the beach, turn right and drive west to the end of the road. The boat is launched at the public ramp. Then by boat proceed west to red channel marker 4. Run time to the site is less than 10 minutes. SITE DESCRIEPTION - The site was located west of the new causeway going to the Naval Base near the mouth of the West Pascagoula River. Oysters were generally abundant and were found by poling the subtidal reef. Soft mud sediments were found adjacent to the reef at each collection point. Oysters were abundant. OYSTERCOLLECTIONS Years I, II, & III - Year I stations were centered around red channel marker 4. Station 1 was 100 m east of red channel marker 4. Bearing to permanent landmarks were: 80' to grain elevators and 260' to Bellefontaine Point Lighthouse. Station 2 was at the red channel marker 4 (80' to grain elevators; 2550 to the lighthouse ). Station 3 was 150 m west of red channel marker 4 (80' to the grain elevators and 262' to the lighthouse). Oysters were collected by tonging. Year IV - As in Year III, the site was centered around channel marker 4 which was just west of the new causeway and west of Ingalls shipyard. Station 1 was about 100 m east of the marker in shallow water which had been affected by silting from dredging operations. Oysters were smaller and fewer live ones were present than at other stations. Station 2 had to be moved from the marker to about 200-300 m north of the marker where a small iron pipe and a cane pole marked the channel. Oysters here were prolific and fairly large. Station 3 was 150 m west of the marker. It also had oysters in abundance. The whole area around the site was closed to oystering by the health department. Oysters were collected by dredging. Year V - Stations were located in the same areas as sampled last year. Oysters were collected by tongs this year. Year VI - The site was centered around channel marker 4 (30'20.55,N, 88'35.96'W). Station 1 was 100 to 200 m east of the marker. Station 2 was at channel marker 4. Station 3 was 100 to 200 m west of the channel marker. Oysters were very abundant at all three stations. 356 .Years VII & VIII - All three stations were centered around channel marker 4. Station 1 was in the same area as last year, 100 to 150 m east of the marker. Station 2 was moved slightly north (50 to 150 m) of the marker. Station 3 was 150 m west of the marker. Oysters were abundant at all three stations. Year IX - No oysters were found in the vicinity of channel marker #4. A new location was found off the NW comer of the Naval Base Island, next to the new causeway (30'20.14'N, 88135.17'W). Station 1 was 100 m offshore next to the causeway, Station 2 was 50 m further south and Station 3 another 50 m to the south. The oysters were abundant and easily dredged. )IMENT COLLECTIONS Years 1, 11, & III - Sediments were gray and brown mud mixed with sand. Collection sites were north of each site within 75 to 100 m. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. SAMPLING METHOD Oysters - tongs and dredge Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - subtidal, 1 to 1.5 meters POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Possible contamination sources included the Pascagoula River, City of Pascagoula, Naval Ship Yard, heavy marine traffic and nearby industries. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (OC) YEAR 1 19.0 14.0 5 March 1986 YEAR 11 19.0 14.0 16 February 1987 YEAR 111 5.0 12.0 15 February 1988 YEAR IV 2.0 14.0 10 January 1989 YEAR V 1.0 12.0 12 January 1990 YEAR VI 6.0 11.0 13 January 1991 YEAR VII 22.0 14.2 12 January 1992 YEAR VIII 6.0 12.0 9 January 1993 YEAR IX 18.0 11.0 15 January 1994 357 C Mard, da U W Big fdaw tme ide.4 Ttt v P S V Island 0 row FO HA s RI Rigows 11 a MX BA Island f orb*# ROCV00" fAmeddY ma'sh Island Cat %D Island P Cft Site.#35-'. r c5--- 8--8 --------- - ----------------- --------------- ------------------- P-- 1-1 Gra NISLAND NWR IN ISL AN e 6 > lots ISLAND PEM SO'S P11TIT 80 , @IS "@W ols NWF@-\ 3- CY E, - X-j_ C 0 60 Site #35 (MSPB), Mississippi Sound Pascagoula Bay. 3 00 L00 2 2 WP CAB 3 .33Ft C 4 .3 low Clio, N -Umh cm AUTH CL rt PWR ND T CABS CL It 'T1 3 4 9 2 14 =FT Irr ------- NG CL a] FT VM CL 7 sS us go 129 Cobb I AUVN4CLftFT uffsh A Obstm Me 7U OULA "-wit I So Fr 2 P@ Pool G; Log 140 Spci#Ar- 4OWN ELEY 00, Fr No P11 is 0. A 40 10M sit" I&P L -Srwg 3 13i 11 1 td Site #3 0 2 2 3 1 1 C2 1 - - 5 $pay OIL9 t@@ 3 Stwyd \ y OR %1' subm of 0 L Looch plawm RMP 2 2 2 A @JDOW AR W A P" 2 Worker rep E a R' 41 3 Stskes 2 1 _---b;wfigr take S 2 POT PA 2 1po. 17n 4 2 2 3 5 2 3; 5 6 2 2 SINGING RIVER SN 34 R '4' 0 ISLAND @71 a i4 71 arker rep a 4 5 42@5@ 17" '4r IFI R 6 0 G2_5111 1 '41% Re Rd as Ref Po 4 6 '20 \sN 2 71 5 @i%' T 7 7 C 3 A 46 5 71 Rer '_\S' 2 , f" -60' E :9 ObeirtPo"'t-, I I f 411:.v. 2 49 ITR 7 vr_t@v* 5 Re Ref % 4 PA k@ 2 X 2 5 7 7 6 7 DE CF& 9 7 tog'.. 3 7 4001V F1 G be 17h 8 Re Aff 4 New 10 17n Ir 7 081 1'/ /Fj A 2_5@ 1 R 6 22% t7n -V I,/ /Prl@meontd 2 PA 2 9 Mo< &.... I Site #35 (MSpB), Mississippi Sound Pascagoula Bay (from chart 11374). ALABAMA SITES S= NUMBER - 36 DESIGNATOR - MBCP SHE - CEDAR POINT REEF, MOBILE BAY, AL NOMINAL SITE CENTER - 30018.70'N 88008.OOW LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11376,11378 SITE ACCESS - Boat launch is at the small bridge just north of the Dauphin Island causeway bridge. The site is located directly east of the middle part of Cedar Point. At low tide the site can be reached by walking across the shallow sandbar on the north end of the reef. By boat the site is 10 to 15 minutes from the launch site. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site was located on an oyster reef 0.25 mile offshore and east from the highway leading to the causeway bridge to Dauphin Island. The reef was almost due east of the Cedar Point fishing pier which was on the west side of the highway. OYSTERCOLLECTIONS Year I - Oysters were tonged from 2-3 m of water at a site approximately 0.75 miles east of the Dauphin Island highway. Station I was at bearings 180' to center of ICW bridge; 280' to Alabama Port Point, and 134* to Fort Gaines. Station 2 was 500 m to the south at bearings 1800 to the center of ICWW bridge; 283' to Alabama Port Point and 133' to Fort Gaines. Station 3 was 300 m southeast of Station 2. Bearing to local landmarks were 178' to center of the ICWW bridge; 278' to Alabama Port Point, and 122' to Fort Gaines. Year II - Sampling stations were distinguishable during Year I but not in Year II because of the scarcity of the oyster population. Oysters were purchased from a commercial tonger who had been working for 7 hours to tong only 180 oysters. Year III - Year III oysters were tonged east of the causeway on a submerged reef. Station 1 was on the south end of the reef. Station 2 was 50 m north of Station 1 and Station 3 was another 75 m to the north. There were several oystermen tonging in the immediate vicinity. Year IV - In Year IVI the oysters were sampled by hand at low tide on a sand and shell reef to the east of the causeway adjacent to the Cedar Point fishing pier. Station 1 was at the south end of the reef; Station 3 was at the north end; Station 2 was in the middle. Total distance from Stations 1 to 3 was 150 m and water depth at low tide was 0.2 m. The oysters were not abundant. Year V - Sampling stations were located on the same reef in the same positions as sampled last year. Oysters were very sparse, perhaps because of the recent freeze. Year V1 - Oysters were collected at the same locations again this year. Oysters were more abundant this year. Years VII & VIII - Oysters sites were at the same locations as described in Year IV. Year IX - This was not scheduled to be visited this year, however it was sampled as an alternative to BBTB (Turtle Bay, Barataria Bay). The oysters were collected from the same locations as in Years IV through VIII. )IMENT COLLEMONS Year I - Sediment sites in Year I were 25, 125 and 115 m east, respectively, for each station. Year II - Sediment sites were south from the oyster sites in close proximity to the bridge pilings. Station 1 was located at the eighth bridge pillar from the north end of causeway; Station 2 was 0.25 mile south of the north end of the causeway bridge and 25 m to the east; and Station 3 was taken east of the south end of the cut-off bridge where the boat was launched. Year III - Sediments were collected adjacent to the bridge. Station 1 was at the eighth bridge pillar from the north end of the causeway. Station 2 was at the second set of telephone poles east of the causeway. Station 3 was on a submerged reef 75 m north of Station 2. The bottom was primarily sand, shell and silt. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. SAMPLING METHODS Oysters - tongs and hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal to subtidal, 0.2 to 1.2 meters. POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - No obvious sources of contaminants were observed. 363 ENVIRONhUENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (OC) YEAR 1 15.0 16.0 4 March 1986 YEAR 11 6.0 15.0 16 February 1987 YEAR 111 5.0 14.0 2 February 1988 YEAR IV 5.0 14.0 10 January 1989 YEAR V 11.0 14.0 9 January 1990 YEAR VI 8.0 13.0 12 January 1991 YEAR VII 14.0 13.0 12 January 1992 YEAR VIII 7.0 14.0 9 January 1993 YEAR IEK 20.0 11.0 15 January 1994 %4 A- POW Island wo Jackwn CCUY T1. 5*1 Iona I Island No S Litke #.land 0 Point FO WL D Y Iq R1 00 -40' to a vwx D I0@ Island Names klmdo ac. 0 mar& Mond lsfmw so 0. mHcp r10. N Site 36 5 8 --------------------------- --------------- ------------------ --------------- 1-_j ---------- ------------------------ Gra N fStAND WWR AUPWIN ISIANO q 6 7 &) 131 5w _1, t Pfm lots ISIAND Bois Nw -L---L---TIETIT BOIS I PETIT 30 -3 c(p, C 0 60 @1011 7.-W;"@"Ilols Site #36 (MBCP), Mobile Bay Cedar Point Reef CAO 2 f FT i 101" 7 too, I IJs :7 13 ZZ OVHD PM c"n. 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I I*,... FI G 1% IA If so@ * , 0 W011 N2 oil 1E Int Y Good W" 14 GOK MI.. stow 01, =Fly 32" pA 2 4 F, ; \ 3 15 alto, a :13 17 TA K A. A# a Q, np Lob @@jr R70 I - -119 C.O @, -- @s@. 17 zd u IP StSt f@,'M A) 1 20 B I _.3-A 90"G 04 2.6d 7 32% &te #36 OkBCP). Mobile Bay Cedar Point Reef (from &Z.-rt 11376). p ..... ...... 44, IT SrIE NUMBER 66 DESIGNATOR - MBFII SITE - HOLLINGERS, ISLAND CHANNEL, MOBILE BAY, AL NONEINAL SHE CENTER - 30033.80'N 88004.50V LOCATED ON NOS CE[ART 11376 SITE ACCESS - The launch point is at Dog River which is south of 1-10 on the Dauphin Island Parkway. Launch at the Beach Comber and proceed out the Dog River channel to channel marker 10. Turn south and start poling for oysters. SITE DESCRIPTION - This collection site established in Year III was in the upper reaches of Mobile Bay and was near the upper distributional limit of oysters in the bay. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year III - Oysters were located in 2 m of water on small scattered reefs with oysters, shell and clams. Oysters were difficult to locate and were collected by tonging. Station 1 was directly south of red buoy 10 in the Dog River to Biloxi channel. Station 2 was 75 m to the south of Station 1. Station 3 was another 75 m south. Year IV - In Year IV, the oysters were collected by tonging on a small and sparsely populated reef about 100 m southwest of channel marker 9 and an equal distance southeast from a 4 legged wooden stand, just east of the Dog River marina. Station 1 was at the north end. Station 3 was at the south end, and Station 2 was in the middle. Water depth was 2 m, and the reef can only be located by poling the bottom. Oysters came up mostly from the shelly mud bottom as singles, and large aggregations were not found. The bottom was a mixture of sand, mud and shell. This site is best collected in calm weather. Year V - Oyster stations were in the same general locations as sampled last year. The oysters were sparse. This site required all day to complete since it required poling and tonging to locate and collect the oysters. Year VI - Oysters were collected at the same stations described in Year IV (30033.88'N, 88004.58'W). Years VII, VIII, & IX - Oysters were collected at the same stations described in Year IV, but were dredged these years. Oysters are still not very abundant during any of these years. DIMENT COLLECTIONS Year 111 - Sediment stations are collocated with each oyster station and must be located by poling. 369 Years IV & VI - Sediments were not sampled during these years. Year V - Sediment samples were taken at the same locations as the oyster samples. Years VII, VIII, & LK - Sediment samples were not taken during these years. SAMPLING Affi'THODS Oysters - tongs Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - subtidal, 2 to 2.5 meters POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Contamination in the region was from ship traffic, industry, and inflow from the Dog River which drained much of Mobile. The upper part of the bay was heavily influenced by the Mobile River and the site was in an area closed to oystering by the Department of Health. ENV][RONhW,NTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (OC) YEAR 111 6.0 13.0 15 February 1988 YEAR IV 6.0 15.0 10 January 1989 YEAR V 2.0 12.0 10 January 1990 YEAR VI 5.0 15.0 12 January 1991 YEAR VII 7.0 12.0 12 January 1992 YEAR VIII 5.0 14.0 9 January 1993 YEAR IEK 7.0 9.0 15 January 1994 370 Se X Iit qy1v ub$l Ion w at 'a Z4 e4re 0 TAI c. Z47 03f pnel J lz:@!) e Or Wei ield 'PIS r, 58 e C-F Is Stu 4 bt P. v @1406011 Pew 0 SO 127 Imngto 3ur fv Belfelontaine 's -4 m1and La r., Ste N6 (MBHI), Mobile Bay Harbor Island. 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R Rai 9 F1 0 2-9,w Re 7 ..p. @O eo Log I IW .*FIR Site #66 (MBHI), Mobile Bay Harbor Island (from chaft 11376). IV 4k. SHE NUMBER 79 DESIGNATOR - MBDR SITE - DOG RIVER, MOBILE BAY, AL NOAHNAL SITE CENTER - 30035.50'N 88002.72'W LOCATED ON NOS CHART 11376 SITE ACCESS - The launch point is at Dog River which is south of I-10 on the Dauphin Island Parkway. Launch at the Beach Comber and proceed out the Dog River channel to The Mobil Ship Channel and go north to green channel marker 69. Turn into the short channel west of marker 69 and proceed to channel marker 5. The site is located approximately 75 m on a bearing of 280* from channel marker 5 SITE DESCRIPTION - This collection site, established in Year V, was in the upper reaches of Mobile Bay and was near the upper distributional limit of oysters in the bay. The site was located on a reef which runs west-southwest from channel marker 5 for approximately 300 m. Poling was required to locate the oysters. OYS= COLLECTIONS Year V - Oysters were located in 1.5 m of water on small scattered reefs with oysters, shell and clams. Oysters are difficult to locate and are collected by tonging. Station 1 was on the southwest end of the reef. Station 2 was approximately 100 m to the northeast. Station 3 was another 100 m northeast of station 2. Years VI, VII, VIII, & IX - Oysters were not sampled during these years. 'F F D&ENT COLLECTIONS Year V - Sediment samples were taken 50 m north of each of the oysters stations. Sediments were a mixture of mud, shell and sand. Years VI, VII, VIII, & IX Sediment samples were not collected during these years. SAWLING METHODS Oysters - tongs Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - subtidal, 1.5 meters POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Contamination in the region was from ship traffic, industry, and inflow from the Dog River which drained much of Mobile. 375 The upper part of the bay was heavily influenced by the Mobile River and the site was in an area closed to oystering by the Department of Health. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled OYOV) (OC) YEAR V 2.0 12.0 10 January 1990 376 Sal 24 "V r town 'jo 's viva U DL 6 65 -Is Ulu Ma A s 411 r Sara en4 F Woo 114 7- Hi TAI an 11 dit FA r-h Hi r '2 e; MciDuffis -W Br Me @ield n 26 tc s e S: to CA Ef ALUFF ft. T h;odor OL r /17 1,.,njion1 aur e Sellefontaine rn, L.k i's 1 !2; 1 &te #79 (MBDR), Mobile Bay Dog River. 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UkWm-w Wdarmoibn Can- '-AA .'Ah qK&kwwft for um of ft 7 i Swim w Piowcft e j? 8 0'& no pow appmft fw act- mild I., 1 9 sullm 4PA A ft mp) G "m 17" or. 9 7 F1 R 2 41. LU9 F1 ft_ ONIONS oit Site #79 (MBDR), Mobile Bay Dog River (from chart 11376) Li Al FLORIDASITES SrIE NUMBER 67 DESIGNATOR - PBPH SITE - PUBLIC HARBOR, PENSACOLA BAY, FL NONONAL SITE CENTER - 30024.63'N 87011.42'W LOCATED ON NOS CELART 11382 SITE ACCESS - Access to the site is by boat launched at the public ramp northeast of the Highway 98 bridge and the Pensacola Bay Pier. SITE DESCRIPTION - This collection site was established in Year III. It was located in Pensacola under the Pensacola Fishing Pier which was the old Highway 98 bridge. The pier was on the east side of the new bridge. Collections from this site were easiest at low tide and in calm weather since the boat had to be tied to the piers. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Years III & IV - Oysters were collected by hand from concrete piling under the bridge. Oyster Station 1 was at the seventh set of pilings from the north shore. Station 2 was at the eleventh set of pilings. Station 3 was at the fifteenth set of pilings. All oysters collected were intertidal. Year V - Oysters were collected in the same locations as sampled last year. There were many recently dead oysters on the upper part of the piling. This was primarily due to the recent freeze. Years VI & VII - Oysters were collected at the same locations as previously sampled. Oysters were larger and more abundant. Years VIII & IX - Oysters were collected at the same stations previously sampled, but were more abundant. 3DIENTCOLLECTIONS Years III, IV, & V - Water depth at the site was -7 m. No sediments were collected because of the depth. Substrate near the boat ramp was sandy. Year VI - No sediment samples were collected this year. Year VII - Sediment samples were collected for the first time at 30'24.14'N and 87111.38W. Suitable sediments were located in 6.2 m of water and were collected with a box corer. Three stations were collected 50 m apart on a line starting at the 45 mph sign on the bridge running toward the north. Years VIII & IX - No sediment samples were collected during these years. 381 SAMPLING MIETHOD - Oysters were collected by hand from the concrete pilings of the old bridge in the intertidal zone. The site can only be collected in calm weather since the oysters are collected by hand from the boat. WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 to 0.4 meters POSSEBLE CONTAMINANTS - Contamination was likely from several sources including both municipal and marine traffic. ENVIRONAIENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (9100) (OC) YEAR 111 22.0 12.0 19 February 1988 YEAR IV 19.6 15.0 25 January 1989 YEAR V 9.0 14.0 26 January 1990 YEAR VI 21.0 12.0 26 January 1991 YEAR VII 8.0 9.0 22 January 1992 YEAR VIII 18.0 16.0 11 January 1993 YEARIX 24.0 10.0 16 January 1994 le48 IT 1 -4; 1 Oh. V. 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CL 13 ry core C 1491 66 12 If 10 1116 Pt 14 j. 22 21 14 2 11 w 10 S. 120 ?1 23 srk 3 21 19 159 14 10 15 ra 7 Pipeline .26 94% 7 Owd 23 led Area 20 .23 1761 Z4 23 23 22 177-A\\ 15 15 12 25 2J 17 15 13 %, . bsft W&WA Or IF55 1. 14 16 Q7 22 It 9@ 5 29 22 17 stk 13 .9 3 5 7 14 J4 14 16 4 " 21 24 s,* 21 -23 23 SIR A,.Me,-1dR S 17 14 Romps 3 26 -e -W Site #67 (PBPH), Pensacola Bay Public Harbor (from chart 11378). ry Ca AIM, IT 1j. AM 7@ It f4; SITE NUMIBER - 37 DESIGNATOR - PBIB SITE - INDIAN BAYOU, PENSACOLA BAY, FL NONEINAL SrIE CENTER - 30031.00'N 87006.70W LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11382,11378 SrIE ACCESS - Access to the site is by automobile off 1-10 on Avalon Blvd. Drive to the Indian Bay Marina and tum right on Connido Street. Proceed to a dirt road intersection, turn left and proceed to a dead end at Indian Bayou. Launch the boat at the small ramp and proceed down Indian Bayou to its mouth. In Year IV, the mouth of Indian Bayou had silted in, so the launch point was moved. To reach the boat ramp, exit I-10 at Avalon then go north to SR 281. Tum left and go to the stop sign, tum left again and follow the dirt road until it ends at the Archie Glover Park. To reach the site, follow the marked channel out to Escambia Bay and then turn south going under the bridge to the reef The reef is located about 1 mile south of the bridge on a bearing of 140'. Run time to the site is approximately 20 min. SITE DESCRIPTION - There was generally an abundant supply of oysters at this location. Year I oysters were collected by hand near'the mouth of Indian Bayou at 3031.35'N and 87'06.38'W. In Year II the site was moved to a more permanent location. Oysters sites were located on a subtidal reef west of the entrance to Indian Bayou. The site was marked by several pilings, one of which had an "Oyster Reef' sign. The site was located between the poles marked "Danger, Oyster Reef." OYS41ER COLLECTIONS Year I - Year I oysters were collected by hand near the mouth of Indian Bayou. Station 1 was 30 m north of Indian Bayou. Bearing to landmarks useful in locating the site were: 292' to factory towers; 249' to the water tower. Station 2 was 50 m south of Indian Bayou (290' to the factory towers; 248* to the water towers). Station 3 was 30 m south of the bayou mouth in the bayou. Years II, III, & IV - The site was moved out into the bay in Year II. Oysters were tonged from three locations along the reef. Station 1 was at the northeast end of the reef-, Station 2 was 100 m southwest of Station 1, near the poles marking the reef; Station 3 was 100 m southwest of Station 2, near the "Danger" sign. Year V - No oysters were available for collection at this site due to high volumes of freshwater inflow which had recently killed all of the oysters. Year VI - The oyster reef was recovering from the dieoff experienced in Year V. Station 1 was at the northeast end of the reef between the two poles marking the edge of the reef. Station 2 was on the middle of the reef between the two middle poles. Station 3 was on the south end of the reef due north of the last 387 pole. This narrow reef was oriented north to south. Oysters were mixed in black silty mud that has apparently silted over the underlaying shell reef. Years VII, VIII, & IX - The oyster reef was still recovering from the dieoff experienced in Year V. Oysters were only found at Station 2 which was located in the middle section of the reef between the two middle poles. )DIENTCOLLECTIONS Year I - Sediments in the area were primarily shell and sand. The best source of fine grained sediment was located in Indian Bayou. In all years, sediments were taken from Indian Bayou. In Year 1, sediment stations were collocated with the oyster stations. Years II & III - Sediments were taken as follows: Station 1 was from the narrow bayou opening to the bay. Station 2 was along the north shore of the bayou 300 m from the mouth and 30 m from shore, and Station 3 was 100 m northeast of Station 2. