Oysters take hit from Hurricane Isaac Published: Thursday,
September 27, 2012 at 7:38 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday,
September 27, 2012 at 7:38 p.m. Hurricane Isaac may have wiped
out 20-30 percent of the state's remaining oyster crop,
according to preliminary reports from state officials. But the
storm may have also had a positive impact on the struggling
shellfish industry. Scientists are reporting evidence of one of
the best oyster reproductive cycles seen since the BP oil spill
in 2010, which may have been triggered by the storm, said Mike
Voisin, owner of Motivatit Seafood in Houma and a member of the
state's Oyster Task Force. The news was reported during a
meeting of the state's Oyster Task Force earlier this week,
Voisin said. That's significant because oysters in some of the
state's most productive grounds in Barataria Bay and east of the
Mississippi River haven't had a successful reproductive cycle
the last two years. “It's got to survive, but it's a really
positive thing,” Voisin said. “There's posi