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WELCOME TO LAFITE, LOUISIANA. 
          VERY SPECIAL DAY FOR C C A AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, UH, AS WE ARE HERE TODAY TO DEDICATE, UH, A REEF PROJECT TO A VERY SPECIAL FRIEND TO ALL OF US AND EVERYONE HERE, CAPTAIN TOFIELD BOURGEOIS. 
          WE ARE HERE TODAY IN LAFITE, LOUISIANA TO SEIZE CCA LOUISIANA'S NEWEST HABITAT PROJECT OUT IN HAG PERRY BAY OFF OF THE BARRETT AREA WATERWAY. 
          TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE CONSTRUCTING AN INSHORE ARTIFICIAL REEF USING APPROXIMATELY 1400 TONS OF LIMESTONES, SPREAD OVER TWO TO THREE ACRES TO CREATE HABITATS FOR OYSTERS TO SETTLE. 
          THIS REPRESENTS ROUGHLY ABOUT A $300,000 PROJECT THAT EVERYBODY CAME TOGETHER AND WAS MAKING HAPPEN RIGHT HERE IN JEFFERSON PARISH, YOU KNOW, AF AFTER IDA. 
          A LOT OF OUR HARD SURFACES AND OYSTER BEDS OUT THERE IN THE MARSHES WERE BURIED. 
          THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST PROJECTS DONE THAT ACTUALLY HAS A REEF EXPOSED AFTER IDA. 
          AND, UH, THIS WILL GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR HATCHERIES TO COME BACK, OUR OYSTER BEDS, TO GIVE A, AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND OUR ANGLERS TO COME BACK. 
          I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD TO BE ABLE TO NAME THIS PROJECT AFTER A NATIVE BOY, A, A, A LOCAL ANGLER WHO, WHO HAS BEEN A TRUE AMBASSADOR OF LAFITTE JEFFERSON PARISH AND THE FISHING COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS MAKING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FISHING ON THE BARRIER ISLANDS AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE WITH HIS SKILLS. 
          UH, SO I'M VERY PROUD TO STAND HERE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL AND NAMING THE TOW FIELD REEF AND, UH, PROUD TO BE ABLE TO SAY SO. 
          SO I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL THAT THAT SHELL, THAT JEFFERSON PARISH AND C C A CAME TOGETHER AND NAMED THIS REEF AFTER MY FATHER. 
          I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S SO COOL TO KNOW THAT FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE AND MY SONS AND GRANDSONS WILL ON THE MAP, THERE'LL BE A TOT FIELDS RE THAT'S RIGHT. 
          AND I THINK THERE'S, UM, NOT MUCH THAT I COULD SAY IT WOULD BE COOLER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW? SO I THINK IT'S SUCH AN ACCOMPLISHMENT, SUCH A TESTAMENT TO THE WAY THAT HE LIVED, UH, BECAUSE HE WAS AN ADVOCATE FOR OUR CULTURE AND PRESERVING OUR HERITAGE. 
          AND I THINK THAT IT'S, UH, IT'S AN HONOR TO KEEP IT GOING, YOU KNOW? AND ALSO TO BE ON THE HEELS OF THIS IS A SYMBOLIC MOMENT, I THINK FOR ALL OF US, FOR MY FAMILY, FOR ME, FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS HAVE BEEN PRETTY WILD SINCE HIS PASSING. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE GREATEST STORM DAMAGE WE'VE EVER HAD IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING HERE SO WE COULD SAY, HEY, WE'RE BACK. 
          WE'RE ON THE MAP. 
          IN ORDER TO PLANT YOUR ROOTS HERE, YOU HAVE TO BE STRONG. 
          AND I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR THIS LIFESTYLE, SO IN A PLACE THAT'S OFTEN OVERLOOKED. 
          I REALLY APPLAUD YOU AND APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR SHINING THE SPOTLIGHT ON US. 
          AND NAME THIS AFTER MY DAD. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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