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. SAMPLING METHOD Oysters - hand, tongs and dredge Sediment - hand or box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0.3 1 meters (Year I), subtidal, 2 meters, in subsequent years. POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - There were no observable sources of contamination. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (0c) YEAR 1 10.3 16.0 3 March 1986 YEAR 11 13.0 13.0 28 February 1987 YEAR 111 14.0 14.0 16 February 1988 YEAR IV 27.0 17.0 25 January 1989 YEAR V 4.0 15.0 27 January 1990 YEAR VI 25.0 12.0 26 January 1991 'YEAR VII 4.0 10.0 22 January 1992 YEAR VIII 23.3 15.0 11 January 1993 YEAR IEK 23.0 11.0 16 January 1994 388 A 1U its inA Pil'AWOM 8" 191 498 281 DeLornit It 297 281 2g a P 1B P -7,Site #37 It 10A J, 4, 11 It go in 50 4 295 a "3 289 453 2 nsacola piniacoth say 8A ge 30 Pi. 29 340 295 difwhinL' 3 73 2 Waffboon 30 44, 30 L I '31A f, j4TA us Beach ?*.Dmb 8ASW vr. B..b Sbb. peirisocols Reach Ple, #jOSA Beach 399 -@ftx Site #37 (PBIB), Pensacola Bay Indian Bayou. DDeLorme Mapping Company. Map Taken from Florida Ada& and Gazetteer. Reproduced with pernlimion. 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Sh 19 9 2 10 -;Z@, 7ft 5 14 13 13 M Ir 11@119 9 % 15 15 hrdG k3se w12 10 9 % PENSACO 15 7 11 ,;4 15 15 0 *106 N 16 15 11 0 39 F cc IL 9 4 VERT CL it IFT 16 v 20 1PD 13 5TACKr0% PD Rom ....... 12 Rorn 9 orimandes pt 45 16 16 16 FIXED IIIIIDGEI f;\NA " ov - NOR Co. 20 rT D -21 @Ote Al vF&T f. MIT - ".1 Site #37 (PBEB), Pensacola Bay Indian Bayou (from chart 11378). SUE NUMER 80 DESIGNATOR - PBSP SITE - SABINE POINT, PENSACOLA BAY, FL NONUNAL SITE CENTER - 30020.80'N 87009.10V LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11382 SITE ACCESS - Access to the site is by boat which is launched at the public ramp in Gulf Breeze. To reach the site cross the Pensacola Bay Bridge on Highway 98, go through Gulf Breeze to Shoreline Drive. Turn right and go to the Shoreline Drive Park. Turn left and continue to the boat ramp on the north side of the Santa Rosa Sound. SITE DESCRIPTION - This collection site established in Year V is located in Santa Rosa Sound. The site is located under the Highway 399 bridge on the south side of the ICWW. Collections from this site are easiest at low tide and in calm weather since the oysters are attached to the concrete piers. OYSTER COUZCTIONS Year V - Oysters were collected by hand from concrete piling under the bridge. Oyster Station 1 was the first 7 sets of piers on the south side of the bridge. Station 2 was directly north of the first station and included the next nine large concrete piers. Station 3 was the next eight piers to the north on Station 2. The site ends at the channel. All oysters collected were intertidal. Numerous oysters were dead due to the recent freeze. Years VI & VII - Oysters were not sampled these years. Year VIII - Oysters were collected at the same stations as described for Year V. Year LX - The site was not scheduled for sampling this year. SEDDMENTCOLLECTIONS Year V - Sediments were collected approximately 1 mile to the northeast, along the shoreline at latitude 30'21.03'N and longitude 87'09.35W. Sediments were primarily sand. Years VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were samples were collected during these years. SAMPLING MIETHOD - Oysters were collected by hand from the concrete pilings of the old bridge in the intertidal zone. The site can only be collected in calm weather since the oysters are collected by hand from the boat. WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 - 0.4 meters 393 POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Contamination was possible from municipal and marine traffic. ENVERONAIENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (9010) (OC) YEAR V 15.0 15.0 26 January 1990 YEAR VIII 25.0 15.7 11 January 1993 394 i48- 191 m'Awilm Bob& IOA % oil V 291 SA 297 1 290 IV 2MM90 465 7. 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"nd and brush V20 16 USACOLA M OV S 14 Is PENSACOLA &EACH qr,-. NNNNMM&41-@ FUEED M MON. I It 10 CL is* IT. Ramos 14 13 94 VEINY. CL Ark JA9 C G16M I 14 Pt. 14 141 Is 12 If I'll%.9 1 Aks 111d10 sut poe 22 21 SA. 15 12 \ol, 141 15 1 2 7 @j 23 3F* 21 19 44- 2 1@0; 26 '50" so 0 --,",*20 23 le'd 23 A,*, 17 7 76 J*@ 24 22 @11 go'-,4 23 23 ec, r? 15 13 411% Is 15 Q - Sff 217 14 . (M" 8) 7-17 is 1. .20 0 OWA 22 29 22 17 13 11 9. - 2 5 Irk 14_ 5 7 14 14 16 20 ob" so 4S. 5 7 17 21 17 21 36 Sik 21 323 s 14 16 25 3 Rarnp 26 25 s5 --e -W6 Site #80 (PBSP), Pensacola Bay Sabine Point (from chart 11378). lab- low- ij@- SrIE NUMBER - 73 DESIGNATOR - CBJB -SITE - JOE'S BAYOU, CHOCTAWARATCHEE BAY, FL NONGNAL SITE CENTER - 30024.62'N 89029.45V LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11388,11385 SITE ACCESS - The location is a walk-up site and is reached by driving up Beach Drive to the boat ramp. The site is located just south of the boat ramp. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site which was established in Year IV was on the south shore of Choctawahatchee Bay between the other two Choctawhatchee Bay sites. The site was located at the mouth of Joe's Bayou where it enters the Bay. The collections were taken from the area directly south of the boat ramp, the oysters were intertidal and accessible by wading from shore. More oysters were available farther up the bayou along the shoreline structures. Access to these sites had to be by boat because the surrounding grounds were all private homes. OYSTERCOLLECTIONS Years IV & V - The three stations were along the shoreline with Station 1 at the launch/pier; Station 2 next; and Station 3 as far south as one can go before encountering the private dock. The total distance spanned only 50-100 meters. Year VI - The same stations as were sampled in Year V were collected this year. Oysters were numerous but small. Years VII, VIII, & IX - The same stations as described in Year IV were sampled during these years. SEDD4ENT COLLECTIONS Year IV - No sediments of anything other than hard packed sand or fresh humic materials composed primarily of pine needles could be found. The upper reaches of the bayou and the mouth out into the bay were checked. No sediments were obtained because none met the sampling criteria. Year V - Suitable sediments were located in the southern arm of the upper part of Joe's Bayou in 1.5 m of water. Station 1 was 30 m from the west shoreline between the wood boathouse and the two boat pier to the north. Bearing to locate the station was 120' to the Destin water tower. Station 2 was in the northeast arm of upper Joe's Bayou near the end on the north shore between the last and next to last boathouse. Water depth was 1.2 m and the sediment was very loose brown silt. Station 3 was across the bayou (east) from Station 2, between last boat house and boat house #016. 399 Years VI, VII, VIII, & LK - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPUNGM=ODS Oysters - hand Sediment - box core 'WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 to 0.6 meter POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - There appeared to be no drainage other than rainfall runoff from the immediate area into the bayou, and its proximity to the bay suggested that it was fairly representative of the bay. No obvious sources of contaminants were apparent except for a sand and gravel transfer yard immediately to the north of the site. ENVIRONM]KNTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (IYOO) (0c) YEAR IV 0.3 16.0 27 January 1989 YEAR V 6.0 14.0 27 January 1990 YEAR VI 15.0 12.0 27 January 1991 YEAR VII 24.0 12.0 22 January 1992 YEAR VIII 12.0 17.0 12 January 1993 YEAR IEK 24.0 11.0 17 January 1994 ----- --- 2 be', -,J i 7 @@L;N 89 3IN 85 88 Y Ay 7 Site #73 393 on Matter Fark PLO" A Y1 PIA ff -*,&Okahmm Area nos LA 30 Island John C -1 P itr 640 Guffarlum + A- + Site #73 (CWB), Choctawhatchee Bay Joes Bayou. Wel,40rfne Mapping Company. Map Taken from Florida Atlas and -Gazettezr. Reproduced with permission. 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C 22 is 19 26 22 21 10 2.rh R m 10 4 Ardl7:--: Dimomd 2 21 qR Psh H. 10 9 9 Obstr 9 -9 2 4 4 5 TK Scoftwed -m 5 4 4..,!g 4 4'* 2 30024 0 DESTI C) TVAN FmED SPIDGk "M CL. 82 j MAI .1 , 0 VERT Ind o4- J.AltK Cb flec cfr%c 0 a So 0 rom chart 11385). Site #73 (CBJB), Choctawhatchee Bay Joes Bayou (f low" Is W,1:4 .77 - 11, vo is It SM NUMER M DESIGNATOR - CBSR SITE - OFF SANTA ROSA, CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY, FL NOMINAL SITE CENTER - 30024.78rN 86012.25rW LOCATED ON NOS CELART # - 11388,11385 SITE ACCESS - The site is located in the eastern portion of Choctawhatchee Bay near U.S. Highway 331. Access to the site is by boat launched from ramps on either side of the south end of the bridge crossing Choctawatchee Bay or at the Yodum's Grocery ramp north of the drawbridge. From the drawbridge proceed west to channel marker 34 on the ICWW. SITE DESCRIPTION - Two distinct locations have been sampled for this site. In Year I, oysters were tonged south of the channel marker 34. The subtidal oyster reef was extensive and the outer margin of the reef was marked with four wood pilings. However, in Year II & III, no oysters could be found in the subtidal sampling area and the site was moved to the shoreline where a small bayou enters the bay (southeast from a large white house) at latitude 30*24.35'N and longitude 86'12.75'W. Oysters were attached to rocks and a wooden bulwarks around a large tree. Oysters were small and not overly abundant. The site was moved in Year IV due to oyster depletion at the shoreline site. In Years IV, V and VI, oysters were tonged southeast of channel marker 40 (30'24.53N, 86011.40'W). OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year I - The oyster reefs south of channel marker 34 were tonged for oysters. This site was approximately 1 mile west of the drawbridge and 1 mile north of the south shoreline. Oyster stations were located on a south to north line with Station 1 being on the south end. Station 1 was approximately 300 m south of channel marker 34 on a bearing of 250'. Other bearings to locate the station were: 300' from the south end of the drawbridge, 108' from south Live Oak Point, and 350' from the microwave tower. Station 2 was approximately 100 m to the north and Station 3 was another 100 m to the north near the channel marker. Year II - No oysters could be located in the area sampled during Year I, so the site was move to the shoreline. To reach the shore site, take a bearing of 70' from channel marker 34 to a small bayou. This site was southeast from a large white house on the shore. Oysters were attached to wood and rocks along the bank. No significant geographic distinction could be made between the oyster stations because of the paucity of oysters. Year III - Oysters were again collected from the rocks and wood pilings. Stations were segregated with 50 meters between locations. 405 Year rV - In Year IV, the site was relocated to a commercially fished reef near channel marker 40 (bearing 062* to the marker). The reef ran northeast- southwest (260/0800) and was marked by poles and signs "Danger, submerged oyster reefs". This reef was in 3 m of water and had to be sampled by tonging. Station 1 was at the southern end of the reef about 50 m north of the last pole. Station 2 was 30 m south of the "Danger..." sign, near the middle of the reef. Station 3 was at the northeast end of the reef, bearing 240' from channel marker 40, and 15 meters west of the northern most pole marking the reef. Year V - Stations were located in approximately the same locations as last year. Oysters were sparse due to recent die-offs, and many recently dead oysters were tonged. Station 1 was 30 m south of the southmost pole on the west side of the reef, between the two poles marking the south end of the reef. Station 2 was in the middle of the reef, 15 m south of the second pole from the north. Station 3 was at the northeast end of the reef, between 15 and 50 m west of the northmost pole. Year V7 - Stations were in the same locations as last year. Oysters were dredged and were more abundant this year. Years M & VIII - Oysters were dredged from the same stations sampled the previous three years. Oysters were abundant both years but were covered with numerous mussels. Year IX - The site was not scheduled to be sampled this year. )MEW COLLEMONS Year I - Sediment samples in Year I were collocated within 30 m of each oyster statiom These sediments were a charcoal gray to black mud overlain by dark brown surface. Year H - Sediments sampled were a loose black mud taken on a line from the oyster collection site on shore toward channel marker 34. Station 1 was 500 m from channel marker 34 marker with Stations 2 and 3 being 400 and 300 m from the marker. Sediments shoreward of this point (nearer the oysters) were much too sandy. Year III - Sediment stations in Year III were collected on the same line at distances of 100 m apart on a line to channel marker 34. Year IV - No sediments were sampled. Year V - Sediment samples were black silty sand mixed with oyster shell and were collected near each oyster station. Station 1 was collected 30 m north of the pole at the oyster station. Station 2 was 30 m north of the pole at the oyster station. Station 3 was also 30 m north of the pole at that oyster station. 406 Year VI - Sediments (NIST) were collected adjacent to each oyster station. Years VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments samples were collected during these years. SAMPLING METHOD Oysters - tongs and hand Sediments - box core WATER DEPTH - subtidal, 2 - 3 meters (Years I, IV, V, VI) and intertidal, 0 - 0.3 (Years II & III) POSSIBLE CONTAM[INANTS - No sources of contamination were evident in the area. ENVIERONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (OC) YEAR I - 14.0 2 March 1986 YEAR 11 5.0 12.0 26 February 1987 YEAR 111 6.0 11.0 17 February 1988 YEAR IV 21.0 15.0 26 January 1989 YEAR V 4.0 15.0 27 January 1990 YEAR VI 12.0 10.8 27 January 1991 YEAR VII 21.0 11.0 22 January 1992 YEAR VIII 10.0 16.7 11 January 1993 407 0j Ab@ ft 3A Chod oftch *'o ft.--A ft CBSR Site #38 -Z, 3 L- o.* A ZZ 4 j, Turqu T- F- G-A 4. too 393 1 457 331 1, 3 2 83 fi A Few N 393 83 64 283 N 30A . - -I'. "I C 395 Grayton Sta State ItecreatiGn Area Site #38 (CBSR), Choctawhatchee Bay Off Santa Rosa. DDeL40rme Mapping COmPanY. Map Taken from Florida Atlas and Gazetteer. 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"" 2 80 10 ...... 25 77 6 2 SANTA ROSA BEACH 26 9 6 h ....... 25 49 7 2 42 5 TIN, 2 6 393 ScOllered 1@3 Site #38 (CBSR), Choctawhatchee Bay Off Santa Ro8a (from chart 11385). Li al" IIf At SITE NUMBER 82 DESIGNATOR - CBBL SITE - BEN'S LAKE, CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY, FL NONIINAL SITE CENTER - 30027.15'N 86032.45rW LOCATED ON NOS CHART 11388,11385 SITE ACCESS - The site is reached by boat with access from the boat ramp located on Bayshore Drive on the east side of Boggy Bayou. Travel from Fort Walton to Niceville on Highway 85, cross Boggy Bayou bridge, turn right on Bayshore Drive, and continue to the public ramp on the right. By boat go south down Boggy Bayou to Choctawhatchee Bay, then go west to the entrance to Bens Lake. Travel time is approximately 30 minutes in good weather. SITE DESCRIPTION - This site, established in Year VII, was located at the entrance to Bens Lake which was on the north side of Choctawhatchee Bay. The entire area was part of the Eglin Air Force Base. Oysters were located on concrete and brick rubble along the shoreline at the entrance to Bens Lake. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year VII - Oysters were collected by hand from concrete, brick and rocks in the intertidal zone. Station 1 was from the east side of the entrance into Bens Lake. Station 2 was also on the east side of the entrance into the bay but was 30 m to the north. Station 3 was on the west side of the entrance into the bay. Year VIII - This site was not visited this year. Year IX - Oysters were collected from the same station locations as in Year VII. SEDDIENT COLLECTIONS Year VII - Sediment collection sites were located within Bens Lake. Station 1 was near the east bank approximately 150 m from the entrance. Station 2 was also on the east bank, approximately 75 m from the entrance. Station 3 was near the marina pier on the west bank of the lake. Years VIII & IX - No sediments were collected during these years. SAMPLING M[ETHOD Oysters - hand Sediment - box corer WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0.1 to 0.5 meter 413 POSSIUBLE CONTAMINANTS - A possible source of contamination was surface runoff originating from the marina area. ENVIRONAUMAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (9010) (0c) YEAR VII 20.0 14.0 23 January 1992 YEAR IX 25.0 13.0 17 January 1994 414 Z,7 Ij VI- 189 85 .0 PUN 7- .'AIR ?R 192 jut I J.. 15ASE. A V_#" v v jy 85 RR T 4 Aux d law R C.W a CBBL I. IN L Site #82 1 on Marw Park k 11 A@@=== t - 39 'OkaWu Area in nOS VO A 6U w lohn C 8 uLl IN CE Guffmkm 6410 Site #82 (CBBL), Chodawhatchee Bay Bens Lake ODeLorme Mapping Company. Map Taken from Florida Atlas and Gazetteer. Reproduced with permission. waftoffto W&O AfRO% oTAWK TANK TANK Tv AS NA010 MA$t Upoll V.1-11W TANK T Lomr Eglin Vi(logs Lok* TANK "W" wows TANK 0 TANK Am* take ........ ...... ..... 2 RESTRICTED AREA 1 0*2 14% SP7. 04% 334.750 2 e 4 (see note A) 2 1 3 2 1 6 2 14 6 4 2 It 23 13 3 8 Obser::*,!:D Pit 9 16 7 16 20 20 9 9 23 2 EP is dk 22 9 13 20 21 23 30 24 23 26 33 olimor 1 is 06 22 29 23 31 26 11 Ift 38 36 3 2 23 34 3 Site #82 36 2 CIO* It 23 30 31 32 36 37 2 SIP orrai 1 0 4 30 32 33 38 37 37 2 33 -7 32 35 At's 2 (4r 1 4 13 33 36 38 40 hid1 9 8 1 t:p -.z 2 2 13 35 4 27 36 39. 5 2 14 12 --b M" 33 PA 41 42 5 2 sit s Lake Site #82 (CBBL), Choetawhatchee Bay Ben il 14 SrIE NUMBER 39 DESIGNATOR - CBPP SITE - POSTIL POINT, CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAYI FL NONIINAL SITE CENTER - 30028.85'N 86028.73V LOCATED ON NOS CHART 11388,11385 SITE ACCESS - The site is reached by automobile with access through Eglin Air Force Base. Enter Eglin Air Force Base on Highway 85. Stop at the visitor center at Eglin Air Force Base and obtain a pass and ask the guard to direct you to the family camping area at Postil Point. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site was located on the west bank at the entrance to Boggy Bayou which was on the north side of Choctawhatchee Bay. A military Family Camping and Recreation area was located on Boggy Point. Oysters were collected by hand from along the shoreline from the entrance into Postil Lake north to Postil Point. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Years I, II, III, & IV - Oysters were collected by hand from intertidal waters. Station 1 oysters were taken from sandy bottom, jetty rocks and the bulkhead where Postil Lake entered Choctawhatchee Bay. Oyster Station 2 was located along the shoreline -200 m north of Station 1. Oysters were attached to the rocks. Oyster Station 3 was on the south side of Postil Point in the shoreline rocks. Oysters were not overly abundant at this site. Year V - Oysters were collected at the same sites as were previously sampled. This year there were fewer oysters due to the recent freeze. All of the oysters above the low tide mark were recently dead. Year VI - Oyster sampling stations were located in the same areas as previously sampled. Oysters were more abundant than last year. Year VII - Oyster sampling stations were located in the same areas as previously sampled. Oysters were less abundant this year. Year VIII - Oysters were collected at the same stations described for Year I. Year IX - The oyster sampling stations were the same as those used in Year I. The population was sparse as many oysters had been killed in a recent cold weather freeze. I M[ENT COLLECTIONS Year I - Sediments were collected in Choctawhatchee Bay out from Postil Point. These sediments were primarily sand. 419 Years II & III - Sediments were collected along the northwest shoreline in Postil Lake. Sediment Station 1 was -25 m north of the entrance into the lake near oyster Station 1. Station 2 was -50 m north of Station 1. Station 3 was another 50 m to the north along the shoreline. Sediments were primarily organic peat with some silt and were characterized by a strong H2S odor. Year IV - Sediments were not collected this year. Year V - Sediments were co flected ffom the same stations as in Years II & III. Years VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPLING METHOD Oysters - hand Sediment - hand WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0. 