ARB Master Plan LDWF areas of concern InlandFish 10 29 2024

<p>Draft LDWF Inland Fisheries areas of concern for the Atchafalaya Master Plan working group effort.  We
identified locations where we had ecosystem function/service concerns as well
as noting preliminary species that might be particularly important to the
location</p>

We are working on WPU specific suggestions for
objectives, metrics and targets (from our Inland perspective) as a next step
for this effort. On that note, we have some concerns over the inclusion of
White Crappie HSI as indicator and would like to understand why that species
was selected and if we have any ability to discuss including Black Crappie vs.
White Crappie? Or what wiggle room is available at this point on freshwater
fish species.  As we work on the WPU objectives, we aim to identify species
specific objectives, metrics and targets more clearly so this would be a
helpful discussion for our team to understand why certain species were chosen