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FROM PAGE A-2
These efforts have included needed. Importantly, however, ana seafood.
closing fishing areas and oyster we must be able to convincingly A successful short-term and
beds even before any visible ira- make the case that our seafood sustained long-term consumer
pact by the oil. Unfortunately, product is safe and of high qual- information campaign designed
despite these efforts, public ity. The images of oil and dis- to reassert the Louisiana
confidence in our industry is persants will be difficult to over- brand.
eroding. This is evidenced by a come without science to backGiven the size and magnitude
recent USA Today poll, where up our claims, and Louisiana is of the Louisiana seafood indus-
13 percent of those polled said committed to taking these steps try, and given the generations
they would not eat gulf seafood, as quickly as possible, of work that has been done to
This poll was taken before the We are providing herewith build the Louisiana brand, we
images of coastal impact were a proposal for a long-term sea- believe the investment required
seen on television, and we can food safety testing and certifi- is not insignificant.
only assume the damage is even cation program. This proposal We look forward to working
worse today, was developed by the Louisiana with you and your team on a
We believe it is important to Departments of Agriculture, swift agreement so we can im-
act swiftly to reassure the pub- Health and Hospitals, Wildlife piement this plan.
lic of the quality of our seafood, and Fisheries, EnvironmentalWe are ready to get to work,
And we believe a long-term, Quality, and Economic DeVel-and are grateful for your imme-
sustained effort is necessary opment, and attempts to accom-
if we are going to impact con- plish three goals:
sumer attitudes. We are grate- Implementation of a science-
ful that BP has offered the state based seafood safety testing
a limited amount of funding to program with transparent met-
market our seafood industry, rics of safety and quality.
Your offer takes off the table Implementation of a certifi-
any question of whether a cam- cation program for quality and
paign is needed. Clearly, it is processing of certified Louisi-
PERRIN GENEALOGY
FALL 2010
Any descendents of the following individuals who have
not been previously been contacted, are welcomed
to contact the compiler to have their data included or
updated:
Joseph P. PERRIN (1872-1959)
Emma L. Perrin HOOVER (1875-1960)
Zoe Cora Perrin POCHE' (1879-1978)
Measey A. Perrin DICIZ RSON (1881-1970)
George Thomas PERRIN (1886-1959)
Elsie E. Perrin FERRANT (1888-1980)
Robert E. PERRIN (1890-1973)
Louis V. PERRIN (1894-1955)
Henry C. PERRIN (1896-1959)
Mary Jane Perrin CUROW (1841-1914)
Jim Perrin 14187 Randall Ave. Hammond, LA 70403
386-4476
diate response.
Sincerely,
Robert Barham
Secretary, Louisiana Depart-
ment of Wildlife and Fisheries
Alan Levine
Secretary, Louisiana Depart-
ment of Health and Hospitals
Peggy Hatch
Secretary, Louisiana Depart-
ment of Environmental Quality
Stephen Moret
Secretary, Louisiana Depart-
ment of Economic Development
Mike Strain
Commissioner, Louisiana
Department of Agriculture and
Forestry
State agencies request $300 Million
from English firm for long-term
impacts of oil spill
BATON ROUGE - Multiple Louisiana state agencies have sub-
mitted a letter requesting that British Petroleum create a fund
with an initial $300 million to provide critical resources to mitigate
the immediate, short- and long term impacts on affected business-
es and individuals. The Louisiana Departments of Social Services,
Health and Hospitals and Wildlife and Fisheries along with the
Louisiana Workforce Commission, Louisiana Recovery Authority
and Louisiana Economic Development developed the request, the
full text of which is below:
May 28, 2010
Frank Hernandez
V.P. Government & Public Affairs
BP America Inc.
501 Westlake Park Blvd.
WL1-25188
Houston, TX 77079
Via E-mail: .......... •
Dear Mr. Hernandez: In addition, this disaster is
The reality of future econom- causing extreme stress to our
ic loss for the people and busi- citizens in these coastal com-
nesses of Louisiana as a result munities that already have
of the Deepwater Horizon oil endured five years of recovery
spill is a formidable challenge from four catastrophic storms.
that requires the cooperation Impacted communities current-
and assistance of British Petro- ly are experiencing significant
leum (BP). increases in unemployment,
The impacts not only will be and facing fewer opportunities
detrimental to our ecological for short- and long-term era-
assets and businesses closely ployment and the loss of indus-
aligned with the coastal indus- try-based economies potentially
tries, but also to the overall eco- for a long period of time (par-
nomic viability of our coastal ticularly commercial fishing,
communities and the state, tourism and recreation, oil and
gas, and services that support
these industries). In addition,
the need ? for public services
already has increased and will
continue to do so.
OO
Commercial fisheries in dustry, the recreational fishing
Louisiana bring over $275 rail- industry also will be impacted
lion worth of seafood annually severely. Louisiana anglers gen-
to Louisiana docks according to crate approximately $1 billion
National Marine Fisheries Ser- in retail sales related to recre-
vices (NMFS) data. Along with ational fishing activity every
the commercial sector of the in- PLEASE SEE PAGE B-3
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