1 to 0.2 meter POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - A possible source of contamination was from surface runoff originating from the recreational area. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (10/00) (0c) YEAR 1 13.3 16.0 1 March 1986 YEAR 11 8.0 13.0 26 February 1987 YEAR 111 20.0 9.0 17 February 1988 YEAR IV 18.0 18.0 26 January 1989 YEAR V 5.5 17.0 27 January 1990 YEAR VI 17.3 13.7 27 January 1991 YEAR VII 18.3 14.0 23 January 1992 YEAR VIII 10.0 17.0 11 January 1993 YEAR IX .24.0 6.0 16 January 1994 420 39 UN -AIR 397 AHO air tvl 1A -r Reach k CBPP d W's A 84.* Ot ff Site #39 39LI 7 COW R % No a" Mwiff Pwk W4 Alik n 'pt PA, k -7jW-- Ok.l.. A. Os am Iva a A. John C p P.7 GuNwfurn Site #39 (CBPP), Choctawhatchee Bay Postil Point (from chart 11385). 21 20;*175 b (A@e n16G Oft Al sft 17 V)42 25 .&Dtafiml W&O 4 AERO 34 5 TANK 514< 5 UNK 2.PA5111 12 10 ASTO 0 VAST '1 424,,8 119 23 11 hrd 2AINO UMT 23 11 .F 23 23 715 6 819 23 At 22 1! 2 24 (UNEXPtc 2 25 28' 7S.@b- 23 101 24 --- p 13 22 I Scuffered a8 314 6w 1714 ;1. 25 Lower 113* 161 Memorial Jack 210 11 13 Lake Loke 312is 23 42812 is \4 15 hrd 20 25 2 014 23 22k, 175 2 2 4 26 2 oikilin polo 1 6 22 0 3 3 3 4 4 722 29 28 27 27 0 arkr 4 .. owd 27 29 SLrbm 2g\ bstr Fi-h H-- 11 14 23 13 kp%111111 It j23 26 30 Pilo -00 2 9 30 32 0 @ I @\% 30 29 16 20 24 0 22 11, 33 28 201 21 5 11/00 ?,a aft 32 32 GNErIC 35 34 hrd 33 2 26 3r 35 34 38 34 Cr45'E 1961p, 37 39 419, 3 1- 6 39 31 35 aft 37 3 91- =0- 38 + 37 - 40 C. E- 4Q- -S33 33 z8 35 40 zz 38 4 DECS 87Y2*- -,e 36 N, 35 34 24 34 33 R G 17ft 11 23 32 31 0/000 395 3 4 36 Ole 1111 325816 Del 31326 32 37 39 32 29 51 315 22 36 10 29 6ft 233432314 233 37 37 A 2 14 a6hrd11211914 23 32 36 32 16 9 23&\\2- Cob3114 5 33R 17 4 38 2233 39 37 - 27 1 13 3 -0 2A2 2 -54, cl 2 12 15 FA 2.1r ....... 26 2 4 21 10 AS I -..... 1 R hd 17.- It . 1 Z i A-- Site M (CBPP), Choctawhatchee Bay POBW Pbint (fi-om dmft 11385). Ml f4 WON-- Wl SITE NUMBER 83 DESIGNATOR - CBBB SITE - BOGGY BAYOU, CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY, FL NOXINAL SITE CENTER - 30030.18'N 86029.65W IA)CATED ON NOS CHART # - 11388,11385 SITE ACCESS - The site is reached by boat with access from the boat ramp located on Bayshore Drive on the east side of Boggy Bayou. Travel from Fort Walton to Niceville on Highway 85, cross Boggy Bayou bridge, turn right on Bayshore Drive, and continue to the public ramp on the right. By boat go south down Boggy Bayou to channel marker 9, turn southwest and proceed into Toms Bayou. Proceed west for approximately 500 m to the bridge. SITE DESCRIPTION - This site was established in Year VII. The oysters were located on the piling of the bridge which crossed the middle of Toms Bayou. Station 1 was on the south end of the bridge and includes the first 5 sets of bridge pilings. Station 2 included the middle 5. sets of piers. Station 3 was composed of the northern 5 sets of piers. OYSTER CO1,LECTIONS Year VII - Oysters were collected from the concrete bridge pilings. Station 1 was on the south end of the bridge and includes the first 5 sets of bridge pilings. Station 2 included the middle 5 sets of piers. Station 3 was composed of the northern 5 sets of piers. Year VIII - Oysters were not collected at this station this year. Year IX - The oysters were easily collected from the bridge pilings described in Year VII. Small to medium sized oysters were numerous at all of the stations. SEDDIENT COLLECTIONS Year VII - Sediments were collected in 1 to 2 m of water from the base of the pilings at each of the three oyster collection stations. Sediments were softy silty brown mud over a hard sandy layer. Year VIII & IX - Sediment samples were not taken during these years. SAMPLING METHOD Oysters - hand Sediment - box corer WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0.5 meter 425 POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - A possible source of contamination was from surface runoff originating from Valparaiso and Eglin Air Force Base. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (0c) YEAR VII 18.0 14.0 23 January 1992 YEAR IX 17.0 7.0 16 January 1994 4% Ise las IdI OLD Z m soy r1k, 65 1 FO R A. FWd 6 . . . ........... 123 190 as Q 190 20 707 Ste #63 (ICWB), Choetawhatdiee Bay Boggy Bayou. tOOK 1w Plitt zgl 0 TOWER XIC LLE 0! 19' *FA I I PA 10 13 13 13 13 7 14 S.-V * -137- 1 VALPARAISO cobl* ,,.ol4 0 F1 TR 15 _A *- I I I B Fenee (WFSH) 2 OTM% 134D kHz -1 APM 143 17 7 hrd 215 20 Palo some 0 G 4M '19- 19 WAR Q " " Surloced ROMP sjt@ #83 r s1b 16 13 2 CBBB ..4 8 19 R 0 TOMS Bayou 72`1 ov"D "A CAS 17 PA 16 2 AUT" 0 2 16 60 46lei Rarnp oft 4 16 19 19 39 2 RACING BUOYS 0 "6" 3 Racing buoys within the limits of this chart 19 A> are not sho wn hereon. Intormation may be 0 14 "1 obtained from the U.S. Coast Guard Distri 10 17 21 1 4oft ct TANK 04".1 Offices as racing and other privately maintained RESTRICtED AREA 2 21 2 11 1 19 buoys are not all listed in the U.S. Coast Guard 334-740 3 Light List. (see note A; 6;,A@ 1"N 4 ...... 1. 17 2 4 21 25 2 9S k* 2 IOWA, 4 *oft"" W&O AERO 4k6 0, jet q% 3 4 5 521 10 TANK TR lbo PA 14 5 TA 12 8 20 2 ASr0 RADIO AUST 24 10 8 420 22 lord 23 23 9 16 22 RADIO MAST 23 23 21 7 15 6 316 22 2 @ER 5 8 19 23 22 13 hrd 15- I MU=;1 15 1 Lake 2 UMMODED SOM1531 13 2 9 16 25 Q@hd 7 Site #83 (CBBB), Choctawhatchee Bay Boggy Bayou. I.Al I, it it IN I A 4k, I T lama Tji On VAL IiW Q i SrIE NUMBER - 74 DESIGNATOR - PCLO SITE - LITTLE OYSTER, PANAMA CITY NOAM,AL SITE CENTER - 30015.19'N 85040.95'W LOCATED ON NOS CHART 11390 SITE ACCESS - Access to the site is via boat launched at the public ramp at Richard Simpson Park. The park is located at the east end of the Hathaway Bridge (Highway 98) on the north side where it crosses West Bay. Cross the bridge then turn north on Moody Avenue to the old highway. Turn left and the ramps are on the right. In Year VII the boat was launched at the Leslie Port Wayside Park boat ramp which in on Highway 77 on the north side of Panama City. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site was not established until Year IV of the program and was located at Little Oyster Bar Point in North Bay. The site was on the edge of the U.S. Air Force Petroleum Depot. The oyster and sediment sites were separated across the bay by a distance of about 2 miles. The sediment site was located near the mouth of Mud Bayou and east of West Bay Point. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Years IV & V - Oysters were taken from the concrete bases of the high voltage transmission towers crossing the bay at Little Oyster Bar Point. Station 1 was on the tower on the shoreline. Station 2 was the next tower from the east shore (southeast of channel marker 6). Station 3 was the second tower from the east shore (north of channel marker 6). Station 1 could be collected as a walk-up station, but the other two stations had to be sampled from the boat. Year VI - All three stations were collected at the same locations previously sampled. Station 1 was depleted of oysters and will have to be moved next year. This was partially due to siltation occurring around the base of the concrete pilings and at the mouth of the small pond which blocks the tidal flow at this site. Year VII - Station 1 was completely silted over and no oysters were present; therefore, it was moved to the northwest side of the bay. The new site was established at the second set of transmission piers out from the north shoreline. The new site was located at 30"15.59 north and 85'41.13 west. Stations 2 and 3 remained at the locations previously sampled. Year VIII - Collection stations remained the same as described in Year Vii. Year IX - The previosly sampled stations could not be reached, due to adverse weather conditions. Stations 1 & 2 were collected 50 m east of the old Station 1 (Years IV & V). The site was a small intertidal pond next to the 431 shoreline. Station 1 & 2 oysters were contiguous to one another. Station 3 oysters were collected from the electrical transmission pilings on the northshore side of the bay. Oysters at both sites were all very small and sparsely situated. )UMEM COLLECTIONS Years IV & V - Sediments were collected at the mouth of Mud Bayou (30'14.27'N and 85' 42.69'W). Station 1 was to the north of the Bayou. Station 2 was just to the south of the mouth at the sandy beach. Station 3 was 300 meters south of the Bayou mouth. All stations were sampled in 0.2 meters of water approximately 25 meters from the shoreline. There were oysters scattered in the grass beds and several small reefs in this area but oysters were too few and scattered to be reliable for repeat sampling. Years V1, VII, VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. SAMPLING AffivMODS Oysters - hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 to 0.3 meters. POSS11BLE CONTAMINANTS - Possible contamination included a military fuel depot at Little Oyster Bar Point and a coal burning power plant across the bay. ENVIRONNEF,NTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (0c) YEAR IV 30.3 20.0 27 January 1989 YEAR V 14.0 15.0 28 January 1990 YEAR VI 18.3 13.2 28 January 1991 YEAR V11 25.0 14.0 24 January 1992 YEAR VIII 18.7 19.0 12 January 1993 YEAR IX 10.0 12.0 17 January 1994 432 $410 390 + LP7 232 WM aw 2315 PCL 0 -,)Shoot 21di I v Site #14, 75 istrip, 3114 1 J- v 30 ALI W 1 98 30 S 3OW89 1, 1 211 "AVI'L CG"TAL SYMMS 30 PAVAL CE YAL a. .t 28 28 vs CE Has"" 11sub BA 96 7322 30 4 392 3N 396A 30 am& 2 48 I. Aftp- el An& . I \ VMWF St!., Recreasa V/ 1z, @, I . 1 S..0 L.81 C@ 30 was on FOP41 OKM Site #74 (PCLO), Panama City Little Oyster Bay. )eLome Mapping Company. Map Taken from Florida Ades and Gazeum. Reproduced with permission. z 4- Cb Z h 4s- 0, %, V I/ A, I // -0 2 Ole 1. .. 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A boat is necessary to collect this site and is launched at the public boat ramp. All three stations are located at the marina. SITE DESCRIPTION - This site was not established until Year III and was located at the Bay City Marina. The stations were placed inside and at the entrance of the marina. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year III - Station 1 for both oysters and sediments was located inside the breakwater on the east side of the marina. Oysters were collected along the breakwater and were numerous at and to 0.5 m below the normal high tide line. Station 2 was located opposite Station 1 on the outside of the breakwater. Oysters 'Were slightly less abundant but were still numerous. Oyster Station 3 was located north of Station 2 and outside the breakwater. It was directly east of the parking lot which was north of the boat ramp. Oysters were collected from a submerged concrete mass but were also found below the tide line of the breakwater. Years IV & V - In both years, the collection sites were the same as was first sampled in Year III. Station 1 was inside the harbor on the bulkhead directly southeast of the boat ramp. Station 2 was outside the marina, directly opposite Station 1. Station 3 was directly north of Station 2 along the concrete bulkhead next to the parking lot at the boat ramp. Years VI & VII - Oysters were not sampled at this station during these years. Year VIII - Oysters were collected at the stations described for Year III. Year LX -The site was not scheduled for collection this year. SEDUvMW COLLECTIONS Year III - The only fine grained sediments were at the base of the bulkhead at Station 1. No suitable sediments were found in the vicinity of Stations 2 and 3, nor in any location near the marina. Years IV & VI - No sediment samples were collected during these years. Year V - Sediment samples were collocated with each of the three oyster stations. 437 Years VII, VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. SAMPLINGMETHODS Oysters - tongs and by hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 to 0.3 meter POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Potential sources of contamination were likely from the boat traffic in the marina as well as run-off from the nearby streets of downtown Panama City. ENVIRONADMWAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (9010) (OC) 'YEAR 111 33.0 9.0 18 February 1988 YEAR IV 33.3 16.0 27 January 1989 YEAR V 24.0 15.0 27 January 1990 YEAR VIII 20.0 19.3 12 January 1993 438 5410 Al :-4 2321 New am AN 390 300 Z341 77 75 SWO N T 34 r + 13 30 't- 7- s 98 30 32 TTAEL It 2 30 75 'rAL A -AEN 1322 2 iti Os 396A 1.4 U-1 St. Andre" Ar. PCNV WONVY M State Recrur Af, -Pbea- site #GV ".4 go 3 30 I C 0 AN FORM av% Site #68 (PCMP), Panama City Municipal Pier. -,T)ef A.,rme Mapping Company. Map Taken from Florida Adas ad Gazeam. 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ANDREW BAY, FL NONONAL SITE CENTER - 300 08.53'N 85037.92'W LORAN TD's - 14142.0 46990.4 LOCATED ON NOS CHART 11389,11390 SITE ACCESS - The station is located in Watson Bayou which is located east of the Bay City Marina in Panama City. After collection of the Municipal Pier site travel by east down the ICWW to Watson Bayou. The site is at the first point on the right (east side) after entering the Bayou. SITE DESCRIPTION - The oysters were attached to rocks on a point of land identified by a former shipyard, just west of the dockage for ships and boats on the channel that led up to the paper mill. Oysters were intertidal, small and sparse. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Years I, II, & III - All the oysters were collected at the same location in Years I, II and III. No significant geographic distinction could be made between oyster stations. Landmarks to locate the site were: 352' to the white oil tanks; 78' to the tall smoke stack. Years rV, V, VI, VII, & VIII - The site was the same as in previous years. All stations were taken from the rock rubble along the shore on the first point on the east side of Watson Bayou. Year IX - The site was not scheduled to be visited this year. DINIENT COLLECTIONS Years I, II, & III - Sediments in the entire bay area were coarse sands, except for the upper reaches of the slough leading to the paper mill. Sediments were sampled just south of the small bridge at the paper mill (Station 1), across the channel from the paper mill (Station 3), and slightly upstream (near the outfall pipe) from the paper mill near the upper end of the slough (Station 2). The sediments were a black ooze with the consistency of pudding. Sediments and the air had a peculiar and unpleasant odor. Years IV & VI - No sediment samples were collected. Year V - Sediment samples were in the same locations as sampled during the first three years. Years VII, VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. 443 SAMPLING METHOD Oysters - hand Sediments - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 - 0.5 meters POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Probable contamination would be expected from the dockage facilities around the comer from the site, fuel oil storage and transfer facilities around the embayment, and the effluents from the paper mill. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (0c) YEAR 1 23.0 15.0 1 March 1986 YEAR 11 18.0 14.0 25 February 1987 YEAR 111 33.0 9.0 18 February 1988 YEAR IV 32.0 17.0 27 January 1989 YEAR V 20.0 17.0 28 January 1990 YEAR VI 14.0 14.0 28 January 1991 YEAR VII 24.0 14.0 24 January 1992 YEAR VIII 20.0 18.0 12 January 1993 4" S410 9- 390 r 293 I P- 2321 W- A., 389 ;@7 SAN A - 341 1231 23 111 77 13 2314 _ 1@11 Uh 3"MR P 2316,11 30 389 33 '(E3 ?) OASTAL -CEN-TE 2 30 r 30 5 V, I MrIm's WN E vas sea& CU RAW 2329 7322 "RIPAR1110 BM& 30 22 U1 .Is St. Andr AL, z WOWY SutfReaeat Area .Pbft- ov 0 L-11 NIR, 30 I C #A-ft &AARE Do rmnAu@-. AIR FORCE BASE Site #40 (SAWB), St. Andrew Bay Watson Bayou. @!DeLnrme Mapping Company. Mao Taken from Florida Atlas and Gazetteer. Reproduced with permission. 7V7p7'7 4 X DWER CL 0 6 Sprlngn@ld \oN CLOFT 8A "OFt CL FT \okll 10 Z 'S V YM CXT FT @ a 1 1-1 . \\ Foul) -z: 0-0. O)kGN -AT MAIRM 813 c V[f" CLL 7 FT low + 8 0 G o3bt# Ar@a IN DRAMS HIM nor 9 31 % 51 00STACKS RADIO 2 26 Ldo p -JtA 22 TOWER 22 R 37 nG 48 j pn2l 4190 \ @10- 811100 Clogod 09 G 7 lo2 Ent 33 33 15 27 3' 36 46 F -,Jg- ft I 1(7@ 43 33 -Parker (26., 2t R 4o 17M -2C- 34 2iii-,-1/21V 25 142 00 321.f R)76 I V 50 37 2Z Coblo Plary 54 Area 20@ 29 2 4P ble to pt 1 9 + 0 56 '% @ 17 .25 2 5 /* 40 Donol$m 2 pol my )2 CrOmenton 36 32 29 34 -29 30 .21 24 06@4 y 347 2 urfacq q_t Rem 25 ;::;, 3 25 20 tibm lips ON 27 26 R 01 DML "pro NF XED BROGE 0 '@L' I " 20 29 _vLRt - VT SAMdrAMay "M80AWOuIMM Jw 1 11M). M yl, jr A#7 7.41 1 Al ARM*% SITE NUMER 41 DESIGNATOR - APDB SITE - DRY BAR, APALACHICOLA BAY, FL NON[INAL SITE CENTER - 29040.45'N 85004.40W LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 114022 11404 SITE ACCESS - The site is accessed by a 30 minute boat ride originating at the ramp in Apalachicola near the southwest end of the John Gorrie Memorial Bridge. Proceed west along the inside channel to the first channel going south into Apalachicola Bay. Run a compass course (bearing 2500) to the northeast end of St. Vincent Island at St. Vincent Point. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site was located on the northeast corner of St. Vincent Island at St. Vincent Point. Oysters were located north of the point on subtidal shell and sand bottom. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year I - Stations were located in a line running south to north. Station 3 was at bearing of 330' from St. Vincent Point, 105' from Green Point and 60' from the Apalachicola Bay drawbridge. During Year I stations were submerged. Year II - Year II samples were collected by hand from an abundant oyster population. Stations were oriented in a west to east direction paralleling St. Vincent Point. Station 1 was located on the west end of the bar, Station 2 was 200 m east of Station 1, and Station 3 was 200 m farther east. Year III - Year III oysters were collected at the same sites as Year II, but the oysters were tonged due to high tidal conditions. Years IV, V, VI, VII, & VIII - Oysters were collected by hand at the same location described for Year II. Year IX - The site was not scheduled for collection this year. SEDOWNT COLLECTIONS Year I - Sediments were obtained from one location 30 m to the east of oyster Station 3. Year II - No sediments of an appropriately fine texture were found anywhere near the oyster site. Sediments were taken from the mouth of the Apalachicola River near St. Vincent Island which is south of the bridge. Years III, IV, V, VT VIT VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. 449 SAMPUNGMETHOD Oysters - tongs and by hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 to 1 meter POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Contamination factors included the river, rusty iron dump near samples, and ship traffic. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (OC) YEAR 1 13.0 17.0 28 February 1986 YEAR 11 7.6 17.0 27 February 1987 YEAR 111 17.0 12.0 18 February 1988 YEAR IV 20.0 18.0 28 January 1989 YEAR V 3.0 16.0 27 January 1990 YEAR VI 10.0 13.0 28 January 1991 YEAR VII 15.0 13.0 24 January 1992 YEAR VIII 5.0 20.0 13 January 1993 ,V% L 384 384 A A- 4 N -4 Vk I..*-# 385 W&W 31 45 rohw 98 30 f4t Park FlOr Pbd- - - - - - - - - - - - -Lb@ Phd- Lifavelte Park I PW till A Owa" Ob" 4 it APDB Site #41 'IT C. G-S,o Send + + SMOA-. C-1 G@d t-,q Site #41 (APDB), Apalachicola Bay Dry Bar. WeLorme Mapping Company. Map Taken ftom Florida Atlas and Gazetteer. Reproduced with permission. C N 6 T 7 S 0 6 6 N 5 6 5u 4T 5 5 4 3 6 Oys 2 5 5' 6 5 M 5 APDB 3 3 2 3 2 5 Site #41 5 3 2 2 1w sh 3 Mw4h 5 kwuh S 2 TOP 2 oys ---------- 3 2 y 0 0 2 To Jb Mew. 0 N4 wo@ -A gkGNEt#C 3 5 5 7 4 If1 5 + 'r N VN 7 a 3 2 M Y3 5 3 2 4@3@ 3 3 S 2 2 2 Ibl- L- Q S, Site #41 (APDB), Apalachicola Bay Dry Bar (from chart 11402). SITE NUMBER 42 DESIGNATOR - APCP SITE - CAT PT. BAR, APALACHICOLA BAY, FL NONIINAL SITE CENTER - 29043.45'N 84053.05'W LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11404,11402 SITE ACCESS - This is a walk-up site from the beach at low tide. It is accessed by boat when tides are high. To reach the site drive south on road GlA to the toll booth. Turn left on the dirt road to the east to East Point Beach. Park and walk to East Point Beach where oysters can be picked up by hand at low tide. If the tide is high the boat can be launched at one of the ramps on Highway 30, which is east of the site. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site was located at Cat Point. The reef was exposed at low tide and was the major source for oysters in eastern Apalachicola Bay. At high tide the oysters were collected by tonging. