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