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year I - Oysters were collected by hand along the exposed reef. Station 1 was 100 m off the beach, south of East Point. Station 2 was located 100 m south of Station 1 -200 m offshore. Station 3 was east of Stations 1 and 2 -25 m offshore. Year 11 - During Year II, the boat was. launched from the ramp in the boat basin at the town of East Point (two blocks south of Highway 98). It was a five minute ride to the tonging site on a large reef that parallels the telephone poles crossing the bay. The oyster site was 200 m east of telephone pole #6 (bearing 260' to sixth pole from shore). Oysters were abundant but tonging was required; dredges were not permitted in Apalachicola Bay. Oysters were collected for all stations at one place in Year II. Years III, IV, V, & VI - Samples were taken at the Year II station locations. However, since the tide was low, the oysters were collected by hand and separate stations were established. Oysters stations were -100 m apart. Station 1 was at the north end of the reef, Station 2 in the middle and Station 3 was at the south end. Years VII & VIII - Samples were taken at the same locations described for Year III. Year IX - The site was not scheduled to be visited this year. SEDIMENT COLLECTIONS 455 Year I - Sediments for the first year were located just off the reef (east and northeast) collocated with each oyster station. The sandy mud sediments were as fine a texture as could be found in the area. Year II - Sediment Station 1 was located 500 m east of #6 pole. Station 2 was 500 M east of the 8th pole. Station 3 was 500 ni east of the 4th pole. The substrate was sandy mud with small shell fragments. Year III - Sediments were collected 500 m east of the oyster stations. Sediments were fine silt over sand. Years IV, V, VI, V11, VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. SAMPLINGMETHOD Oysters - tongs and by hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 to 0.7 meters POSSIBLE CONTAAHNANTS - No sources of contamination were evident. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (OC) YEAR 1 7.0 18.0 27 February 1986 YEAR 11 30.0 15.0 26 February 1987 YEAR 111 15.0 12.0 18 February 1988 YEAR IV 33.0 12.0 28 January 1989 YEAR V 9.0 20.0 28 January 1990 YEAR VI 22.3 14.0 28 January 1991 YEAR VII 11.3 11.0 24 January 1992 YEAR VIII 20.0 19.0 13 January 1993 456 M MM M man M M M M M MM 384 A A- 3114 -4 385 319 OLE 98 30 Park NO W pw@ H4111e APCP ft. Lafayette Park % @ Pi t@l% Site #42 Iki A V.- P- \*@CEW IA"@t WUDW REME Cd. C- G..@ s Iftlob I- Send + I + C-, A Cv! G-W Site #42 (APCP), Apalachicola Bay Cat Point Bar. ODeLorme Mapping Company. Map Taken from Florida Atlas and Gazetteer. 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I \ 3 Site #42 (APCP), Apalachicola Bay Cat Point Bar f C%ftit4m t M@ so an low w Al di IZ SrIE NUMBER 75 DESIGNATOR-AESP SITE - SPRING CREEK, APALACHEE BAY, FL NONEINAL SITE CENTER - 30003.75'N 84019.37V LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11405 SM ACCESS - To reach the site turn off of U.S. Highway 98 onto 375 and proceed to Highway 365. Turn right and go to the end of the road. The Spears Seafood Company at the end of the road has a launch that can be used. Proceed out the marked channel to the collection site. SITE DESCRIPTION - This site, which was established in Year IV, was located on the west side of Apalachee Bay where Spring Creek enters Oyster Bay. Sampling stations were located in the midst of very prolific reefs where Spring Creek entered Oyster Bay. The site was located along an "S"-shaped reef 300 m south of channel.markers 31 and 32, and northwest to southwest of channel markers 29 and 30. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year IV - Year IV oysters were sampled by hand from the intertidal parts of the reef. Station 1 was at the north end of the exposed part of the reef which extends as a subtidal portion farther north into the marsh. Station 3 was at the south end of this reef. Station 2 was located on the east side of the reef, mid-way between 1 and 3. Reef length was 300 m. Year V - Collection locations were the same as established last year. The number of oysters were much reduced from last year. Most of the reef was composed of dead shells. Year VI - Station locations were the same as last year. Oysters were more abundant than last year. Years VII, VIII, & IX - Station locations were at the same sites as originally established in Year IV. 1 1M]KW COLLECTIONS Year rV - Sediments for Station 1 were taken about 100 m from the reef, midway and on a line from the north end of the reef to channel marker 29. Stations 2 and 3 sediments were located adjacent to the oyster stations about 25 and 50 m, respectively, from each station on the east side of the reef. Year V - Sediments were collected adjacent to each oyster station. Station 1 was from the west side of the reef 10 m from the shoreline. Station 2 was also on the west side of the reef 10 m from the shore adjacent to the oyster station. 461 Station 3 was 5 m from the reef on the west side. Sediments were composed of fine grained black silt in pockets over shell and shell hash. Years VI, VII, VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. SAMPUNG METHODS Oysters - hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 - 0.5 m. POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - There were no obvious contamination sources, although the site was located in waters which were closed and/or conditional to shellfish harvesting. ENVIRONMURNTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (0/00) (0c) YEAR IV 15.7 17.0 28 January 1989 YEAR V 8.3 19.0 29 January 1990 YEAR VI 1.0 15.0 29 January 1991 YEAR VII 22.0 15.0 30 January 1992 YEAR VIII 5.0 20.0 13 January 1993 YEAR EK 13.3 15.0 18 January 1994 462 319 369 14. 365 r 365 el 0 3W -Srn Marc st mmft 385' de Apsta 98 319 R 61 4PO U c 0, 375 367 Pt WIV Bad, ST MARK 7 A 365 367 L-Who f 31' 375 98 61 A OA P L sTi MA RER=,. AESP -T 372 Site #75 4@ L F 3728 % L Site #75 (AESP), Apalachee Bay Spring Creek. oDeLarme MsWing COMMY. MaP TaVen fmm fqofida Atlu ud Gueneu. Repmduced with pemission. alimitation of the U.S. id by correction of the Mal principles involved. + charts. the lines shown )Tldo natural resources 4u Submerged Lands Act -P11 I Not RES c4 ired for fixed mineral v pprovall by the District Ole V, (:P 001 koe J/0 ISO SF*v CrOA 0"I 0 P 7 AESP % 1-\ /- Site #75 3 Marsh 3 LAW 4 9 7 4 El 2 2 7 4 L 3 3o 0 4 2 2 3 4 3 2 2, 4 *1 7 15 1. 2 2 one is I L&to T 3 2 2 103ft to 3 021 It -k 2 PWMMG 4 1XV00" P4111k TOWER 6 4 2 @2 2 13 3 Othr 5 3 2! Lake cz) R AM 7 7 5 1 7 2 .13 la A 1 i 11 @ FIG 0 12 C@k for Site #75 (AESP), Apalachee Bay Spring Creek (from chart 11405). N' Ilia 'f Al-riv T@j 14 SITE NUMBER 69 DESIGNATOR - SRVVT SITE - WEST PASS, SUWANNEE RIVER, FL NOXONAL SITE CENTER - 29019.75'N 83010.45W LORAN TD's - NA LOCATED ON NOS CHART 11408 SITE ACCESS - Established in Year III, this site is accessible only by small boat. Access is from the Suwannee Marina located near the middle of the town. From the boat launch proceed southwest to the first channel to the north. Proceed slowly up the channel which passes through Suwannee. The channel passes under a bridge then bends left, passes under another bridge and then turns left and then right. Turn north at the last house on the right into another channel and proceed until it intersects a channel with markers. Proceed out to channel marker 20 and go north for -2 km to Cat Island. SITE DESCRIPTION - This site was established and sampled only in Year III. Oysters were collected along the margins of Cat Island. Reefs were numerous east of Cat Island and were exposed at low tide. The margins of the islands were covered with Spartina alterniflora. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year III - Oyster Station 1 was located on the northeast shore of Cat Island between a topless palm and a pole in the water. At low tide the reef is exposed and numerous small oysters are present. Oysters can be collected by hand or tonged. Station 2 was a subtidal reef with an exposed intertidal portion. It was located between Cat Island and a small island to the northeast. Station 3 was -50 m north of Station 1 on the north side of the same reef. Oysters at all three stations could be collected by hand at low tide but had to be tonged at high tide. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - The site was not sampled during these years. SEDIMENT COLLECTIONS Year III - Sediment Station 1 was collected along the intertidal marsh on the east side of Cat Island. Station 2 was in a small inlet directly east of the second oyster station. Sediment was a peaty/organic sandy mud. Station 3 was collected several hundred meters away from the other station. This station was collected when returning to the ramp, after a turn north at channel marker 22 into a cove that ran west from the main channel. A sawgrass marsh surrounded this site and the sediments were an organic peaty mud. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. 467 SAMPLING METHODS Oysters - tongs and by hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 - 1 meter POSSEBLE CONTAMINANTS - No contaminant sources were identified at this site. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (0c) YEAR 111 13.0 15.0 19 February 1988 468 7 + @4- N 349 7- -7 SRWP Site #69 d0j- A. maw *bmd %"\ Cork f2farlds OW "Ad Wands VW- aft- 326 Oft ftbnd brow AWend 00 --o" A- 30 2V Ow Ced 0 + + gry Aw CED4R KEYS &*&"a* Key t Site #69 (SRV;P), Suwanee River West Pass. CDeLAxme Mapping Company. Map Taken from Florida Atlas and Gazetteer, Reproduced with pemiission. HyarogrOpny ono t0P0Y1UIJ1iY uY L-00 ervices with additional data from the Corps 2 horting and Geodetic S 2 C 3 31 or of Engineers. Geological Survey and U.S. Coast Guard. 9 iced Cl6111fornla Swarl 3 1 3 6 P 4 " 0 WARNING 'aft Cow W;dJslend The prudent mariner will not rely solely on any single aid % 3 N to navigation, particularly on floating aids. See U.S. Coast 4 2 Guard Light List and U.S, Coast Pifol for details. 3 I 2 M For Symbol$ and Abbreviations W Chart No. I / '114 COLREGS: international Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 19 3 1 Demarcation lines are shown thus: - - - - - - - 0 me 2 B PI 3 3 3 SUWANEE RIVER 67 h 3 The controlling centerlIne depth was 31, feM from a at 290 1 91001N; 83*071061W to Fanning; thence 3,1 3 2 4 Ellaville. 5 May-July 9 2 10 TA OVERHEAD PWR. AND T. CABLES between Bra A CFO Island and Ellaville. MINIMUM APPROX VERT 7 3 3 0 CL. 35 FT. SWING BRIDGES, FIXED BRIDGES 5 *be* M BRIDGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION between Bra 64 '--.1 1 q Orah Island and Ellaville. MINIMUM HOR. CL. 48 7 13 7 7 7 5 4 3 MINIMUM VERT. CL. 5 FT. 4 7 7 so 7 9 5 5 3 5 TANK 3 6 4 3 Mandan Camp C3 It 4 0 to k WWP7; 4 3 #6 Suwann 9 m(n 8 8 6 pne 4 ll to 2 9 01, PA 4 2 0 10 h 7 1 9 0 I now 10 12 9 3 21 1 2 *1 5 Hog Island 10 2 1 1 Br adl Or FI R 4a 2 4 1 61 3 3 12 3 -0 J11, 13 1 z7T5 alt. K., REGS DEMARCATIO L E -4111 M arsh 5 CN (am"* amot 14 14 10 61 3 % 14 3 U 4 - I '@ ) Site #69 (SRWP), Suwanee River West Pass (from chart 11408). A 39 SrIE NUMBER 43 DESIGNATOR - CKBP SITE - BLACK POINT, CEDAR REY, FL NONIINAL SITE CENTER - 29-12.32'N 83004.25rW WCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11408 SITE ACCESS - Access to the site in Years I and 11 was by boat launched at the city boat basin at the end of Highway 24 in Cedar Key. Shoals require that the channel markers be followed from the city marina to Derreck Key. The oyster site is located on the northeast side of a "U" shaped island adjacent to channel marker 2 at Derreck Key. Approximate run time to the site is an hour. In Year III, the boat was launched at a boat ramp north of Cedar Key at the end of Highway 326 off of Highway 347. The ramp is very shallow and launching at low tide is difficult, but the site can be reached in less than 10 minutes. From the boat ramp go south - 1 km. SITE DESCRIPTION - Oysters were collected from the subtidal perimeter of the small island. At low tide there were numerous exposed oyster reefs. The oyster site was located at a crescent-shaped reef with smooth cordgrass on the west side, west of an island with three palm trees and one topless palm. The stations were located inside the crescent. OYSTERCOLLECTIONS Year I - Year I oysters were collected from the perimeter of the small island in subtidal and intertidal water. Station 1 was at the mouth of a creek 0.75 miles from Black Point on a bearing of 125'. Other bearings to locate the site were 245' from the radio tower, 285' from the bridge center, and 345' from the water tower. Station 2 was an exposed reef 220' from Station 1. Local landmarks had a bearing of 2500 from the radio tower, 284' from the bridge and 350' from the water tower. Station 3 was 300 m from Station 1 on a bearing of 120'. Year II - Significant geographic differentiation of the oyster stations was not possible this year. Bearings to local landmarks were 262' to channel marker 2, 149" to the Cedar Key water tower, and 317' to green channel marker 5. The oysters were collected by hand from subtidal and intertidal clumps which made up the island. Year III - In Year III, samples were collected in approximately the same location as Year II. The site was a crescent shaped reef covered with smooth cordgrass. An obvious landmark to locate the site was the three palm trees due east of the site. All three station were located from inside the crescent on the east side Station 1 was in the middle. Station 2 was on the north end. Station 3 was at the south end. Oysters were collected by hand and tongs. 473 Year IV - Year IV stations were collected in the same locations as Year 111. Oysters were very small in large clumps and the shells were very thin. Year V - Oyster stations were in the same location as previously collected. Oysters were much less numerous this year. Year VI - Collection sites remained the same as those sampled last year (29010.25'N, 83003.00'W), but oysters were smaller and less numerous. Year VII - Due to extremely low tidal conditions the boat could not be launched this year; therefore, the site was moved approximately 1 km to the north (29'12.28 north 83"04.34 west), adjacent to the boat launch area. There are numerous reefs in the vicinity of the launch area. All three stations were located on the south side of the launch area. Station 1 was 50 m south of the launch, Station 2 was 50 m farther south , and Station 3 was another 50 m to the south. Year VIII, & IX - Oysters were collected at the same stations as described for Year VIL )DIENTCOLLEMONS Year I - Sediments were collocated with each of the oyster stations. Year II - Sediments were taken from isolated pockets of sandy, shelly mud on the inside curve of the island and were adjacent to each oyster station. Many shell fragments were present over the entire bottom. A box core and wading was required to locate and retrieve the sediment samples. Year III - Sediments in Year III were located within 5 m of the oyster stations and were sandy mud with some shells. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. SAMPLINGMETHOD Oysters - tongs and by hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0.2 - 0.4 meters POSSEBLE CONTANONANTS - The site was mainly open water and no sources of contamination were observed. The site was miles from any habitation, industry or port facility of any size. Effluents from Suwannee River may have influenced the site. 474 ENVIRONhUM14TAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (700) (OC) YEAR 1 14.3 23.0 27 February 1986 YEAR 11 23.0 20.0 28 February 1987 YEAR 111 31.0 14.0 19 February 1988 YEAR IV 26.0 18.0 28 January 1989 YEAR V 25.0 18.0 29 January 1990 YEAR VI 23.0 16.0 29 January 1991 YEAR VII 24.0 17.0 30 January 1992 YEAR VIII 27.0 22.0 13 January 1993 YEAR IEK 19.0 4.0 19 January 1994 475 7 + gob ftw 4 347 how -7 9 -Al Ob" aftd CO OWW ftfft . 1, - -7- Mond 0 t 4 d 0 LOWIN *bmd .015 00 %In rr + % nos ILI" b6nd Raleigh Wands % % &*ad. .0 CKBP Site #43 (Wand 011111 C-. I%-ae`*1 30 24 --------------- C + + Worth "V I ft- CEDOI R KEYS' Smahw2a Key a- t Site #43 (CKBP), Cedar Key Black Point. IeDeLmme Mapping Company. Map Taken from Florida Atlas and Gazetteer. Reproduced with permission. 3 Z@2 @/4 6 6 4 1 PM 1 1 9 V4 NOTE E 3 The daybeocons are privro" GS DEWAIC.@ 4 and positions are approximate. tolA) TION LIN 5 h 6 5 CO 3 6 4 0 0 6 7 7 3 cr 2 6 4 UWA NEE 4 1 Islands', Marsh 6 5 J 6 0 DWI a, LIN 2 4 0 "W, 6 6h It* 2 .0.0 Q* 3 a 8 2 3 it G7 5 %-,) 6 2 1 19 6. 10' 6 4 A 7 14 RaWoh. tII:Nt 4 3 ,.,Islands -v Long :a to Wand 2 9 St 5 5 6 1'., A 3 5 7 6 6 00 0 Imp 213s S 2 0 ftft ite #43 13 9 (0" 0 C M areh A 15-1 %, Ot 2 C-- 7 3 key 7- 2 (z), c: 0 1 1 Zw I r, 1 3 I-J I IL .3 13 10 W --,G 6 0 L 0 0 5 0 12h 3 16 9 13 13 9 h P4 2 4 PA 9 Cob 13 2 Area '15 stO eke it If 9 10 R eke 13 1 2 (0106 re* P 10 to 1 32 3 It OS /4 10-1 .0 Site #43 (CKBP), Cedar Key BlAck Point (from chart 11408). SrIE NUMBER - 70 DESIGNATOR - TBOT SITE - OLD TAMPA BAY, TAMPA BAY, FL NON[INAL SITE CENTER - 28001.48'N 82037.95W LOCATED ON NOS CHART 11413 SITE ACCESS - To reach the site, take Highway 275 to 92 west and then take Hillsborough Avenue toward Tampa Bay Downs. Turn south on Double Branch Road and proceed to State Street, turn left and go to the boat ramp at the end of the street. SITE DESCRIPTION - This site, established in Year III, produced the most abundant oysters collected in the Tampa Bay area. Substrate was primarily sandy mud with pockets of oozy mud scattered around the shoreline. OYSTERCOLLECTIONS Year III - Oysters at all three stations were well developed and sorted. They were of moderate size and looked healthy. They were plentiful, were easily picked by hand and required little sorting. All three reefs were clearly visible and partially exposed at low tide, but were still easily accessible at high tide by wading. Oyster Station 1 was located - 50 m north of the boat ramp. The reef extended across water from east to west and was exposed at low tide. Station 2 was a small subtidal reef - 10 m east of the end of the boat ramp. Station 3 was 50-m southeast of the boat ramp where the creek forks on the east side of the channel. Year IV - The same three stations were sampled in Year IV as were first established in Year III. The site remained closed to harvesting, and the oysters from external appearance and abundance appeared in good shape. Years V & VI - The same stations were sampled again these year. Oysters were mostly alive and were in better condition than those at sampling sites to the north. Year VII - This site was not sampled this year. Years VIII & IX - Oysters were collected at the same stations as described for Year III. SEDDMENT COLLECTIONS Year III - Sediments were collocated with the oysters. Sediments were collected with the teflon scoop directly from the bottom substrate. Year IV - No sediments were sampled. 481 Year V - Sediment samples were taken adjacent to each of the oyster collection stations. Sediment was a thin silt layer over hard sand found along the edge of the mangroves. Station 1 was in a small cove on the west end of the reef. Station 2 was 20 m northwest of the oyster site along the shore. Station 3 was 20 m to the east in the small cove on the north side of the channel. Year VI - Sediments (NIST) were collected in the same locations described in Year V. Years VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPLING METHOD Oysters - hand Sediment - hand WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 - 0.3 meters POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Contamination at the site was not obvious, but mobile home and housing developments were present upstream from the collection site. No industrial contaminant sources were observed. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (OC) YEAR 111 10.0 14.0 22 February 1988 YEAR IV - 20.0 29 January 1989 YEAR V 16.7 22.0 30 January 1990 YEAR VI 7.3 16.7 30 January 1991 YEAR VIII 14.0 22.0 14 January 1993 YEAR IX 2.0 13.0 20 January 1994 4& 4@, BA 41, c. 51 584 J;j, F1 ; - 'A 14a Lmk ow:w 4c. I 7 A f f - 598 59n 5 3 1:A rrj@ HIM 0 Harbor I bor oft) 92 C!.tl Vi -I.F C-0. ft., Itt COGNINIV 60 60 TROT 93 Sia #70 SR 41 4 93 A: 618 st r Pww 686 600 L. A V 'A 92 9 73 55 -r7! 1 c@ I 69 92 7 NIJ Site #70 (TBOT), Tampa Bay Old Tampa Bay. )eLmme Mapping Company. Map Taken ftont Florida Atlas and Gazetteer. Peproduced with permission. IBM RADAR RE Ro 800th CidS to mftctx kWffcaw on Mniftd &W ft Chcht CAB ITOWM r 2 46 4b 2 Alobbly Say 0" PWR CAB 2 Oys 3 STACK (W OF 3) 1 Booth v v 4 2 0 3 2 1 6@-s 3 1 I G Olt, 3 G MA A 7 9 6 7 10 S sh 7 2 9 Olt. 11 10 8 2 13 9 10 FIXED FIRM NOR CL 75 FT vo' CL 40 FT 13 13 2 2. 9 1 2 10 16 7 0 D2 14 1 16 43 7 9 JA+ - 13 I 12 10 12 14 ,in 7 12 12 12 13 s Sh 15 13 to 16 bit, 12 10 14 "o 13 0 Ad 14 12 12 15 16 Site #70 (TBOT), Tampa Bay Old Tampa Bay (from chart 11413). Iv ni, S-q i,: 511 Nf SrIE NUMBER 44 DESIGNATOR - TBPB SITE - PAPYS BAYOU, TAMPA BAY, FL NOM[INAL SYIE CENTER - 27050.53'N 82036.62W LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11413 SITE ACCESS - The site is accessed by boat or by driving to the site. By boat, depart the city marina in St. Petersburg and cross the west side of Tampa Bay to Papys Bayou (-30 minutes). Access to the site for sampling by wading is accomplished by driving to the Weeden Island Wildlife Refuge via Weeden Drive. In Year VII a boat was launched at Gandy Bridge Marina. The site was reached by traveling out the channel parallel to the highway to Tampa Bay and then south to channel marker 15, then turn west to the entrance to Papys Bayou. This ride takes appro-3dmately 20 minutes. SITE DESCRIPTION - The oyster site in Year I was a small intertidal reef (found by following channel markers to where reef almost blocked channel) at the back end of the bayou and the mangrove roots along the adjacent shoreline. A wood and steel pier-type of structure was at the end of the bayou where samples were taken. In Year II, the station was moved to within 100 m of the old bridge at the end of Weeden Drive. OYSTERCOLLECTIONS, Year I - Oysters were collected on a submerged oyster reef surrounding an old wooden and metal structure on the east side of the bayou in a mangrove area. Landmarks to locate the site were 1400 from the tall radio tower and 195' from the smoke stacks at the power plant. The sites were separated by 100 m. Year II - Year II collections were made in the same location. Oyster stations were not differentiated geographically this year. Year III - In Year III, we drove to the site and collected the oysters by hand. A large healthy reef was located 100 m from the wooden pier at the end of Weeden Pond. Oysters were numerous but distinct stations were not recognized. Years IV, V, & VI - The site was in the same position as sampled in Year III. No station distinctions were made. The stations were on the first large reef south of the pier at the end of Weeden Road. The site was best accessed by wading from the pier. The Year III and IV site was approidmately 100-200 m north of the site sampled in Year II. Oysters were very abundant and accessible. In Year VI the oysters were very small and many had died recently. 487 Year VII - The same location was sampled again this year. Oysters were numerous but were very small. Year VIII - Oysters were not abundant on the reef, so the @ite was moved 30 m to the fishing pier. Year IX - Station 1 oysters were collected from the mangroves at the shore end of the pier, Station 3 oysters from the distal end of the pier, and Station 2 oysters from the midpoint of the pier between Stations 1 & 3. 'T IDMENT COLLECTIONS Years I & II - Sediments from the oyster site were all sand and shell. Sediments were collected on Weeden Island north of Harbor Isle. Sediments were intertidal sands with some humic material. Year III - Sediments were collected along the mangrove-lined shoreline. Station I was at the small boat ramp. Station 2 was 50 m to the north around the point. Station 3 was another 30 rn north in a small cove. The majority of the bottom was sand except along the mangrove tree margin (1-2 m zone) where fine-grained silt was found. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. SAWLWG METHOD Oysters - hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 - 0.5 meters POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Sources of contamination included heavy recreational boating in the restricted embayment, and an electric power generation plant near the bay. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (9010) (0c) YEAR 1 28.0 27.0 23 February 1986 YEAR 11 21.0 24.0 28 February 1987 YEAR 111 30.0 17.0 21 February 1988 YEAR IV 21.0 23.0 29 January 1989 YEAR V 25.0 23.0 30 January 1990 YEAR VI 30.0 19.0 31 January 1991 YEAR VII 28.0 18.0 28 January 1992 YEAR VIII 15.0 21.0 15 January 1993 YEAR IX 28.0 14.0 20 January 1994 488 Big Pief 60 GWO f .44 Clearwater Beach Park c"W 01 to 60 14 Ce .-ITT 697 84"k FAI am 1i t 7 93 6 0 C C- N SA 29 ON At 19 TB PD 5 5 L L k. Pk. 101. d, [Site #44 Beach LH M 688 Ou B 23 350 I"o" W, C. to A . . . . . . . . . . . 694 cAlOuqes ntv rk JAI.. S r 900.c 666 A 7 Beach Beach andA. 595 92 Treasure 37S 592 Island 175 594 Louis Cardinals Afto Site #44 (TBPB), Tampa Bay Papys Bayou. OeLorlne Mapping Company. Map Taken from Florida Adas and Gazetteer. 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'10 2M 6' 10 14 8 077 26 MI 21 Y PD* PAR WIVO OIRC@GE 9 P GFrJ4 5 CL 0 13,1 S Sh 10 .5 20 12 15 4 M 14 a\t 16 5S sh 10 3 5 A 14 2 03 0 12 15 M rk.,R A Be 2Wk lot Pft 1-13 bneii eke YO 9 14 15 17 0..' isle G4 S Sh -\F1 R 10 S 4 14 --- Wr-5@11YG S 7 S" @4 121tV to 4 Site #44 (TBPB), Tampa Bay Papys Bayou (from chart 11413). l k -.tll 4b@@ obe z t-@ SITE N1JJNMM 45 DESIGNATOR - TBHB SITE - HILLSBOROUGH BAY, TAMPA BAY, FL NO51INAL SITE CENTER - 27051.28N 82023.75V LOCATED ON NOS CE[ART # - 11413 SITE ACCESS - The boat was launched at the ramp on the northwest corner of the Highway 41 bridge over the Alafia River. SITE DESCRIPTION - This site was located on the north bank of the Alafia River. The sites were established along the riprap shoreline on the east side of channel marker 15. OYSTERCOLLECTIONS Years I & II - The only oysters in the area were attached to rock rubble and tree roots at the shell hash beach on the north bank of the river next to the phosphate plant (downstream from their dock). The bank was steep and quickly became too deep for sampling. Oysters were very sparse, and this site may not provide sufficient oysters for extended study. No geographic distinction could be made in the oyster collection sites. The three stations were contiguous to each other. Station 1 was on the west end and Station 3 was on the east end of the site. Year III - In Year III, there were only enough oysters for one station. This site should be dropped because of the lack of oysters. There were not likely to be other sources for oysters in the Hillsborough area, since this was the best we could locate in Year I. Years 1V, V, VI, & VII - The site was not sampled during these years. Year VIII - Oysters were collected at the same stations as described in Year III. Oysters were numerous but small. Year IX - The only oysters to be found this year were directly across the river on the south side, attached to mangrove roots. The three stations were contiguous to one another and were not distinguished. WIENTCOLLECTIONS Year I - Sediments of fine texture in close proximity to and representative of the site were not possible. Therefore, a site was selected approximately 0.5 miles east. Station 1 was between the boat launch and oyster site. Station 2 was from the boat basin across the river from the boat launch. Station 3 from upstream past the railroad bridge to the south side of the river in front of Captain D's Marina. 493 Years H & III - Sediments for Years II and III were at the same sites, except that no sediments were located for Station 1. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. SAMPLINGMETHOD Oysters - hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPTII - subtidal, 0.6 meters POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Obvious sources of contamination included the phosphate plant which was directly adjacent to the oyster collection site. In the case of two sediment samples, the boat basin/marinas were sources of contamination. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled NCO (0c) YEAR 1 22.0 22.0 24 February 1986 YEARII 21.0 20.0 1 March 1987 YEAR III - 23.0 20 February 1988 YEAR VIII 15.0 20.0 15 January 1993 YEAR IX 15.0 15.0 21 January 1994 4-04 Lit< r f &q 411 um oft t--X- @A -j i' 111 .. 15 - A 149 OW f 5W c7VZr q@li' "L. 58 faty Harbor Ali arbot "P., Pier 600 15 A, 685 45 7 93 c CAM" A S Al ?:. I I ! -'@ 618 st A - i'k i 688 40 6% it iT- 688' 92 600 573 19 TBHB .16 55 1. Site #45 92 L 687 Ell I . . . 1, 1 1. Site #45 (TBHB), Tampa Bay Hillsborough Bay. leLorme Mapping Company. Map Taken from Florida Ades ad Gazenea. 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ANK Stakes Lt 13 'T F R 71 201 '91 @?i 9 15 13 R,7 10 9 4 Sk*" 10 N 41, 5 5 35 15 16 16 20 to 7 3 to 13 9 4Ist a 4 15 18 21 7 5 13 14 @1 10 9 3 1 10 @19 117 5 Saw 4 F1 G 4* 6 14 15 @F If1 2 1 2 14 15 it 13 26 4 - +Ll 16 10 10 0 7 2 4 4 .7 99 9 7 1,1 8 9 100665pt 10 17 5 6 n Pt 5 t 3 a') AlI 13 0 9 Plive 7 4 7 2 9 A -47 4@ 7 112 9 9 @130',,@jstj 411 10 7 @401 M Site #45 (TBHB), Tampa Bay Hillsborough Bay (from chart 11413). @77- , N"fi, SITE NUMBER 46 DESIGNATOR - TBCB SITE - COCKROACH BAY, TAMPA BAY, FL NOM[INAL SITE CENTER - 27040.55'N 82030.56'W LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11414 SITE ACCESS - The site is accessed by driving to Highway 41 and taking the Cockroach Bay Road to the west. The launch ramp is at the end of the road. Shallow draft boats with tilt motors are required. Access to the site requires winding around many small islands to the open bay to the east. Upon entering the open bay, proceed east to a very small island (mostly subtidal) near the southeast shore. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site was located on an exposed reef on the south side of Cockroach Bay. Oysters were collected by hand from the subtidal portions of the reef. Neither the sediments or oyster collection stations could be differentiated geographically around the small island. All were composites of random samples from around the island. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year I - Oysters were collected from an exposed reef on the south side of the bay. Station 1 was on the reef which is 195' from the tall radio tower. Station 2 was along mangrove roots -100 m east of Station 1. Station 3 was -100 m east of Station 1 and 30 m north of Station 2. Years II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, & VIII - In these years, all stations were taken from the same very small reef in the back (south side) of Cockroach Bay. No station distinctions could be made due to the small area from which oysters were available. However, Cockroach Bay has many other sites suitable for oyster collection, both from the roots of mangroves and other reefs nearer the mouth of the bay. Year IX - The site was not scheduled to be sampled this year. SEDINM'qT COLLECTIONS Years I, II, & III - Sediments were found in isolated pockets around this reef and were limited to the extreme upper layer. Years 1-V & V - No sediments were sampled during these years. Year VI - Sediments (NIST) were collected from around the small island where the oysters were collected. Years VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. 499 SAMPLINGMETHOD Oysters - hand Sediment - Sediments were sampled by hand with the teflon scoop, and required compositing samples from many scoops in different pockets to acquire sufficient material. WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 to 0.6 meters POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - There were no obvious sources of contamination in this very secluded site, although the surrounding area appeared to be vegetable and fruit farms. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (0c) YEAR 1 28.0 25.0 24 February 1986 YEAR 11 24.0 20.0 1 March 1987 YEAR 111 30.0 24.0 20 February 1988 YEAR IV 22.0 23.0 31 January 1989 YEAR V 26.0 22.0 1 February 1990 YEAR VI 30.0 27.0 30 January 1991 YEAR VII 29.3 20.0 29 January 1992 YEAR VIII 14.0 22.0 15 January 1993 500 r-T Ad IP! M.d. Jill 1gl4l I kT 19 . I I I. @ " ", I'- i1" , 7; 595 F. 375 592 **ThePiw Treasure 19 Ir f. Island ke st Petersburg Cardinals St Louls Cardinals Nevv York Met, C'7 T 0 N 1% St Peter6bUF p1l, BeacK Muniorl 69-9) rta 'r 11AS CNAL ILDLIR NLFVGE TBCB Ce, le Site #46 Pj. k Clbba.qO Key NAT14,NAL WIL01. I RIVLII@ 44@ V -,q p^ 7 19 Andr Poiter Piet 41 F,.ily Mullet ty/F 0 Piet 1 45 V. sit S COAST GUARD N TAYION 924, U Site #46 (TBCB), Tampa Bay Cockroach Bay. @DeLorrne Mapping Company. Map Taken from Florida Atlas and Gazetteer. Reproducedwith permission. Qdj 7 0 R Ot Dols ,4p 5 F, &,4D'@'I 10 2 2 It/ ff S 211, /2 1 7 'go :4 4 2 @4 I 14 2 3 r Sbm A Me 0 / . I 20 0 R 22ft ISO at 51ft 2 22 001010 a 3 4 22 a /20 27 a a 2 21-- 2 RIf 4 10 TBCB 14/^% 3 4 1 Site #46 %20 145 2 1 11 % I %17 62 8 CA 2 3 1 Big cowrff@)qeh.mou 7 4 4,. 17 3 . ........... A* 2 11 9 2 12 so 6 2 IS2 3 14 2 12 7 2 0 10 41 Mangrove 2 I 13 q/ 1%1 NOTE 8 ART Regulations for Ocean Dumping Sites are An articulated contained In 40 CFR, Parts 220-229. Additional pipe structure th 9 31 Information concerning the regulations and coupling connec 4 4..e requIrements for use of the sites may be ob- kept upright by t X.- ..- tained from Environmental Protection Agency flotation chambi 9 iy1 2 (EPA). See U.S. Coast Pilots appendix for mark narrow ch ..1 -No, * 2 WA I, n% I 0 addresses of EPA offices. feet. All arliculot ON41 ok 2 NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE UNITED STATES GULF COAS9 / 2 '4 U 22 20 2 2 r4. Site #46 (TBCB), Tampa Bay Cockroach Bay (from chart 11414). L (Ak 4L tit if SITE NUMBER 47 DESIGNATOR - TBMK SITE - MULLET KEY BAYOU, TAMPA BAY, FL NOMINAL SHE CENTER - 27037.28'N 82043.62W LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11414 SITE ACCESS - The site is accessed by automobile from Fort DeSoto County Park on Mullet Key. To reach the site, travel out Highway 679 turn right on Anderson Blvd. Turn right (north) on the a small shell road north of the pier parking lot. Travel until the road ends at the water. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site was located in the southwest corner of Mullet Key Bayou north of Family Fishing Pier 1. OYSIERCOLLECTIONS Year I - Oysters were collected at the edge of shore in intertidal waters on the sand bottom and on mangrove roots at three locations roughly 200 m apart Station 1 was 50 m east of Fort Road just offshore from mangrove roots. Station 2 was 50 m to the right of Fort Road. Station 3 was at the end of the Fort Road and west of Station 2. Oysters were small and not plentiful. Years II, III, IV, & V - Station 1 was located 30 m from the ramp, just south of the three poles and by the mangroves. Station 2 was located at and to the east of the ramp, approximately 150 m east of Station 1. Station 3 was 100 m east of Station 2, at the second point of mangroves where there is a small reef. Years VI, VII, VIII, & IX - The same stations described for Years II-V were sampled again these years. SEDIMENT COLLECTIONS Years I, II, & III - Sediment samples were taken 10 m away from each of the oyster station. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. SAMPLING METHOD Oysters - hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 to 0.5 meters POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - There were no observable contamination sources. 505 ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled ( t7oo ) (OC) YEAR 1 34.0 24.0 25 February 1986 YEAR 11 20.0 19.0 1 March 1987 YEAR 111 37.0 29.0 19 February 1988 YEAR IV 32.0 21.0 31 January 1989 YEAR V 31.0 23.0 31 January 1990 YEAR VI 35.0 22.0 30 January 1991 YEAR VII 35.0 16.0 28 January 1992 YEAR VIII 33.0 22.0 14 January 1993 YEARIX 33.0 15.0 21 January 1994 7 h H,, sgw 92!!! MAS of In Ir" 592. Tres ure h '.d is I'dinah Cwdials ri ITT,. Now Vwk Met$ rebur St Pete Beact PURI 6 9 munici I P-1 ".Oftw P1.111 AS NAT,ONA ILDLIFE RUU;k csw a. Park ork C, Key bbage TBMK 679 RANNIPI, P"W .4 IINk I I AS JNL Site #47 A-, NATIONAL WILDI I RIM,! 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S 453 24 11 10 1 34 22 23 11 1 380@1143 27 20- 25 2 ule /Kv- 9 Site #47 (TBMK), Tampa Bay Mullet Key Bayou (from chart 11411). IM SITE NUMBER 77 DESIGNATOR - TBKA SITE - KNIGHT AIRPORT, TAMPA BAY, FL NOM091AL SITE CENTER - 27054.46N 82027.29V LOCATED ON NOS CHART 11413 SITE ACCESS - The stations were established on a jetty which extends from the end of the runway into the bay. The site is located on the south end of the Davis Islands, adjacent to the Peter 0. Knight airport and the Davis Islands Yacht Club. To reach this site from St. Petersburg, take 1-275 east and take exit 24, go south on Armenia to Swann Ave., then east to join Bayshore Blvd. Cross the bridge to the Davis Islands. Stay on west Davis Blvd. and then exit right on Airport to Marinique which follows the seawall. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site was not established and sampled until Year IV. Oysters were intertidal and were attached to the rocks of the jetty. The sampling site was located along the seawall and jetties. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Years TV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - Station 1 was located along the seawall beginning at the junction of the seawall and jetty on the east side of the jetty. Station 2 was at the bay end of the jetty, and Station 3 was on the west side of the jetty beginning at the seawall. SEDIM[ENT COLLECTIONS Years IV & V - Suitable fine grained sediments were difficult to obtain near the site because the bottom was mostly sand. Isolated pockets of fine black muds with some sand were located along the seawall some distance from the oysters sites. Station 1 was about midway down the seawall to the the east, and was sampled by boxcore from the seawall. Station 3 was about 200 m to the west of the seawall/jetty junction, at the first joint in the concrete wall (from the west). Station 2 sediments were from the far eastern end of the seawall, at the corner closest to the airport terminal building. Year VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMPLINGM[ETHOD Oysters - hand Sediments - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0.1 meters POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - No sources of contaminants were identified. 511 ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%o) (0c) YEAR IV 20.7 24.0 31 January 1989 YEAR V 24.0 22.0 31 January 1990 YEAR VI 27.0 22.0 29 January 1991 YEAR VII 28.0 18.0 29 January 1992 YEAR VIII 27.0 22.0 14 January 1993 YEAR IX 30.0 14.0 20 January 1994 512 4 Ice TV BA 41 SLOW Tow- 580 149 CA -U6 'A7 A T T, . ...... 590 Harbor Ai Ut IP11 BR41 f 1-4 60 N 4D R AJWUAm- An It y 85 3 7 KA u C T K A S AT 18 io #77, L 'k '@Stpolnt V, 696 LA L r 686 08 6 92 6W 9 573 46 7 55 F7" TP 17, C 691 687 Site #77 (TBKA), Tampa Bay K. Airport. 'IT)el nrme Mapping Company. Map Taken from Florida Atlas and Gazetteer. Peproduced with permission. 2 4 Aft SY BOY Cie on 817 AllP ORIMS Zilly. CL 75 FT I PWF N v 35! 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To reach the site, travel west on 5th Ave. north and turn north on Park Street. Turn off of Park street to the west onto Elbow Lane. SITE DESCRJ[PTION - This site has an old boat basin and sand ramp that was no longer used and two concrete ramps and a fishing pier. All three stations were located south of the new boat ramp. OYSTER COLLECTIONS, Years IV, V, & VI - Oysters were abundant at all three stations. Station 1 was along the. north and east side of the boat basin. Oysters were attached to the concrete bulkhead, on rocks and debris on the bottom, and on the sandy bottom. Station 2 was 50 m to the southwest across the boat basin on a point that jutted to the north. The site began at the northernmost point of land and continued south for approximately 50 m. Oysters were attached to concrete rubble and on the sandy bottom. Station 3 was 100 m south of Station 2 on a small point of land that jutted out to the west. Oysters were attached to the concrete rubble. Years VII & VIII - The same stations were sampled again these years. I)IMENT COLLECTIONS Year rV - All three sediment stations were located within the small boat basin. Sediments outside of the basin were very sandy. Station 1 was on the north side of the basin along the concrete bulkhead. Station 2 was at the east end of the basin. Station 3 was on the south side of the basin just inside the mouth and directly west of the pole with the tidal gauge. (This station was collocated with oyster Station 2). Sediments were fine grained soft black- gray silty sand. Year V - Sediments were not sampled this year. Year VI - Sediments (NIST) were collected at the same locations described for Year IV. Years VII, VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. 517 SAMPLINGMETHOD Oysters - hand Sediments - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 to 0.3 meters POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Several sources for contamination were possible such as urban runoff and pollution from marine boat traffic. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (700) (0c) YEAR IV 31.3 24.0 31 January 1989 YEAR V 31.0 20.0 1 February 1990 YEAR VI 34.0 19.5 31 January 1991 YEAR VII 33.0 17.0 28 January 1992 YEAR VIII 'U. 0 22.0 14 January 1993 518 Mail L llk@ V. 9 Wd :h bL0411. 9, T I AR 1h fr 592 ASURI Is 17, , Tr st Pot Is ;k=,"_CArdW&b A TBNP I 69j j NOW York M4U Site #76 IJ St Petersbu 699 sifew f Munici I seac PINFLI AS NATIO ILDLIFL WL)GE PasVd-hrill"A& Pack to C4bbegs Nov ... NATiONAL L Rkm 4. VLN ell 7 AlulAll 93 55 + 7 Andrewl'otia P ,v dy 41 Wfiet=/Ft, em Pi. I v k 45 40 U S COAST GUARD "@, 1617', Mcccccccc Site #76 (TBNP), Tampa BaY Navarez Park. QDeLorme Mapping Company. M81) Taken from Florida Atlas and Gazetteer. Reproduced -with permission. 'N, @UT@ CL 31 fT three algits UM U1.11ti-v. a@tiiiuoa VEAT CL 25 F NOR cL 80 FT. vow VEfty cL U FT. 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M MM M M M@M M M M .15 -124 W, i,@ 14 r7 NJ @pot AL Mir 7@i SITE NUMBER 48 DESIGNATOR - CBBI SITE - BIRD ISLAND, CHARLOTTE HARBOR, FL NOMP4AL SITE CENTER - 26030.73N 82002.18V LOCATED ON NOS CHART # - 11427 SITE ACCESS - Boat launch is at the marinalbait shop next to St. James Restaurant on the main road which runs the length of Pine Island. Proceed down the canal, turn left and enter the bay. Join the channel markers and proceed to Bird Island After the second year, the launch site was moved to the public ramp at Red Fish Point in Ft. Meyers. To reach the site proceed down the Calooshatchee River along the ICWW past Big Shell Island. Turn north at channel marker 2 and 2A. This will take you to the west of Bird Island. An alternate launch site is at the Punta Rassa Ramp. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site was located in San Carlos Bay in the Matlacha Pass National Wildlife Refuge. The site was on a reef which was directly north of Bird Island and northeast of Merwin Key. Oysters were plentiful on the subtidal portions of the reef and could be collected either by hand or with tongs. OYSTER COLLECUONS Year I - Collections were made on the submerged reef approximately 150 m from Bird Island. Bearings to locate Station 1 were 305' from Bird Island, 325' from the end of large bridge, and 700 from the north end of Merwin Key. Station 2 was 250 m north of Bird Island at 210' and 325' from the large bridge, and 600 from the north end of Merwin Key. Station 3 was about 200 m from Bird Island at 290', 3250 from the bridge, and 700 from the north end of Merwin Key. Year II - Year II stations were in approximately the same locations. Station 1 was on the east side of Bird Island. Station 2 was north of Bird Island, and Station 3 was on the west side of Bird Island. Years III & IV - Years III and IV oyster stations were collected on the large reef north of Bird Island. Bearing to Bird Island were 110' and 1300 to the high rise condo. Years V & VI - Oysters were collected approximately 500 m northwest of Bird Island at the second reef. This was the same general location as last year. Station 1 was on the east end of the reef, Station 2 was in the middle 100 m west of #1, and Station 3 was on the west end of the reef 150 m from the last station. Years VII, V111, & IX - The same stations described for Year V were sampled again these years. 523 )IMENT COLLECTIONS Year I - Sediments were collected adjacent to the oyster stations. No fine sediments were found anywhere near the oyster site. Year II - Sediments were sampled west of Bird Island -50-100 m from the oyster Station 3 (Station 1) and then again 200 m farther west (Station 2). These sediments were silty sand at best and contained significant amounts of sea grasses. The third sediment was collected at the mouth of the dredged channel which led to the boat launch. This site was several miles from Bird Island and about 0.5-1 mile from the boat launch. Year III - Sediments were collected approximately 30 m south of each oyster station. Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. SAMPLINGMETHOD Oysters - tongs and by hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0 to 0.8 meters POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - There were no obvious sources of contamination at the Bird Island site. The site was in the open in a large bay. Station 3 sediments would not be considered representative of contaminant exposure at the oyster site. However, it was the only source of sediments which clearly met the size criteria, and the sediments would have been subject to contamination from residential and recreational boating areas which surrounded the canal. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (0c) YEAR 1 34.0 27.0 21 February 1986 YEAR 11 31.0 20.0 2 March 1987 YEAR 111 31.0 20.0 22 February 1988 YEAR IV 33.0 22.0 30 January 1989 YEAR V 30.3 25.0 31 January 1990 YEAR VI 30.0 26.0 31 January 1991 YEAR VII 33.0 19.0 28 January 1992 YEAR VIII 24.0 20.0 18 January 1993 YEAR IX 26.0 16.0 21 January 1994 524 JIRO I IN 1 .4 lI11'j'jjJdjR!i 1 11 uJ 1 fill RLU I !Ij All, I lip Lai . ........ 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SITE DESCRIPTION - -The site was located on the east end of the bridge on both sides of the highway. Small oyster clumps along with clams and barnacles were attached along the base of the bridge and were in clumps on the sand and shell bottom. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year III - Oyster Station I was on the east end of the bridge on' the northeast side. Oyster'Station 2 was on the south side of the Cape Coral,Bridge. Station 3 was 100 m to the south along the bulkhead. Years IV, V, Vil Vii, & VIII - Oyster collections stations 'were the same sites as sampled in Year III. Year IX - The site was not scheduled to be sampled this year.- ODMENTC011ECTIONS; .Year III - Sediments were, collected 50 to 100 m offshore from the oyster stations. Sediments were primarily sand. with some mud.. Sediment Station 1 was collected about 50 m north of the oyster collection site in I to 1.5 ni of water. Sediment. Station 2 was located 75 m south-. of the oyster collection site. Sediment Station 3 was in i.5'm of water -100 m to the northwest of the oyster collection area. Year TV - Sediments were not sampled this year. Year V - Sediment samples were collected adjacent to each of the oysters collection sites. Suitable sediment occurred as a thin layer of silt in small depressions. Most of, the Tecent sediment appeared to be associated with recent road construction. Year VI - Sediments were not collected this year. Years VII, VIII, & IX No sediments were collected during these years. 529 SAMPLINGMETHODS Oysters - hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0.1 - 0.6 m POSSIBLE. CONTAMINANTS - Contamination was present from highway drainage and possibly from septic systems. ENVIRONMEN'r.4L DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (OC) YEAR 111 24.0 22 February 1988 YEAR IV 20.3 20.0 30 January 1989 YEAR V 24.0 23.0 31 January 1990 YEAR VI 19.0 25.0 31 January 1991 YEAR VII 26.0 18.0 28 January 1992 YEAR VIII 14.0 20.0 18 January 1993 V -in co CKIMLOM co 4nO + am 7n 65 AV 0" ft@ -7 -V __j 6690 g 78 SA @v- -j 7:: Z@-4440 V v4 L- pot rr: imf7m u #71 JA aRv SOUND 261 t t47-7m=_7 SL VE V- lob- 767 mW SW A- 867 PASS Site #71 (CBFM), ChArlotte Harbor Fort Meyers. CDeLmme Mapping Corripany. Map Taken ftorn Florida Atlas mhd Gazetteer. Remodu@m with rp-,rm;te,- D BMDGE Om OV140 PW PIPELI MED BRIDGE OVKD PWR CAB b m Saiin PWRC TH CL 55 FT FIXED BRIDGE OVMD FNPELIWE CA E CO a CABLE 9VHD PWR CAI\ D PWA CAB 12B F I X E D OMM CVGFE, r 12A NOR CL 29@E A- VERT CIL 9 FT p I '616- Ak. mo PWR A. A '22- G A Regfish Cove ILR '10- G 4 m 126SA ov"D P" El .32' 7 R 2e- -@7 r PWW 7 qk, 4 & & ;p 4)., G -r 12 14 s,. 0 S w ..;G 9 m '01 7 6 Sri 6 's. 1 .1. , hrd 6or 10 '27 a u M P F1 -e, 15 8- 0 & a . 4S G. GA S 4- t,* 12 11 11, 10 '6 -Y p &A .4. P Irli" ftA R'1r 3 R %'J.3 V 10 11'. 6 A b -2- 10 cr 40 7 2 114 A 3 R'V &V 5 6 0 2 10 St. 10 G R '6' 114. A!:ZK ", 3 P'Ov ;@ai-td A --2xu' FOW BRIDGE -Wo a V 12-k NoR CL 90 FT 06) 17 it, f, mp 1973 OWS tA 0 4 6 R 5 VERT CL 56 w 0 6AT C84rEF4 Ovp umft 4 2 7 4 %Z 3 Fft P 1120 10 % PA p 4 OOL60G Poin .0, a -V CBFM #7 330 A nm 11 330 Site #71 (CBFM), Charlotte Harbor Fort Meyers (from chart 11427). p@4 tj w'wl lu -74 0 j;', j @A it It unfliall, A.1 7.1 SrIE NUMBER 49 DESIG NATOR - NBNB SITE - NAPLES BAY, NAPLES BAY, FL. NOMINAL SITE CENTER - 26066.78'N 81-47..15'W LOCATED ON NOS CHART 11430,11429 SITE ACCESS - The boat is launched from Bayview Park on the south side of Naples. It is accessible almost directly from the interstate via the exit for Marco Island. Proceed south on,Highway 951 to Rattlesnake Hammock Road (Highway 864). Go across Highway 41 to Thommason Road and proceed to the end of the road at Bayview Park. Proceed by boat north. from the park up the channel to channel marker 24. SITE DESCRIPTION - The oyster re Iefs were located to the east and adjacent to channel marker 24. The old reefs were primarily consolidated and cemented old shell fragments. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year I - Year I oysters were collected by hand. Station 1 was at a reef in a residential area with,bearing of 185' to channel marker'24; 268' to channel marker, 26. Station 1 was at the first reef adjacent to channel marker "Red 24". Station 2 was at.the second reef with bearing of 112' to channel marker 22; 298' to channel marker 24. Station 3 was 100 m east of Station 2 at the s all reef with a tree. m Year II - The, oysters during Year II were collected with tongs from the subtidal portions of the reef. . Stations were not differentiated, but rather were composites of random ly collected oysters around the small, mostly dead reef. Year III - Year III oysters were collected in the same area but, the stations were not distinguished. Years IV, V, VI, V11, & VIII - The site was the same as sampled previously, a submerged reef adjacent to channel marker 24. Station I was the submerged reef with the single mangrove tree growing on it. Station 2 was on the east side of the'reef; Station 3 was sampled from clumps of oysters by the point to the east of the Station 2. Year IX - The site was not scheduled to be sampled this year. )DOMW COLLECTIONS Year I - Sediments from the area were almost non-existent, due to the nature of the consolidated shell bottom. Fine sediments were located only in very small isolatedpockets that were found bychance and in boating channels 535 that were dredged to the homesites. Year I sediments were collected along the shore east of the respective oyster stations. Year II - Sediment Station 1 was among the oyster stations. Sediment Station 2 was north of the oyster site in to the channel east and north of channel marker 26 & 27 (channel identified as Tarpon Road and Kingfisher Road). Sediment #3 was from the entrance to the boat basin at the launch ramp in Bayland Park. .Years III, IV, & V - Sediments were located in the same areas as sampled in Year II. Years VI, VII, VIII, & IX - No sediments were sampled during these years. SAMIPLING ME`I1IOD Oysters'- tongs and by hand Sediment - box core WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0.2 to 1 meter POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - Sources of contamination would be from very. heavy recreational boating and'dense residential development along and farther upstream on the waterfront. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (0/00) (0c) YEAR 1 27.6 23.0 21 February 1986 YEAR 11 25.0 19.0 2 March 1987 YEAR 111 23.0 20.0 20 February 1988 YEAR IV - 23.0 29 January 1989 YEAR V 34.0 22.0 29 January 1990 YEAR VI 32.0 25.0 1 February 1991 YEAR VII 36.0 19.0 27 January 1992 YEAR VIII 30.0 23.0 18 January 1993 536 2230 4=1 3590' 7 got Ill ftwy 3190 41 t 14, 93 . . . . . .12 851 31 ki _A876 At 84 " PbP APW mtki", 01W 3 If W S ". #MA.% "NB 2" 4e Sim #49 .@U 951 74 46 1 Q 41 N.- .,QUAT#t 3 Ito Bay. Site #49 (NBNB), Naples Bay Naples DeL,orme Mapping Company. Map Taken from Florida Atlas and Gazencer. Reproduced with permission. tost. 6plei NAPLES AIRPORT VW11 CAI ItIft 01 3 410 27 NB 45' MID SIMI I Site #49 lot The controlling feet for a mid-wid Q, feet between Lt. 2 MID Saco 0 a mid-width of 50 "OR CL 20 F MWIO" % vtrTct A FF 0 P S32 fult. A .3'*. 4 '72 32'.L-Z 1 40 CR _411if, 43z 11" &,0' me" A. ?V 13 - 2 COW-'- Surfaced Re,w 04 4 4- UW4" 4( FaftT G 2 5 73 28 __5 8 Area 13' !Z:-- ?ooff, 10 10 7 3= 2 13 a 4= is 14 14 10 Q6/,* A 3'. 16 16 17 hrd 17 is unicipal Pifor 0" 0 5 7 'v C) 110. 14 16 is r G 41141C "1 11 14 'q 111 a AW I 17 17 14 'YA % IN 6G-r 19 Is is 19 17 17 IS 14 9 1 11,11. 19 18 is is 16 1 it @'tCv' 0 DEMARCATION LINE10 z e 19 hfd COIREGS9 7 4 1 fill, 19 19 1 1 19 19 Is 16 80 748d ISM 4A, R 2.!:!cj6 16 19 r 0 19 16 15 19 19 19 17 19 19 G.3. 17 17 211-4AInfol I 20 16 1 21 19 00 19 660- 11 Is 18 19 19 19 G I- 21 11 20 #wd Ff 0 2.53 21 22 % 19 Cr 19 21 020 20 2 19 20 2 19 41. 5 Sh 11L, N 19 0 "N 21 S 21 21 4. b 'e (P 22 Site #49 (NBNB), Naples Bay Naples Bay (from chart 11430). _74" Ip nb;, j IS @j L41F J." IA WY III :T1 I., It I, 9:46 jk: 0i i.k IAZ , It. fil A 4 j 1k, IP - rl J1, Ir SITE NUMBER'60 DESIGNATOR - RBHC SITE - HENDERSON CREEK, ROOKERY BAY, FL NOMINAL SITE CENTER - 26001.50'N 81044.20V LOCATED ON NOS CHART 11430,11429 SITE ACCESS'-- The site was accessed from 1-75 by driving west.(or south) on Florida 951, @- 2.6 miles past the intersection of U.S. Highway 41, Turn right on Shell Island Road. Shell Island Road is marked by a sign for the Briggs Nature Conserancy and Marine Research Lab. Proceed to the Rookery Monument, past the Rookery Headquarters and to the boat ramp at the end of the road. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site was located in Rookery Bay Aquatic Preserve in Henderson Creek. . AR,three sites were near the mouth of the creek, in the vicinity of the Childrens, Monument, OYSTER COLLECT, IONS Year. I The oyster population At 'this site was not large but was sufficient for repeated. sampling. Oysters were collected by1and from a subtidal reef along the.shbre and from mangrove roots. Station I was a submerged bed adjacent to mangrove clump, where mangroves constrict Henderson Creek at Rookery Bay.- Station I was to the south. Station 2 was -250 m southeast of, Station, 110" cated. at 82' from the monument. Station 3 was -10 m west of monument... Years II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, & VIII - In these years the site was located in the same area around the monument along the shore line. Oysters were located on clumps on the mangrove roots. Station 1 was south of the monument; Station 2 was north of the monument; and Station 3 was approximately. 1.00 to-the northeast. Year IX - The site was'the same as previously designated, at the monument. Station@ I was on the same shoreline as the monument, approx. 150 m to the south at the first bare reef patch in the mangroves. Station 2 was located on the shore opposite the monument, at a small cove in the mangroves, next to the manatee sign. Station 3 was located on the shoreline opposite the monument, approx. .200 m to the northeast at the bare patch in the mangroves, where the channel begins to constrict from the passage out of 'Henderson Reef into Rookery Bay. SEDMIENT COLLECTIONS Years 4 11, & III Sediments were taken from among the mangrove roots at each station. 541 Years IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX - Sediments were not sampled during these years. SAMPLING METHOD Oysters - hand Sediment - hand. WATER DEPM - intertidal, 0.2 to 0.5 meters POSSEBLE CONTAAHNANTS - No observable contamination factors were noted. ENVIRONMENTAL DAT Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (%0) (OC) YEAR. 1 34.0 23.0 20 February 1986 YEAR 11 16.6 220 2 March 1987 YEAR 111 16.0 21*0 21 February 1988 YEAR IV 23.0 30 January 1989 YEAR V 35.0 24.0 30 January 1990 YEAR VI 34.0 25.0 2 February 1991 YEAR VII 37.0 20.0 27 January 1992 YEAR VIII 35.0 210 18 January 1993 YEAR IX 34.0 18*0 21 January 1994 154 52 No., t 22JO 896 d-- G- IE- -886 31 Got v 41 45 t 75 93 t 11,7 24 ffl, A 851 31 A876 vl@ 84 N PW -------- 3 + L 790 --I, Wwoc f@ 4XW v NIL 7 41 9"0 t "lic X.- Y "fit Site #50 UATOC 9 . jby N.1 . 106 N, r Site #60 (RBHC), Rookery Bay Henderson Creek. Lorme Mapping Company. Map Taken ftom Florida Atlas and Gazetteer. Reproduced with permission. "of the District Engineer, Corps of Engineers TION / in Jacksonville, Florida. d stay clear of laMe Anchorage regulations may be obtained at ornment vessiels ovm CL a ft Office of the Commander, 7th Coast Guard I* right-of-way. District in Miami, Florida. void arecis where the Refer to section numbers shown with area square With a " 0 - designation. yed. IW21 1j Cline "MIL1104 Q. BUOYS 2 IM limits of this clitart 0 3 2 Information may be Coast Guard District other privately main. PA all listed in the C*W 3 3 31 rw 34 PA Gn 3 3 0 3 Hall 4 Bay Yt4 0 0 31 4 3 %PA S ki f4 50 ' 4 4 0 lop 3 -2 0 4 e W'2 _G IV Johnsc 0 Y- 4 % 4- . 2 IslanC 0 5 4* 1 0 8 2 31 11"26" 1A 2 3 C 0 3 \S \0 a n d .2 20" 6 Q I . I - - C, n in 0 n 0 04 a C Moncre" 5 \\0q1 WA- 5 5 ovro',. 41 IF. shool ea G ................... '291 Little % MCI= Islond 1W 4V31' #0 12 6 PA a G, S'b 7 4folc PA Shoal rot '@6@;ic @'Ie Op 6 % _,4 . ................. NOTE 14 13 6 8 This area is subjecl to continual change. 1 17 14 15 is 60 ---@,,14 9,0 first 16 14 16 1.7 18 18 17 16 60 90 is 19 19 21 19 19 a V%, is P/ 'Po' . 0, 19 21 NZ, 21 21 t 21 is 21 tz@ 21 z 21 S 211@1 21 21 U 23 5, 23 Site #50 (RBHC), Rookery Bay Henderson Creek (from chart 11430). A tt" Ti -'7v a@ 14 .41 "pot SrIE NUMBER 51 DESIGNATOR -EVFU SITE FAKA UNION B AY EVERGLADES, FL NOAHNAL-SITE CENTER- 25054@08!N 81030.78W- LOCATED ON NOS CHART 11430,11429 SITE ACCESS - The site is access .ed by driving to Port. of the Isl ds Re ort south an s of Naples on U.S. @Highway 41 and by launching at the resort. Proceedsouth along a man-made channel to Fak.a Union Bay. The sample site is on a mangrove island near channel marker' 53. SITE DESCRIPTION - Faka Unio,n* Bay is located in the Cape Romano-Ten Thousand Islands Aquatic Preserve. An intertiaal reef surrounds a mangrove island. The oysters were abundant, and no observable contamination factors were noted. OYSTER COLLEM- ONS Ye a r I - Year I, oyster collections were made on a'small exposed reef with mangroves. . Station. 1 was. located 30 m from channel marker 48 on a bearing of 180'. Station 2 was 100 m to the north of Station 1 and 25 m from channel marker 50. Station 3 -was 100 m southeast of Station L. Year IT- Year II,stations were moved slightly to-the s outh to the submerged reef on the, island at the'end of the channel near. marker 53. Station 1 was at the west end. of the reef.- Station 2 was in. the middle.. Station, 3 was on the east end of the island. Years III, IV, V, -VI, VIT, & viii Oyster collection stations were the same as those described for Year II. Year IX The site was.not'scheduled to be sampled this year. )IM]ENTCOLLECTIONS Years 1, 11, 111, & X -.Sediments' were collected ateach oyster-station among the mangrove Toots. -V -I Sediment s -were not sampled during these years. Years, V, VI, VII, III, & X SAMPLING METHOD Oysters, - hand Sediment - hand WATER DEPM - intertidal, 0 to 0.3 meters. 547 POSSIBLE CONT AAIINANTS - No sources of contaminants were identified. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (1700) (OC) YEAR 1 27.3 27.0 20 February 1986 YEAR 11 27.3 27.0 2 March 1987 YEAR 111 31.0 21.0 21 February 1988 YEAR IV - 25.0 30 January 1989 YEAR V 29.0 23.0 30 January 1990 YEAR VI 15.0 24.0 3 February 1991 YEAR VII 32.0 19.0 .27 January 1992 YEAR VIII 13.0 22.0 18 January 1993 952 BUckwalef/Royat Palm NA,"nwk Creek 95 41 Th wul Beach iWj 95 UL x, - 61 A -t-I,, ;7@ I ..1.4 oll erAtg w o@ a., I Vir CAPE ROMFfO-TEN runt. UATI P R., Key REM 4 COM EVFU., IS44AIDS 001- a., -Site #51 ...... Site #51 (EVFU), Everglades Faka Union Bay. DeLorme Mamins Company. MOP Taken twin Morida Atlas and Gazetteer. Reproduced ith perntission. omiami Trail ------I J Port of the Islands Marina 0. Ai CV f A k-X Ifr marsh C;, 9b AN EVFU ite *51 4L -C 0 c" ci 0 Y oi Bay to 3.' Sh.I SWIO" r4r 3 L 2 Mud 1b Ficl, 1:3 6 1@ ec ftna 40Y 3 2'4........ V 5 IN IV A Site #51 (E@, Everglades Faka Union %y (from chart 11430@ I@j Iz aW o-4- f, -F pr jj; n 4N al, Ij I @V ;I_-- X@ 1, AO Z, '10 SITE NUMBER 87 DESIGNATOR - FBFO SITE - FLAMINGO, FLORIDA BAY, FL NOAENAL SITE CENTER - 25008.27N 80055.25V L40CATED ON NOS CHART 11451 SITE ACCESS - The boat can be launched at. the Flamingo Marina boat ramp in Flamingo City, in the Everglades National Park. A special collecting permit is required from the National Park for this site, and must be obtained.- 2 months in advance. This was a new site for Year IX. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site. is located within and just outside the small boat basin. The stations. are all within 100 m of each other, and can be collected by .hand at low tide. OYSTERPOLLECTIONS Year IX - Station 1 wa's located "within the boat basin next to the boat ramp. The oysters were collected by hand from the boat - along the concrete bulkheads and wooden pilings. Station. 2 was located - 100 m south of Station 1, in a small boat basin surrounded by tall concrete walls. The oysters were taken by hand from the NE wall by the Visitors Center. Station 3 was located - 80 m southwest of Station 2,'along the opposing wall and rock area. The oysters were attached to the rocks and wall. Note - the oysters may be hard to spot, due to the heavy algae growth. along the rocks and concrete walls. 04ENT COLLECTIONS Years IX - The sediments were of a silty nature, and were collected using a small box-core. The sediments for Stations 2.& 3 were taken next to the oyster stations. Station 1 sediments were collected from the middle of the boat basin, near the oyster station. SAMPLINGMETHOD Oysters hand Sediment - Box-core WATER DEPTH - Intertidal, 0 - 1.0 meters POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - No sources of contaminants were identified, other than from passing boats and ground water run-off from the Visitors Center and Restaurant. 553 ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (9010) .(oc) YEAR EK 35.0 20.0 25 January 1994 &54 West Luke Coat Bay Mud'Lake FAD CAIVAJ Id Biqli Bear Lake 041-1. Snake Bight 8 Gibby Pf Porpoise Pf ;S 0: cc Radio Flarnbw Tower She Pt Key UM 0118 Key Bradley qKey A 8.0y AN rroy co 'p Key Fronk C -nt (@@IFBFO 0,10.7. Site 087 cathsh Curlew Key Key Key Pelican Keys Site #87 (FBFO), Florida Bay Flamingo. Cc to Mangrove cc OD @11, Ct 001 EVERGLADES MATiONAL PARK kh e (protected area: 36 CFR-7.45; see note H) ti tz 3t Flamingo STANUM" 00 $DMIC10 To C4,- 90 marsh ionger Station Visitan Center Mangrove Foe A % f ZR" .% /, AL R 25008' PA 14, v k, III' I - S* Curry Key 2 .8rodley Key R 2 12" ifing -A 31 'UPI 4 3 R94 1+ ..... . .............. 3,' F1 0 49 t6ft 4M 6 ue" 5 7 7 61 .......... S 2 2 FOY Dove Sth 7 1+ 6 "6" Frank Key conch - I ter Keys 9 19 Cb ............ ......... 25*06' 2 Ish Key 7 awr ;r 7 2 3 Ln '0 1925;:53 2 FLORIDA B A Y 2 Site #87 (FBFO), Florida Bay Flamingo. AL 44 iq @i v lia!pk@l cl? Ott V4 A@ itge N, @1: RY I 171 0 VIM t". W SITE NUMBER 88 DESIGNATOR - FBJB SITE - JOE BAY, FLORIDA BAY, FL NQM[INAL SITE CENTER - 25.'12.53'N 80032.OOV LOCATED ON NOS CHART 11451 SITE ACCESS - The boat can be launched in Florida Bay at the Key Largo Ranger Station. To reach the Ranger Station, proceed down, US Hwy I to mile marker (MM) 98.7. The Ranger Station is on the right hand side of the road, and the boat ramp is behind the station. The ramp is a rough coral one, which ia adequate for small boats. Check with the Rangers for an update on.local conditions. The o ster. stations are approx. 10 miles awa , at a heading, of 330' at a marked @y y channel into Joe Bay. SITE DESCRIPTION - The site is situated along the cut into Joe Bay, and along the'eastern side of Joe Bay. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Year IX - Stationj1 was located within the cut into Joe 'Bay, Station 2 was located within Joe Bay along the eastern shoreline - 50 m north of Station 1, and Station 3 was. located approx. 50 m north of Station 2 along the same shoreline. The oysters were all attached to mangrove roots. The landmarks are the "Closed Area',' signs and the channel marker poles with arrows. SEDIMENT COLLECTIONS Year IX - -The sediments were collected using a small box-core, near the oyster stations within Joe Bay. The sediments were a silty sand with sea-grass. SAMPLING METHOD- Oysters hand Sediment - box-core. WATER DEPTH - Intertidal, 0 - 1.0 meters. POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - No sources of contaminants were identified, ot her than that from passing boat traffic and fishermen. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (700) (0c) YEAR IX 30.0 23.0 25 January 1994 559 -4 - V-P + 36. 3f 00 a0c Man MOIR Key P 4 VV .1017 Y tit Cot te Little 61 Pal's BIOCkwafer Sound Stump Pass FWB Site#88 K to '500a I ter 61cicktuO ey %+. OQQ fvu, MN -1.3@ 10- T-- negulations for Ocean Dumping Sit" are contained In 40 GFR, Parts 220-229. Additional SHOALS AND PASSES Information concerning the regulations and re- quiireftients for use of the sites may be obtained Mormon are advised to use caution. The shoals (dark blue areas L from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). posses (heavy dolled lin*sl were obtained from reports and have verified by field survey%. Stakes and pilot, marking posses, are not a Sise U.S. Coast Pilots appendix for addresses of EPA offices to their frequent change in position. NOTE J Marsh CALMdN (protected area: 15 CFR 929) Improved channels shown by broW lines EVER The following activities are prohibited within Key are subject to shoaling, particularly at the edgft (protecte Lorgo National Marine Sanctuary* Damaging or removing coral; Allorsh Anchoring on coral; Specirlishing; Removing historical artifacts: 0 The 'Divers Down' flog must be displayed during diving octivhies. Peter to 15 CFR 929 for details of sanctuary regulations. J00 Bay % Monti 3 Co. 3 3 Davis Alligollor cow, 3 3 4, 3 3 3 3 4 3 2 2 3 3W Sk"V Pon FBA %%-- 4 2 3 4 Pite 0811 4 3 4 3 3 Dow Key 4 4 2 % Liffle Madeira Bay,. 3 3 3 3 4 4. 3 3 3 4 4 Du 3 4 3 3 co 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 % 4 qik 4 hrd 4 4-- Ard 4-4- 3 5 3 4 4 4 3 3 @s Ker 3 2, 5 Eagle KeIy 4 Pass Key 0, Tom 3 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 Loy Pon 15 2 %00 ex-, 3 I ,FJOWBaWe j7 j7 IN v "M X 1,Q .1 Q11jr,"', -4V azf,9w, t@ U F @11: I H";, V:@ Am .10 tlk A 4 N IN, SITE NUMBER 81 DESIGNATOR - BHEF SITE - BAHIA HONDA KEY, FL NOMINAL SIM CENTER - 24039.52'N 81016.43'W LOCATM ON NOS CELART 11445 SITE'ACCESS - The bivalve collection site is located directly north of the entrance to the Bahia Honda Recreation Area and can be reached by driving to the site and walking to the shoreline. The sediment collection site'must be accessed by a boat. SITE DESCRIPTION - This site was established in Year VI.. There were no oysters present but an alternate bivalve, the smooth-edge jewel box (Chama sinuosa) of the family Chamidae, was collected for analysis. The bivalves were attached, to the edge of the Yertical face of, a hard parbonate wall which is on the northeast side of a U shaped cove. OYSTMCOLLECTIONS Year VI - All three stations were collected along the carbonate wall. Station I was in the center of the. northeast shoreline. Station. 2 was seaward (west) of Station 1. Station 3 was to the inside of the cove tow' ard the road. The site was accessible from the shore and was best sampled using a mask and snorkle. Year VII. - The same stations were collected again this year. 'Year VIII - The site was not scheduled to be sampled this year. Year IX - T.he same stations were sampled as in Years V.I & VIL IDMENT COLLECTIONS Year. VI - Sediments were collected along the mangrove shoreline east of the bivalve sites at latitude 24"40.17'N and longitude 81'1.5.90'W. The site could only be reached by boat traveling through shallow water, This was 0.65 mi east of the bivalve collection sites at the first point of land extending into the bay. Station 1 was at the point and Station 2. was 100 m to the east. Station 3 was 100 m to the west. Sediments at the site were primarily detrital. material (mostly, sea . grasses) overlaying fine carbonate sand. After removing the overburden of,decomposing organic material to get to the oozy carbonate/detrital mixture which comprised the "surficial sediment", sediments were obtained at a water depth of 0.2 m. -Years VII, VIII, IX Sediments were not sampled during these years. 565 SAMPLING ME`IHOD Oysters - hand Sediment - hand 'WATER DEPTH - Subtidal, 0.5, meters POSSIBLE CONTANEINANTS - No sources of contaminants were identified. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled 0700) (OC) YEAR VI 40.3 25.0 22 January 1991 YEAR VII 36.0 20.0 27 January 1992 YEARIX 35.0 20.0 19 January 1994 566 GREAT WHITE HERON NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE Wb Ab@ -am 4@ aboomb fty Aw av. REFUGE 940 *Lem 940 it Little Duck Key Cmy Pk ff-W go," aw 9W "Af@ Aw 0-6 940 0-01 V I P. k Sate. Rocrutim Arm N.A 0 t.- Aw, S. 'ZZ-, ate wow Oite #81 (BEOKF), Bahia Hon& Key CDdorme Ma'vDine Ccunnanv. Man Taken fmTn Florida Atlas aM Gazetteer. Renrod=ed with nermiction- 0 pw-% Ito rpy. A40 10 AY I Olk *$- VOA Vk 10 1 9 SO %3 J)t t'@ FteFLJGt 9 6 C, 6 ju L KE. A + "ATION 3 2 ..... ... 0 %2 %fi 9 to 30 pr 15 p %0 A %1 %3 9 PA %2 1 %0 PA 6 J* 6.%pop %3 13 bf' tz 16 2 is I 1 3 10 "2 3 Ay 9 br-p"z 9 0 MOW 3 SUZI 6 " a - 1 %0 0 &1 1qL 14\ (D 20 22 PA 9 Es 2 2 23 Olo 91 23 6 2S 1@1 IA01t to 23 6 2 's 2 6 20 216 6 1 21. s CAB IS rv -2i- --S-' -- -rkY -57 21. 2ra s 9 22 0 Grs 2 2s rky 25 19 2S m , N,.rlfjllr @1101 79 26 26\ f,,rflj rl'21' -@ 1 26 26 26 26",rjf r'J'fNAf@ 21 2ra 2S M 29 22 fv@rl " f S 21 26 1 pf@pl- I 13 is 2fa 20 29 2 I% @@s Prr 26 AY rx 3% so 1@0 26 26 S Sh S rky 22 .21 21 @#8j-lKWahMWndWWy M Mr. M tq 00 4q Ji PUERTO RICO SITES Sr NUMER 84 DESIGNATOR - PRBB .-SITE - BAHIA DE BOQUERON, PUERTO RICO, PR NONOOKAL SITE CENTER - 18000.44'N 67.010.72W LOCATED.ON NOS CHART 25675,25671 SITE ACCESS - The site is accessible only by boat. A boat and operator is available for r,ent in the town of Boqueron. To reach the site trave 'I from the boat dock in Boqueron across Bahia de Boqueron (Boqueron Bay) on, a course of 1500 to- the entrance of a smaller bay. Pass through. mouth of the,unnamed bay, turn to a heading of 500, and proceed to.the east side of the bay. All three stations are located in the small bay system on the, south side of Boqueron Bay ..SITE DESCRIPTION - Station 1 was'located along the'east shoreline across from the marine police boat dock (2950 back tothe dock). Station 2 was located on the' north side of the small island at the near the mouth of the bay. The island was located south of -a small channel running,, to the west the A nd west of the main channel which runs'. to the southeast. Landmarks from' the site were the Boqueron. pier (55') And the beach'cotta,gps (900).. Station 3'Was further west down the channel at the end of, the cove.. There were no visible reference landmarks. @OYSTER COLLECTIONS Years Vii, VIM, & IX - Oysters at all three stations were collected from the roots of red mangrove trees. Many dead oysters were foundinteirspersed with the live oysters, presumably from recent fresh water inflow. Stations are described in@ the site description section.. SEDIMENT COLLECITONS Year VII - Sediments were located. with. the oysters and were collected among the mangrove roots. in 0. 1 to 1 in of water. Sediments were soft anaerobic black mud over hard reddish brown clay. Years VIII & IX -'No sediments were collected during these years. SAMPLING Oysters - hand' ha d or box corer Sediment n WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0.2 - 0.6 in 571 POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS A possible source of contamination was runoff from a nearby dump. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (0/00) (0c) YEAR VII .35.0 28.0 11 February 1992 YEAR VIII 36.0 28.7 19 February 1993 YEAR IX 36.0 25.0 14 February 1994 572 "n 's a 7 2 PWA JVWAMMB ILLA -.AGUAD Gwds mom a! &.4",dft -04 GUJIOI@ I I RA 4,48coll -.a,- 13 ATAL mom venom Als 94 GL"TACA Law 0* isi N Boho- at Aw Mg WA. 1 5 11 2 c 0 El L 4. f-: 6A .1,t MA GUE L& 3 is 441 tov Affil- In 14 NOW -4 3 gustin 3 I.IXIOR 3 T4 La Rot 3 rjDO 2 bk"Q cow- am-do Epul -4 am It 2Geman b 7@,-c.- Las A 'Weumm 171 128 -- rx jet MB @ALLI @01 V - J A S Site #84 d!.bir S 116 @ 16ma venom ISTAIAL A601- JA son" WAY. ISTATAL a OOZE O.U.19,42"=1L G nic 8 MCA 3 1 ft it Ar a- venom Site #84 (PRBB), Puerto Rico Ba-Ma N Boqueron. -8 P 231 u-1Ia Ootl6nos 14 13 itR2 9 13- 1- ro 21 12 CO_ -AI 21 Co,,,, Fduce Cabo Rojo 13 pl 129971 41 N51 1 1 Cerro no YJ s 2 11 itqPre toponero Py u -!.r4o Po W 12 2 2f 4 12 14". '4.it it .10 61 211 TV TA 13 12 13 51 21 10 11 @Jq 71 146'o ES 13 5112112 12 21 12 Punts Boca Prioto 14 13 11 41 !'13 13 12 it 71 61 911 61 13 12 it 41 13:to 11 it 12961 sy 3'21'.,it -C%1 "'.64 61 11 1028A*1%\ 71 21 3@@ ?r y 54 3' k1it 10, 12 to;7 149It 64 10 .10,000 14 31 90, 10967,1 e I %@: - Oqus oil AIr.w4pr a6. 14 13A9PAa;'I gIa69 OAHA DE X., t 7T: B&O 78OQUEROrN 77g 1. 71 '31 j@9EMNO&O 10 2ky4 (un chat 25075) 19 1357r21 31 :2 to 'I a711 21 .47 12 11971 %71 .1176 3 1@ '1.-171 1277.8a. sy 16; ::@@ 30 9QQ71 161 C'I.7 ,ky176170 y i4 i %L'6 15 13964 46, Punta 111191@11;. 61 164 61 04 Punts Mate Coombe 12 119761 642 12 61 161 it44441 12,66. 44a31 31 !21C 11 ; -' 211 to651 14 41A11 2 61 61 51, &1 44 212 2 12961h61 Punts Aquila 961 6166 'k, 11 3 "-31 21 13 10 so 61 51 3141it311 as lip3 4 21, 21 2 s 3 10 f Co Sell as to @")3131 61 64 614621 2.- 31 a to, '_3t Site #84 (PRBB), Puerto Rico Bahia De Boqueron. lr 1 %.4, Je. F4 K?11@@, "j, I Tf t; ir 16 I o@A AL, lit, It IR 4A@ SrIE NUMBER 85 DESIGNATOR - PRBM SITE BAHIA MONTALVA, PUERTO RICO, PR NOAHNAL SITE CENTER - 17058.23rN 66059.43rW LOCATED ON NOS CELART 25671 SITE ACCESS This site is a walkup site and is reached by auto 'mobile. Travel from the La Pa'rguera area north on Highway 304 to Highway 324. Take Highway 324 toward Ensenada, travel east to the Highway 323 turn off, continue on for approximately 200 m on Highway 324 to the first dirt road past the white house with a pink roof Turn right and follow the dirt road past the pole barn with the ru sty roof and across the salt pond-tothe edge of Bahia Montalva (Montalva Bay). SITE DESCRIPTION - All three stations were located along the north shoreline. Station 1 was directly south of the pole barn adjacent to the boat anchoring area. Station 2.was 50 M@ east of Station 1. - Station 3, was 50 m west, of Station 1. OYSTER COLLECTIONS Years VII, VIII, & IX - Oysters were collected at the stations -described in the site description. Station 1 oysters- were attached to red mangrove rootsi rubble, PVC and wood pilings'along the shoreline. Station 2 and 3 oysters were all attached to. mangrove roots. Oysters were small and very thin shelled. SEDEVIENT COLLECTIONS *Year VII - Sediments were collocated with the oysters. Station 1 was located approximately 5 m west of the oysters at a small boat dock. The sediment was black mud. Station 2 was at the end of the eastern most small boat dock. Sediments were black sandy mud. Station 3 was 2-3 in from the oysters and was collected from around the mangrove roots and in open Patches among the turtle grass beds. Sediments at this site were much sandier and contained some broken shell. Years VIII & IX - No sediments were collected. these years'. YMOD SAMPLING M[E Oysters -hand Sediment - hand WATER DEPT11 - intertidal, .0.2 meter POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - There were no obvious sources of contamination, the area is very. rural with no, industry nearby. 577 ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (OC) (10/00) YEAR VII 36.0 30.3 13 February 1992 YEAR VIII 37.0 28.0 20 February 1993 YEARIX 36.0 26.0 13 February 1994 578 mo Aftn@ ntm F PU Fy Ila P*dra AMMUMN PIWObift de 090. maw 6 U DILL 12 Owds N1, JAICOA 13 c 0 IN 0 1 1 1 1 &A I s Ls C CentM Alf- A# 0 N F A INE GUN@TAIA If 41 4L 42 DOW- r of IV- CW A Z, 4 FaR cokwh- 7T IV It j 109 d.AM- 174 go A Ok. as ?s 19 m GUEL F can 7 In be coma AL Z. .k@ -5* 111 sv 26 I Gabe it CEW C@ 01 :t-7 ftL am P.00 rib.. Co- 5 375 Ya c V AI I I S.Site #85 334 SOSQLK UIATAL aw"m ft@ mo CM..b. 7, M Oils Soso" ESTAI" 1PAT. 01 110QUEMN GuanIc- AM& ft... Ira 09 :% Site #85 (PRBM), Puerto Rico BaMa MonWva. HYDROGRAPHY The most recent bosiC hydrographic surveys used In the compilation of this chart were accomplished by 1he NOAA Ship WHITING, commanded by CDR. Wayne L. Mobleyin 1968 and 1969. and NOAA ShipMT. MITCHELL, commanded by CDR.. Wesley V, Hull in 1976. D"0@5 Is 0 0 ite #8 ovm CAD TININ SILOS to I tVTWCL 43rT -,for Per s. -"00 C3@- .. 31 3 4 584 16 1C4. 31 4 2 2 21 Ak-!t@ 747J 1 10 X . 44118 o" C-1. Isis 10 R 8 -3 1 12 11 21 11 o a 7 I S7 Ent" 44 11 1049 1 6 0 2; 71 Jt 6, .64 717 9 I . ..... .1. ..V S Cove a- Luls 31 71 10 51 9., 9 747-1r' It * 7 ENSENADA LAS PARM 931'- 21 31ZO 1< 61 61 7, to 9 N 41 , 1* 21 21 9 64 30f "t 19 7 ;01 9 9 31 61 '8-\ ".' \ 9 64 8 14 6161.10 1 2 r"Vo 41 to Bros 21,4 64 71 9 7PA 10 9*** '[U 7 6 91 8 1.1 Turrumole 11 Of 64 64 3 21 61 le 71 9.4ii- 9 74 Y 1511 % .31 6 11* 6 14 51 12 6 93 31 41 31 21 21 61 41 41 4f.@> 41 31 61 4 7 14 619e4l 71 9 61 07 13 51 51 06 51 5 61 A ftwo DOW 3 41 6 71 3 64 61 8_13 9 S 64 5 54 64 9 10 71 7 31 61 1 51 8 71 6 10 -31 4 6 41 5 9 61 8 10 14741 51 61ais7it. 811 64 61 61 a 5@ 9 51 109 /4 71 913 14 it. 71 9 Q 14 7 a 44 M 44 14 5 5; 5 9 to 71 71 8 51 11 12 rA, 7 51 At 41 61 61S ' 6 13 9 71 7 8 110 9 6 61 6t 64 9 7 71 551 51 SL r r 13 10, 9 - 9 14 12 11 71 9 74 7 5 8 4 IF 9 9 9 a9h98 61 61 7 161 223 12 Io- 11971 9 256 112 9 9 61 61 61 7 219 293 9 9a 61 71 Site #85 (PRBM), Puerto Rico Bahia Montalva- L i q 01 , @0 Aq 'ti Al Al 10 .p Af fir MWIVO Sm rNTUrVIBER 86 DESIGNATOR - PRBJ SITE - BAHIA DE JOBOS, PUERTO RICO, PR NOMINAL SITE CENTER - 17756.33'N 66010.95V LOCATED ON NOS CHART 2.56 SITE ACCESS This site is located in the east end of Bahia de Jobos (4obos Bay) and can only be reachedby boat. -There are no boats for lease in the area so arrang Iements must be ma:de' with a local fisherman. - To reach the boat launch area travel from Jobos by automobile on Highway 7710 toward Pozuelo, go to the second small bay area where boat are anchored. .-By boat go through the mangroves into the bay and turn east. Proceed to the east end of the bay to the inlet into Laguna de las Mareas. SITE DESCRIPTION,- All three stations were located at"the east end of Bahia de Jobbs. Station 1 was approximately 100 m west of. the inlet into Laguna de las Mareas on the south shoreline. Station 2 was at the inlet into Laguna de las Ma-reas'. Station 3 was 100 m north of the inlet in a small cove. An obvious landmark is the electric generation station at the opposite end of the bay near Aguirre. OYSTER COLLECMONS Years VII, VIII, & IX - Oysters were collected at the stations described in the site descriptions.. Oysters at all three stations. were found on the roots of red mangrove trees. Oysters were not abundant., SEDIMENT COLLEMONS Year VII -. Sediments sampling stations were collocated with the oysters in 1 to 2 in of water andwere collected within 2 to 3 in of the edge of the mangrove roots. StationA sediments were fine grain black silt with some shell hash. Station 2 sediments were fine grained black.silty sand. Sediments from Station 3 were fine grained -black silt. Turtle and manatee grass was abundant throughout the bay starting near the edge of the mangrove roots. Years VIII & IX - No sediments were collected during these years. SAMPLINGMETHOD Oysters - hand Sediment - box corer WATER DEPTH - intertidal, 0. 1 to 0.2 meter POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS - There were no obvious sources of contamination. - Contamination is possible from the opposite end of the bay from the power generation plant. The fisherman who took us to the site said that there had been a mercury spill in the bay, but did not remember when. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Salinity Temperature Dates Sampled (1700) (OC) YEAR VII 36.0 27.0 14 February 1992 YEAR VIII 38.0 26.7 22 February 1993 YEAR IX 36.0 26.0 15 February 1994 584 46 a 10 LAWM a 149 cam MA .. us 0 nm 4q FOW so ranqu so INVIlarts 7 C8 J :=VUAl an Ld vlft@ cumm Vista It" A -2waw %g Vscii rb A 5 14 Vi* oamo am JU I 14 10@1 fa . V, - -I' Cob Low v 14 caffft"s rabo In Call All a $ CAMP Nm 9 E 4 ffiox'- Lis (UJL no Oescail- st;s 'N Ats 3 El Films 'e, m W C"orl 6 DID PlIfivelm -1, (ads Am vily, OdonfillL 3 U, eq . "cog U1, Son Vs Am appla Al 3 CAWS-00 PURM CAMOMM .7 Oh Ph Mill ci h, 77 4 a 4: p ! .:., z !! ;@ AWN" WAY, Site #86 (PRBJ), Puerto Rico Bahia De Jobos. % Salinas TOWE (WHOY) 1210 kHz f Plays do Salinas Aguirre Site #86 Central Aguirre A MIA 1) E P I N C 0 N of STACK (SW OF FOUR) 0 T K (TALLEST OF FOUR) Lwio J*ft 6 q 9 A D E JO@OS v 54 \14 -.0 64 5 1\ S f TANK 2 Pis Pazuelo 5 21 Z 9 3 ' Z - 0 3? - _ - - 51 +. LO An 7/ S 0 Affoffto F125 4 5 t (.31/ Cayos do R n 00, UK% LWW 7 oq@@- '1@ .*. fun 4511" .subm CO 9 61 9 -Y 9 9 101 CO 8 1 I I(rhW1 25M 7) @9) 2.% ce 12 a CO 9 q ! "\@ Sh 54 earcs 0% 10 101 12 9 4 10 , -- - - Sh 104 11 '9. 104 -/",Oo 101 RWI 12 Afa (A 13 12 13 12 .821) CO 4 PHV 104 PA 12 13 OPPP 0FOrPd 14 J,@ 7", Ims) 14 12 13 13 13 14 co 13 S 13 17 cash 15 Sh 14 14 101 13 16 15 is 15 17 17 i6 is 12 14 13 12 if 17 16 14 17 is 101 16 ',10 91 18 19 2f Site #86 (PRBJ), Puefto Rico Bahia De Jobos. t@g -*vt MIR I i;.114 It, 7, A '1"' 1, tvk I I I @ I I I Appendix A I I Field Station Data I I I I I I I I I I I A-1 I MUSSEL WATCH PROJECT YEAR 9 - FIELD STATION DATA . ..... ..... ..... ..... . ...... . ..... X, a:::,- . ... .. . ... . .... ...... ...... id ....... ......... .. ... ... ................. m ... ............................ LMSB SOUTH BAY LOWER LAGUNA MADRE 26002.77 97*10.48' B 12)9/93 H N Fay C. virginica 0.3 19 31 15:27 6:00 PL Isabel 0.34 26002.7T 97'10.48' B 12j9/93 H N Fay C. uirginica 0.3 19 @1 15:27 6-00 Pt. Isabel 0.34 26-02.7T 97-10.48' B 12f9/93 H N Fay C virginica 0.3 .19 31 15:@7 6-00 Pt. Isabel 0.34 LMPI PORT ISABEL LOWER LAGUNA MADRE 26*04.6Z 97*12.OW B 12tM3 H N Fay C. virginica o-o.5 21 29 14:09 *5:13 PL Isabel 0.34 2.6*04.6Z 97*12.05' B 121W H N Fay C. virginica 0-0.5 21 M 14:09. 5:13 PL Isabel 0.34 26*04-67 97*12.05' B IWM3 H N Fay. C. uirgtnics 0.0.5 21 29 14:09 6:13 PL Isabel 0.34 LMAC ARROYO COLORADO LAGUNA MADRE 26*16.W 97*17.W B 12tM H HNG FAY C. uirginica 0.3 22 30 22:49 4:1 0 Padre Is. 0.34 261*16.W 97*17.30' B 12tM H HNG Fay C. uirginica' 0.3 30 22:49 4:10 Padre Is. 0.34 26*16.W 97*17.30' B 1218= H HNG Fay C. virginica, o.3 22 30 22:49' 4.10 Padre Is. 0.34 CCNB NEUCES BAY CORPUS CHRIS71 97*21.W B 1211093 H SM Wilson C. virginim 0-0.2 13 32. 18:50 .10-38 Aransas P. 0.65 27*51AT 97*21.55' B 12114t93 H SM Wilson C. virginica 0.0.2 13 32 18:50 10:38 Aransas P. 0.65 217*51.lr 97M.55' B 1244(93 H SM Wilson C. virginica 0-0.2 13 32 18:50 10:38 Aransas P. 0.65 ABLR LONG REEF ARANSAS BAY 28002-96' 96*56.7T B 12(16(93 D MNSG Jobling C. virginica 0-0.5 16 23 20:06 12.07 Aransas P. 0.5 28*02.W 96056.7T' B 12(16/93 D MNSG Jobling C. uirginica 0.0.5 16 .23 20:06 12-07 Aransas P. 0.5 28*02.96' 96*56.77' B 12(16(93 D MNSG Jobling C. virginica 0-0.5 16 23 20:06 12:07 Aransas P. 0.5 sca .1 13 24 MBAR AYRES REEF MESQUITE BAY 28010.16 96049.9W B 12116/93 H Wilson C. virgin' 0-0, 19:30 11:23 Aransas P. 0.58 28*10. *15' 96*49.96' B 12115M3 H Wilson C. uirginica 04.1 13 24 19:30 11:23 Aransas P. 0.58 28*10.15' [email protected] B 12(IM3 H Wilson C. virginica 0-0.1 13 24 19:30 11:23 Aransas P. 0.58 SAPP PANTHER Pr. REEF SAN ANTONIO BAY 28*14.W 96-42.W B 12fist93 D 8 Jcb1ing C. viqinica 0.2-1.5 15 24 19:30 11:23 Pt. O'Con. 0.2 28114.W 96-42.W B 1245M3 D S Jobling C. viyXinica 0.2-1.5 15 24 19:30 11:23 Pt. O'Con. 0.2 28*14.W 96042.W 11 12(1"3 D S Jobling C. virginico; O.Z1.5 Ili 24 19:30 11:23 Pt. OrCon. 0.2 ESSP SOUTH PASS REEF ESPIRITU SANTO 28*17.W 96*37.33' B 12(16(93 RD R Wilson C. virginica .0.1-0.5 17 24 20:06 12-07 Pt. O'Con. 0.1'7 28018.90' 96*37.33' B 124610 HD R Wilson C. uirginica Q.1-0.5 17 27. 20:06 12:07 Pt. O'Con. 0.17 28*19.W 96*37.33' B l2fl6/93 HD R Wilson C. virginica 0.145@ 17 24 20:06 12:07 Pt. OrCon. 0.17 ESBD BILL DAYS REEF ESPIRITU SANTO 28024.86 96*26.2r B 1216193. If SNA Wilson C. virginica 0-0.3 16 30 20:06 12:07 Pt. O'Con. 0.17 28124.W 96*26.2r B 12116/93 H SNA Wilson C. virginica 0-0.3 16 30 20:06, 12:07 Pt. OCon. 0.17 28*24.W 96@Aff B 12(16/93 H SNA Wilson C. virginwa 0-0.3 16 30 20.06 12:07 Pt. OCon, 0.17 MBGP` GALLINIPPER, PT., MATAGORDA BAY 28*35.25' 96*34.lr B 12114(93 D SMH Jobling C. virginica 2.0 15 25 18:50 1068 Pt. Lavaca 0.32 28*35.2S �6'34.IT B 12(14M3 D SMH Jobling C. virNinica 2.0 15 25 18.50 10:38 Pt. Lavaca 0.32 28-35.26 96-34.1 r B 121IN93 D 8MH Jobling C. uirginica 2.0 15 25 18:50 10:38 Pt. Lavaca 0.32 MBCB CARANCAHUA BAY MATAGORDA BAY 28-39-40' 96-M.18' B 124"3 H SR Jobling C. virginica OL_ 0.3 15 25 imb 10:38 Pt. Lavaca 0.32 28*39.40' 96*=.18' B 12(14(93 H 911. Jobling C. uirginica 0-0.3 15 25 18:50 10:38 Pt. Lavaca 0.32 28139-40' 961M.18' B 12(14M3 H SR Jobling C. virginica 0-0.3 15 25 1&50 10:38 Pt. Lavaca 0.32 BRCL CEDAR LAKE BRAZOS RIVER 28*51.W 95*27.W. B 12t7/93 H R Wilson C. virginica 0-0.3 18 22 22:01 4:06 Freeport 0.34 28051.W [email protected] B 12J7/93 H R Wilson C. virginica 0-0.3 18 22 22:01 4-06 Freeport 0.34 Wilson C. viryinica 0-0.3 18 22 22:01 4:06 28*51.W 95 27.83' 13 12t7/0 H C Freeport 0.34 GBOB OFFATS BAYOU GALVESTON BAY 27*17.W 94*50.15' B izwm H B Wilson C. virginica 0-0.5 17 21 23:13 5.55 Galveston 0.35 27*17.09 94050.15' B IZIM3 H B Wilson C. virginica 0-0.5 17 21 0.13 5.55 Galveston 0.35 27*17.C6 94*50.15' B 12t8/93 H B Wilson C. virginica 0-0.5 17 21 1:13" 5.56 Galveston 0.35 GBTD TODD`8 DUMP GALVESTON BAY 29*30-W 94153.8T B 12IM3 D SM Jobling C. virginica 1.5 16 13 23:46 6-36 Texas City 0.35 29*30.06' 94*53.82'- B 1218M D SM Jobling C. virginica 1.5 16 13 23:46 6:36 Texas City 0.35 29*30.W 94153.82' B I ZWO D SM Jobling C. virginica 1.6 16 13 23:46 6:36 Texas City 0.35 GBSC SHIP CHANNEL GALVESTON BAY 29*42.27 94*59.58' B 12/7/93 D SM. Jobling C. virginica 1.5 16 12 23-16 5:49 Texas City 0.25 SLBB BLUE BUCK POINT SABINE LAKE 29-47.W 93-r>4.42, B i2mm D SM Wilson C. virginica 1.5' 16 11 13:26 5:27 Sabine 0.64 29*47.W 93*54.42' B 12t9/93 D SM Wilson C. virginic'a 1.5 16 11 13:26 5:27 Sabine 0.64 29*47.50; 93*54.42' B 12/9/93 D SM Wilson C. virginica 1.5 16 11 13:25 5:27 Sabine 0.64 al,&=0N MMMD1. HW1f&D.T.MNQ5j3-13FwmoFJt-Rmm 5AKKX1TM 11-81VALVE.19-SMIORW MUSSEL WATCH PROJECT YEAR 9 - FIELD STATION DATA . ........... .......... ...... .................- ................... . ... .......... ... CLLC LAKE CHARLES CALCASIEU LAKE 30'03.4T 93*18.42' B 1219/93 H SM Wilson C. virginica 0.2-0.5 18 12 12:31 5:43 Mernientau. 0.85 30003.42' 93*18.42' B 12tg/93 H SM Wilson C. uiqinica 0.2-0.5 18 12 12:31 5:43 Mermentam 0.85 30103.42' 93*18.42' B 1219/93 H SM Wilson C. uirginica 0.2-0.5 18 12 12:31 5.43 Mermentau. 0.85 VBSP SOUTHWEST PASS VERMILLION BAY 29*34.W 92102.7V B 1/11/94 D SMH Jobling C. virginica 2.0 8 3 17:09 9:09 Sw Pass 0.71 29*34.60' 92*02.76' B 1/11/94 D SMH Jobling C. virginiom 2.0 8 3 17:09 9:09 SW Pass 0.71 29*34.W 92*02.75' B 1/11/94 D SMH Jobling C. virginica 2.0 8 3 17:09 9:09 SW Pass 0.71 CDCL CAILLOU LAEE CAILLOU LAKE 29115.2.T 90155.80' B I/12f94 D SM Jobling C. virginica 2.0 10 10 22:11 9:31 Caillou 0.55 29*15.25' 90*55.80' B 1/12/94 D SM Jobling C. uirginica 2.0 10 10 22.11 9:31 Caillou 0.55 29*15.25 90*55.W B 1/12/94 D SM Jebling C. virginica 10 10 10 22:11 9:31 Callon 0.55 TBLF LAKE FELICITY TERREBONNE BAY 29015.W 90124.40' B 1/11/94 H SM Wilson C. virginica 0-0,5 15 15 21:07 8:26 Timbalier -0.65 29*15.W 90024.40' B 1/11/94 H M Wilson C. virginica 0-0.5 15 15 21:07 8:26 Timbalier 0.55 29*15.W 90*24.40' B 1/11/94 H MG Wilson C. virginica 0-0.5 15 16 21:07 8:26 Timbalier 0.55 MRPL PASS A LIDUTRE MISSISSIPPI RIVER 29*04.87' 89005.53' B 1/14/94 D MS Jobling C. virginica 1-1.5 8 2 19:40 7:49 P-a-Loutre 0.34 29*04.8T 89*05.5T B 1/14/94 D MS Jobling C. uirginim 1-1.5 8 2 19-40 7:49 P-a-Loutre 0.34 29*04.87 89*05.53' B 1/14/94 D MS Jobling C. virginica 1-1.5 8 2 19:40 7:49 P-a-Loutre 0.34 BSSI SABLE ISLAND BRETON SOUND 29*24.11' 89*29.10' B 1/13/94 D MS Jobling C. viqinica 1.0 10 1 23:33 9:60 Breton S. 0.42 29*24.11' 89129.10' B 1/13/94 D MS Jobling C. virginica 1.0 10 1 23:33 9:50 Breton S. 0.42 29*24.11' 89*29.10' B 1/13/94 D MS Jabling C. virginica 1.0 10 1 23:33 9:50 Breton S. 0.42 LBMP MALHEUREUX POINT LAKE BORGNE 29*52.02' 89*40.70' B 1/14/94 H SM Wilson C. virginica 0-0.4 10 6 20-40 9:36 N. Orleans 0.22 29*51.9W 89*40.71' B 1/14194 H SM Wilson C. uirginica 0-0.4 10 6 20:40 9:36 N. Orleans 0.22- 29*51.9Y 89*40.71' B 1/14/94 H SM Wilson C. virginica 0-0.4 10 6 20:40 9:36 N. Orleans 0.22 LBNO NEW ORLEANS LAKE BORGNE 29156.W 89050.10' B 1/14/94 H SMP Wilson C. virginim 0.2 9 7 20.40 9:36 N. Orleans 0.22 29*56.W .89*50.10' B 1/14/94 H SMP Wilson C. virginica 0.2 9 7 20:40 9:36 N. Orleans 0.22 29*56.60' 89,50.10' B I/l4f94 H SMP Wilson C. virginica 0.2 9 7 20:40 9:36 N. Orleans 0.22 MSPC PASS CHRISTIAN MISSISSIPPI SOUND 30*18.IT 89019.6T B 1/15/94 D NSH Jobling C. virginica 2.5 6 18 11:02 22:09 Bay S. Lou 0.46 30*18.12' 89119.67' B 1/15/94 D NSH Jobling C. vironica 2.5 6 18 11:02 22:09 Bay S. Lou 0.46 30*18.12' 89*19.67' B 1115/94 D NSH Jobling C. virginica 2.5 6 18 11:02 22:09 Bay S. I@au 0.46 MSPB PASCAGOULA BAY MISSISSIPPI SOUND 30*20.W 88*36.10' B 1/15/94 D SR Jobling C. virginica 1.5 11 18 9-29 19:57 Pascagoula 0.42 30*20.03' 88*36.10' B 1/15/94 D MS Jobling C. viMinica 1.5 11 18 9:29 19:57 Pascagoula 0.42 30020.03' 88136.10' B 1/16/94 D SR Jobling C. virginica 1.5 11 18 9:29 19:57 Pascagoula 0.42 MBCP CEDAR POINT REEF MOBILE BAY 30*18.70' 88*08.00' B 1/15/94 H NS Wilson C. virginica .0.2-1.2 11 20 1:59 11:28 Mobile 0.3 30*18." 88*08.15' B 1/15/94 H NS Wilson C. virginica 0.2-1.2 11 20 1:69 11:28 Mobile 0.3 30*18.64! 88*08.15' B 1/15/94 H NS Wilson C. virginica 0.2-1.2 11 20 1:59 11:28 Mobile 0.3 MBHI HOLLINGERS ISLAND MOBILE BAY 30033.W 88*04.50' B 1/15/94 D MSN Wilson C. virginica 2.0 9 7 1:59 11:28 Mobile 0.3 30*33.W 88004.50' B 1/1&" D MSN Wilson C. virginica 2.0 9 7 1:59 11:28 Mobile 0.3 30*33.W 88*04.60' B 1/15/94 D MSN Wilson C. virginica 2.0 9 7 1:69 11.28 Mobile 0.3 PBPH PUBLIC HARBOR PENSACOLA BAY 3002A.6Y 87*11.42' B 1/16t94 H N Wilson C. uirginica 0.5 10 24 0-52 10:07 Pensacola 0.52 30*24.6S 87011.42' B 1/16/94 H N Wilson C. virginica 0.5 10 24 0:52 10-07 Pensacola 0.52 30*24.6T 87*11.42' 9 1/16/94 H N Wilson C. virginica 0.5 10 24 0:52 10-07 Pensacola 0.52 PBIB INDIAN BAYOU, PENSAC01A BAY 30131.W 87*06.70' B I A 6f94 D SM Wilson C. virginica 2.0 11 23 0:52 10-07 Pensacola 0.52 30*31.W 87006.7W B 1/16/94 D SM Wilson C. virginica 2.0 11 23 0:52 10-07 Pensacola 0.52 30*31.W 87*06.7W B 1116/94 D SM Wilson C. virginica 2.0 it 23 0:52 10:07 Pensacola 0.52 CBJB JOE'S BAY CHOCTAWATCHEE BAY 30*24.6X 86129.45' B 1/17/94 H SBRMN Wilson C. virginica 0.1-0.5 11 24 16:64 10:26 Destin 0.13 30*24.67 86*29.45' B i/17/94 H SBRMN Wilson C. virginica 0.1-0.5 11 24 16:64 10:26 Destin 0.13 30*24.6T 86*29.45' B 1/17194 H SBRMN Wilson C. virginica 0.1-0.5 11 24 16:54 10:26 Destin 0.13 CBBL BEN'S BAYOU CHOCTAWAHATCHEE BAY 30-27.15' 86-28.73' B 1/17/94 H CB Wilson C. virginica 0.1-0.5 13 25 16:54 10,26 Destin 0.13 30*27.15' 86*28.73' B 1/17/94 H CB Wilson C. virginica 0.1-0.5 13 25 16:54 10:26 Destin 0.13 30*27.11T 86*28.73' B 1/17/94 H CB Wilson C. virginica 0.1-0.5 13 25 16:54 10:26 Destin 0.13 BorrOft [email protected],Et-CONCRE7Yj4.SAND,G.GRASS.HtVSKC.MAYR.RMW.B-RUBBMK.MPAALGAET.ROUISYN.PFAT COUECITONWIliolk. H-HMD.TdT0No8XwD=GKA.RA= SAM"ITM: B-81VALVE,9-MMENT 'm m m m m m m M 'm MUSSEL WATCH PROJECT YEAR 9 - FIELD STATION DATA .. ........... ..... . . .... ......... ... TM ................. Ty, ...... De*",O,*"'T""-""""'-"" ............ . ik"hM .. .... .... ......... P.4 CBPP POSTIL POINT CHOCTAWHATICHEE BAY 30-M.W 86-&.73' B 1116A)4 H B Jobling C. virginica 0.0.3 6 24 0:25 11:27 Destin 0.24 30*28.85' 86*28.73' B Ih6,94 H B Jobling C virginica 0-0.3 6 24 0.25 11:27 Destin 0.24 30*28.W .96128.137 B 1116194 H B Jcb1ing C. virginica 0-0.3 6 24 0:25 11:27 Destin 0.24 CBBB BOGGY BAYOU CHOCTAWAHATCHEE BAY 30-30.19 86-a.65' B Ih6/94 H E Jobling C. virginica 0.5 7 17' 0:25 11:27 Destin 0.24 30030.18! 86029.65' B 1/16194 H E Jobling C. virgin' 0.5 wa 7 17 0:25 11:27 Destin 0.24 30*30.18' 86*29.65' B 1/16/94 H E Jobling C. virginica 0.5 7 17 0:25 .11:27 Destin 0.24 PCIA) LrITLE OYSTER PANAMA CITY *15.19' 85-40.95- B 1/17/94 H M Jobling C. virginica 0.2 12 10 17:15 9:26 Lyn Haven 0.34 30015.19' 85*40.95' B 1/17/94 H M Jobling C. virginica 0.3, 12 25 17:15 9:26 Lyn Haven 0.34 30*15.IW 85040.95' B 1/17/94 H M Jobling C. virginim 0.2 12 10 17:15 9:26 Lyn Haven 0.34 AESP SPRING CREEK APPALACHEE BAY 30*03.76 84*19.37' B 1/18/94 H SR Wilson C. virginica 0.5 15 13 17:68 0:15 Bald Pt. 0.57 30*03.75! 84119.37' B 1/18/94 H SR ' Wilson C. vi i ica rgin 0.5 15 , 13. 17:58 0.15 Bald Pt. 0.57 30*03.75' 84*19.37 B 1/18/94 H SR Wilson C. virginica 0.5 15 13 17:58 0:15 Bald Pt. 0.57 CKBP BLACK POINT CEDAR KEY 29*12.28' 83*04.34! B 1/19/94 H MSR Wilson C. virginica 1.0 4 19 17:47 0:26 Cedar Key 0.69 29*12.28' 83*04.U B 1/19/94 H MSR Wilson C. virginica 1.0 4 19 17:47 0:20 Cedar Key 0.69 29*12.28' 83*04.34' B 1/19/94 H MSR Wilson C. virginica, 1.0 4. 19, 17:47 0:20 Cedar Key 0.69 TBPB PAPYS BAYOU TAMPA BAY 27*50.6T 82*36.62' B If20194 H SR Wilson C. virginica 0.5 14 28 19:65 2:50 'St. Peters. 0.55 27*60.5T, 82136.62' H 1/20/94 H SR Wilson C. virginica 0.5 14 28 i9:55 2:60 St. Peters. 0.55 27*50.5T 82.*36.62' B 1/20/94 H SR Wilson C. virginica 0.5 14 28 19:55 2:50 St. Peters. 0.55 TBCrT OLD TAMPA BAY TAMPA BAY 28401.49 82137.9V B 1=194 H NSR Wilson C virginica 0.2 13 2 21:33 4:45 Safety H. 0.67 SR Wilson C. virgin' 4:45 Safety H. 0.67 28*01.48' 8T37.95' B 14@0/94 H ica 0.2 13 2 21:33 .28*01.48' 82*37.95' B 1/20194 H SR Wilson C. virginica 0.2 13 11 21:33 4:45 Safety H. 0.67 > TBKA KNIGHT AIRPORT TAMPA BAY 27*54.52' 82*27.27' B 1/20/94 H NBH Fay C. virginica @0.2 14 30 20:02 3:16 Hillebrgh. 0.67 27*64.52' 82*27.27' B 1/20/94 H NBH Fay C virginica 6.2 14 30 20:02 3:16 Hillabrgh. 0.67 27164.5Z 82*27.27' B 1/20/94 H NBH 'Fay C. virginica 0.2 14 30 2D:02 @16 Hillebrgh. 0.67 TBNP NAVAREZ PARK TAMPA BAY 27147.28' 82*45.28' B 1120/94 H N Wilson C. virginica 0.3 12 32 18:15 1:32 Madeira B. 0.65 .27*47.29, 82045.28' B It20/94 H N Wilson C. virginica 0.3 12 32 18:15 1:32 Madeira B. 0.55 27*47.2W 82*45.28' B 1/20/94 H N Wilson C. virginica 0.3 12 32 18:16 1:32 Madeira B. 0.55 TBHB HILLSBOR OUGH BAY TAMPA BAY 27051.28' 82*23.75' B IM/94 H Wilson C. virginica 0-0.6 15 16 20.53 4:30 Hillebrgh. 0.75 27*51.2W 82123.75' B 1/21/94 H Wilson C. virginica 0-0.6 15 15 20:53 4-30, Hillebrgh. 0.75 27*51.29 8=35' B 1/21/94 H Wilson C. virginim 0-0.6 15 15 20:53 4:30 Hillsbrgh. 0.75 TBMK MULLET KEY BAYOU TAMPA BAY 27*37.2W 82*43.62' B 1121/k H Wilson C. uirginica 0-0.5 15 33 18:37 3:20 SL Pete B. 0.52 27*37.2W 82*43.62' B If21/94 H Wilson C. uirginica 0-0.5 15 33 18:31 3:20. St. Pete B. 0.52 27*37.28' 82143.62' B 1/21/94 H Wilson C. virginica 6-0.5 15 33 18:37 3:20 St. Pete B. 0.52 CBBI BIRD ISLAND CHARL07TE HARBOR 26*30.79 82*02.18' B 1/21/64 D SR Fay C. virginica 0.8 16 26 20:27 4.30 Pineland 0.5 26,30.71 82102.19 B IM/94 D SR Fay C. virginica 0.8 16 26 20-27 4:30 Pineland 0.5 26*30.73' 82002.18' B IM/94 D SR Pay C. virginica 0.8 16 26 26:27 4-30 Pineland 0.5 RBHC HENDERSON CREEK ROOKERY BAY 26*01.W 81 *44.2D' B IM/94 H SN Fay ' C. virginica 0-0.4 18 34 19:23 2:34 Marco 0.51 26*01.W 81*44.20' B 1/21194 H SN Fay C. virginica 0-0.4 18 34 19:23 2:34 Marco 0.51 .26001.50' 810".20' B 1/21/94 H SN Fay C. virginica 0-0.4 18 34 19:23 1-34 Marco 0.51 FBFO FLAMINGO FLORIDA BAY 25*08.2T 80*55.25' SB 1 NNN H N Wilson C. uirginiba 0-1.0 20 35 1-02 9-49 Flamingo 0.88 25*08.27 80*55.25' SB 1/26/94 H N Wilson C. virginica 0-1.0 20 35 1-02 9:49 Flamingo 0.88 25*08.27 80*65.25' SB 1/26194 H N Wilson C. uirginica 0.1.0 20 35 1:02 9:49 Flamingo 0.88 FBJB JOE BAY FLORIDA BAY 25112.ST 80*32.00' SB 1/25/94 H NG Wilson C. uirginica 0-1.0 23 3D 1-02 9:49 Flamingo 0.88 25*12.53' 80*32.00' SB 1/2"4 H NG Wilson C. virginica 0-1.0 23 30 1:02 9:49 Flamingo 0.88 25*12.53' 80*32.00' SB Ir25194 H NG Wilson C. virginica 0-1.0 23 30 1:02 9:49 Flamingo 0.88 BHKF BAHIA HONDA KEY FLORIDA 24039.52' 81*16.43' B 1119/94 H NGP Fay C. uirginica 0.5 20 35 14:00 7:42 B.Honda X 0.29 24*39.5Z 81*16.43' B 1/19/94 H NGP Fay C. virginica 0.5 20 35 14:00 7:42 B.Honda K 0.29 24*39.5T 81*16.43' B 1/19/94 H NGP Pay C. virginica 0.5 20 35 14:00 7:42 B.Honda K 0.29 BOTMbL [email protected]@'MCWM.N-SAM,G.GRAMX.HAM.C-OAY.It.REEVJ3-RUBBLZJE-PaMPA.ALME.T.RDaTSYI-PFAT COUZZWN hMMC,. H.WXoTwT01Mj)-DRWGEJ7^RNM SAKRAWM: B-MVALVR.5.SMNFNr MUSSEL WATCH PROJECT YEAR 9 - FIELD STA71ON DATA .............. ...... . .... . . . . . . PRBB BAHIA DE BOQUERON PUERTO RICO 18*00.4@f 67*10.72' B 2114194 H m Wils6n C vir&ica 0-0.3 26 35 10,50 17:16 San Joan 0.33 18100." 67010.7Z B 2/14194 H m Wilson C. virginica 0-0.3 25 35 10-60 17:16 San Juan 0.33 18*00." 67*10.72' B 2114/94 H m Wilson C. virginica 0-0.3 25 35 10,50 17:16 San Juan .0.33 PRBM BAHIA MONTALVA PUERTO RICO 17*58.2Z 66159.437 B 2A 3194 H TB Wilson C. virginks 0-0.3 26 36 2:58 6:67 San Juan 0.37 17*68.= 66*59.43' B 2/13/94 H TH Wilson, C. virginica 0-0.3 26 36 2:58 6:67 San Juan 0.37 17*158.2Z 66*59.43' B 2JI3/94 H TB Wilson C virginica 0-0.3 26 36 2:58 6:57 San Juan, 0.37 PRBJ BAHIA DE JOBOS PUERTO RICO 17056.= 66110.W B V16t% 14 TN Wilson C. virginica 0-0.3 26 36 0:23 7:66 San Juan 0.3 17*56.3T 66110.95' B 2/16/94 H TN Wilson, C. virginica 0-0.3 26 36 0:23 7:66 San Juan 0.3 17*56.&T 66*10.95' B 2115/94 H TN Wilson C. virginica 0-0.3 26 36 0:23 7:56 San Juan 0.3 BOMM S-MMI bt-MM.E.CONCWMN-SMD.Q.GRASS.H-HASKC-aAY.R.REW.El.RUBBLEX-XMPA.M.GAE.T.RDUMX.PEAT ODUZCROM MMM&. H.WM.T-rV0NG&[).DF=QEJt-RAPZ NkMATM! B-181VALM64-Mm, I I I @ I I I Appendix B I Final Positions I I I I .1 I I I I I I I I I B-1 I oat M Lon M M@m m m m m m m -m I'm m M'm 2 2, P"N 'ifd g 4*k, A 's"rATE 1 @Z , ". 6 a lb nx, 1 LMSB SOUTH BAY LOWER LAGUNA MADRE TX 26002.77' 97010.48' 26002.58 97010.49 PORTISABELL LAGUNA MADRE TX 26004.62' 97012.05' 78- ARROYO COLORADO LAGUNA MADRE TX 26'16.80' 97017.30' 2 CCN NEUCESBAY CORPUS CHRISTI TX_ 27051.17' 97021.55' 27051.24' 97021.47' 3 CCIC INGLESIDE COVE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 27050.28 97014.28 27050.22' 97014.24' 27050.31". 97014.28' .53 CCBH BOAT HARBOR CORPUS CHRISTI TX 27*50.17' 97022.72' 4 ABLR LONG REEF ARANSAS BAY TX 28002.96' 96056.77' 28003.38' 96054.40' .218003.96' 96057.79' 54 ABHI HARBORISLAND ARANSAS BAY TX 27050.33' 97004.52' 5 CBCR COPANO REEF COPANO BAY TX 28008.47' 97*07.67' 28*08.50' 97007.68' 28008.57' 97007.68' 6 MBAR AYRESREEF MESQUITE BAY TX 28,010.15' 96049.95' 28010.10' .96049*.90' 28009.82' 96048.96' 7 SAPP PANTHER PT. REEF SAN ANTONIO BAY TX 28014.00' 96042.55' 28014.10' 96042.50' 28*13.95' 96042.54' 8 SAMP. MOSQUITO POINT SAN ANTONIO BAY TX 28*20.65' 96042.78' 28020.57' 96042.69' 28.'20.64' 96042.77' 9 ESSP SOUTH PASS REEF ESPIRITU SANTO TX 28017.90' 96037.33' 28017.83' 96037.50' 28017.90' 96037.30' 10 ESBD BILL DAYS REEF ESPIRITU SANTO TX 28024.85' 96026.27' 28024.66' 96026.65' 28025.02' 96025.86' .11 MBLR LAVACA RIVER MOUTH MATAGORDA BAY TX 29039.80' 96034.83' 29039'.62' 96034.72' 29039.79'. 96034.891 12 MBGP GALLINIPPER PT. MATAGORDA BAY TX 28035.25' 9603417 28035.13' 96034.23' 28035.20' 96*34.21' 13 MBTP TRES PALACIOS BAY MATAGORDA BAY TX 28039.50' 96'13.45' 28039.43' 96*13.25' 28039.66' 96013.33' t@0 1-4 MBEM EAST MATAGORDA MATAGORDA BAY TX 28042.67' 95053.00' 28042.64' 95052.96' 28042.67' 95053.04' 55 MBDI DOG ISLAND MATAGORDA BAY. TX 28038.28' 96000.15, 56 MBCB CARANCAHUA BAY MATAGORDA BAY TX 28039.40' 96023.18' 72 BRCL CEDAR LAKES BRAZOS RIVER TX 28051.50' 95027.83' 28051.46' 95027,75' 28051.50' 95027.75' 57 BRFS FREEPORT SURFSIDE BRAZOS RIVER TX 28055.25' 95020.33' 28055.31' 95o2O.56' 28055.25' 95'20.35' 18 GBCR CONFEDERATE REEF GALVESTON BAY TX 29015.75' 94054.88' 29015.71' 94'54.76' 29015.74' 94054.94' 17 GBHR HANNA REEF -GALVESTON BAY TX 29028.85' 94044.00' 29028.58' 94043.22' 29028.86' 94044.34' 58 GBOB OFFATTS BAYOU GALVESTON BAY TX 29017.0.8' 94050.15'-- 29016.96' 94050.08' 29017.07' 94050.15' 59 GBSC SHIP CHANNEL GALVESTON BAY Tx. 29042.27' 94059.58' 29041.97' 94059.37' 29042.42' 94059.59' 16 GBTD TODUS DUMP GALVESTON BAY TX 29030.06' 94053.82' 29030.06' 94653.82' 29030.13' 94053.86' 15 JGBYC YACHT CLUB GALVESTON BAY TX 29037.30' 29037.39' 94059.35' 29037.36' 94059.73' 19 SLBB BLUE BUCK POINT SABINE LAKE TX-LA 29047.50' 93054.42' 29047.09' 93054.36' 20 CLSJ ST. JOHNS ISLAND CALCASIEU LAKE LA 29049.83' 93023.00' 29049.85' 29049.65' 93023.04' 60 CLLC LAKE CHARLES CALCASIEU LAKE LA 30*03.42' 93018.42' 30'03.51' 93018.43' 21 JHJH JOSEPH HARBOR BAYOU J. HARBOR BAYOU LA 29037.75' 92045.75' 29037.96' 92045.78' 22 VBSP !SOUTHWEST PASS VERMILLION BAY LA 29034.60' 92002.75' 29034.45' .92002.91- 23 ECSP SOUTH POINT EAST COTE BLANCHE 29028.50'-1 91048.00' ! SB 7A I C C@@ Bd IWM,3@ ;V @n 0-5 A, o", R"F"o N%s 4ec 0 @STAPM d" gift A' 24 ABOB OYSTER BAYOR ATCHAFALAYA BAY LA 29014.40' 91008.10' 29014.51' 91008.13' 29014.40' 91*08.08' 25 CLCL CAILLOU LAKE CAILLOU LAKE LA 29015.25' 90155.80' 29015.30' 90056.02' 26 TBLB, LAKE BARRE TERREBONNE BAY LA 29015.60' 90035.70' 29015.56' 90035.77' 29015.60' 90035.76' 27 TBLF LAKE FELICITY TERREBONNE BAY LA 29015.80' 90024.40' 29015.84' 90024.06' 29015.81' 90023.88' 28 BBSD BAYOU ST. DENIS BARATARIA BAY LA 29024.18' 89059.75' 29024.15' 89059.85' @29024.05' 89059.82' 29 BBMB, MIDDLE BANK BARATARIA BAY LA 29ol6.55' 89056.53' 29016.56' 89056.64' 29016.55' 89056.49' 61 BBTB TURTLE BAY BARATARIA BAY LA 29030.67' 90005.00' 30 BSBG BAY GARDERNE BRETON SOUND LA 29008.69' 89025.67' 29008.64' 89025.66' 29008.68' 89025.69' 31 BSSI SABLEISLAND BRETON SOUND 29*04.87' 89*05.53' 29004.90' 89005.54' 29004.87' 89005.53' 32 -LBMP MALHEUREUX POINT LAKE BORGNE LA 29*24.11' 89029.10' 29024.12' 89029.21' 29024.11' 89029. 10' 62 LBNO NEW ORLEANS LAKE BORGNE LA 29035.90' 89037.25' 29035,94' 89037.40' 29*35.90' 89*37.27 63 LPGO GULF OUTLET LAKE PONCHARTRAIN LA 29*52.02' 89040.70' 29052.02' 89040.88' 29051.99' 89040.71' 64 MRPL PASS A LOUTRE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LA 29056.60' 89050.10' 65 MRTP TIGER PASS MISSISSIPPI RIVER LA 30002.44' 89002.57' 33 MSPC PASS CHRISTIAN MISSISSIPPI SOUND Ms 30018.87' 89018.05' 30*18.13' 89019.70' 34 MSBB BILOXI BAY MISSISSIPPI SOUND Ms 30023.55' 88051.45' 30023.57' 88051.50' 30023.55' 88051.46' 36 MSPB PASCAGOULA BAY MISSISSIPPI SOUND Ms 30020.03' 88036.10' 30020.44' 88035.55' 30020.70' 88035.45' 36 MBCP CEDAR POINT REEF MOBILE BAY AL 30018.70' 88008.00' 30018.62' 88'08.24' 30018.64' 88008.15' 66 MBHI HOLLINGERS ISLAND MOBILE BAY AL 30033.80' 88004.50' 30033.73' 88004.58' 30033.93' 88'04.59' 79 MBDR DOG RIVER MOBILE BAY AL 30035.50' 88002.72' 67 PBPH PUBLIC HARBOR PENSACOLA BAY FL 30024.63' 87011.42' 30*24.39' 87011.41' 30024.62' 87011.43' 37 JPBIB INDIAN BAYOU PENSACOLA BAY FL 30031.00' 87006.70' 30030.86' 87006.66' 30031.06' 87006.68' 80 PBSP SABINE POINT PENSACOLA BAY FL 30020.80' 87009.10' 30020.59' 87009.12' 30020.67' 87009.03' 73 CBJB JOESBAYOU CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY FL 30024.62' 86029.45' 30024.63' 86029.43' 30024.63' 86-i9.46' 38 CBSR OFF SANTA ROSA CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY FL 30024.78' 86012.25' 30024.83' 86012.25' 30024.70' 86012.26' 82 CBBL BENS LAKE CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY FL 30027.16' 86032.45' 30027.16' 86032.34' 39 CBPP* POSTIL POINT CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY FL 30028.85' 86028.73' 30028.76' 86028.62' 30*28.74' 86028.75' 83 CBBB BOGGYBAYOU CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY FL 30030.18' 86029.650 30030.16' 86029.46' 30030.11' 8629.65'- 74 PCLO L17TLE OYSTER BAY PANAMA CITY FL 30015.19' 85040.95' 30015.22' 85040.84' 30015.17' 85040.92' 68 PCMP MUNICIPAL PIER PANAMA CITY FL 30009.00' 85039.80' 30009.05' 85039.84' 30009.05' 85039.80' 40 SAWB WATSON BAYOU ST. ANDREW BAY FL 30008.53' 85037.92' 30008.51' 85037.84' 30*08.48' 85037.91' 4 ---D--r- i I FL -T974-0-.45@ 5004.51' 1 AP B DRYBAR APALACHICOLA BAY 85004.40' 29040.40' 85004.51' 29040.44' 8 42 APCP CAT PT. BAR APALACHICOLA BAY FL 29043.45' 84053.05' 29043.35' 84053.32' 29*43.46' 84063.22' 75 AESP SPRING CREEK APALACHEE BAY FL 30003.75' 84019.37' 30003.67' 84019.47' 30003.75' 84019.37' 69. SRWP WEST PASS SUWANEE RIVER FL 29019.75' 83010.45' 43 CKBP BLACKPOINT CEDAR KEY FL 29012.32' .83*04.25' 29012.28' 83004.34' 29012.32' 83004.28' 70 TBOT OLD TAMPA BAY TAMPABAY FL 28001.48' 82037.95' 44 TBPB PAPYS BAYOU TAMPABAY-, FL 27050.53' 82036.62' 27050.46' 82036.74' 45 TBHB HILLSBOROUGH BAY TAMPABAY FL 27051.28' 82023.75' .27051.15' 82023.80' 27051.31' 82023.7V 46 TBCB COCKROACH BAY TAMPABAY FL 27040.55' .82030.56' .27040.44' 82030.70'. 27040.53' 82030.62' 47 TBMK MULLET KEY BAYOU TAMPABAY FL 27037.28' 82043.62' 27037.24! 82043.59' 27037.31' 82043.57' 77 TBKA KNIGHT AIRPORT TAMPABAY FL 27054.46' 87027.29' 27054.42' 87027.38' 27054.52' 82027.27' 76 TBNP NAVAREZPARK TAMPABAY FL 27647.28, 82046.28 27047.33' 82045.19' 48 CBBI. BIRD ISLAND CHARLOTTE HARBOR FL 26030.73' 82*02.18' 26030.74' 82002.19' 71 CBFM FORT MEYERS CHARLOTTE HARBOR FL 26033.50' 81055.37' 26033.55' 81055.751 26633.19' 81055.75' 49 NBNB NAPLES BAY NAPLES BAY FL 26006.78' 81047.15' 26006.61' 81047.14' 26006.75' 81047.14' 50 RBHC HENDERSON CREEK. ROOKERYBAY FLi 26001.50' 81044.20, 26001.40, 81044.15' 26'01.48' 81044.26' 87 FBFO FLAMINGO. FLORIDA BAY FL 25 08.27' 80 55.25' FBJB; JOE BAY FLORIDA BAY FL 25 12.53' 80 32.00' 51 EVFU FAKA UNION BAY EVERGLADES FL 25054.08' 81030.78' 25053.'84' 81030.80' 25054.12' 81030.877 81 BHKF BAHIA HONDA KEY. FLORIDA KEYS FL 24039,52 81016-43 24'39.52 81o16.28 - 84 PRBB BAHIA DE BOQUERON PUERTO RICO PR 000.44' 67010.72' 18000.44' 85 PRBM BAHIA MONTALVA PUERTO RICO PR *58.28' 66'59.43' 86 PRBJ BAHIA DE JOBOS PUERTO RICO 'PR 17056.33' 66010.95' name change in 1992 @ 27050' 53' 27-51. 28' 27. 0. 55, 27 3 7 228 ME I - I I t I I I I I i t I 'I I 1, :1 I I I I ilti (I @I@Jjj @ I , -i I "