Economic Productivity of the Working Coast

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Economic Productivityof the Working Coast

• Louisianas coast is a tremendously productive
  region ecologically and economically
• Variety of separate studies valuing industries
  dependent on Louisianas coast
• Data presented represents pre-oil spill
  valuations.

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Louisiana Seafood Industry

• 2nd largest fishery by weight, 5th largest
  fishery by value
• 27 of production in the entire lower 48 states
• 69 of the domestic shrimp harvest
• Leading provider of hard and soft-shelled crabs
• 70 of the oysters caught in the US are from the
  Gulf Coast
• 2nd largest domestic oyster supplier in the nation

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Productivity Commercial Seafood

• 2.4 billion economic impact
• 21,238 total jobs
• Oysters
• 317 million in economic activity
• 3,565 jobs
• Shrimp
• 1.3 billion in economic activity
• 14,384 jobs
• Crab
• 293 million in economic activity
• 3,289 jobs

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Productivity Ports and Maritime Industry

• Home to 5 of the nations top 15 ports by tonnage
• Louisianas ports handle cargo accounting for 25
  of the nations waterborne commerce
• Five deep water ports in South Louisiana make up
  the largest port complex in the world
• 480 million tons of cargo
• Excludes the cargo of the coastal ports
  supporting oil and gas activity and the cruise
  ship industry.

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Ports and Maritime Total Economic Activity

• 270,000 total jobs
• 1 in 8 Louisiana jobs
• 5.7 billion in total wages
• 470 million in state and local taxes
• 33 billion total economic impact

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Louisianas Energy Industry

• 1 producer of crude oil, including Outer
  Continental Shelf production.
• 3 producer of natural gas, including Outer
  Continental Shelf production
• 2 state for refining capacity
• 125,000 miles of in-state and offshore oil and
  gas pipelines

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Energy Total Activity

• 77.3 billion in total sales
• 16.1 billion in total wages
• 310,217 total jobs (x5 multiplier)

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Productivity Fishing, Boating and Wildlife

• Recreational fishing
• 1.71 billion economic impact
• 18,122 total jobs
• Recreational Boating
• 1.33 billion economic impact
• 14,959 total jobs
• Wildlife viewing, photography, and feeding
• 517.1 million economic impact
• 6,199 total jobs

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Economic Impacts Tourism

• The fragility of Louisianas coast can also be
  linked to New Orleans tourism industry
• 200-225 million in direct taxes for New Orleans
• 70,000 direct jobs
• 4.2 billion in annual visitor spending in 2009

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Economic Impacts Protection and Restoration
Activities

• Louisiana Workforce Commission, 2011
• Excluding all protection projects, 2010 spending
  on restoration of 618 million created 8,900
  total jobs (4,880 direct jobs)
• 1.1 billion in sales
• Future investments in restoration of 400 million
  to 1 billion could yield 10,300 total jobs and
  720 million to 1.35 billion in sales per year.

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Economic Impacts Protection and Restoration
Activities

• Jobs Dollars Big Returns from Coastal Habitat
  Restoration, Restore Americas Estuaries, 2011
• Restoring the coast can create more than 30 jobs
  for each million dollars invested. Represents
  more robust job multipliers than oil and gas or
  road construction industries.
• Investing in restoration provides long-lasting
  benefits to property values, water quality,
  sustainable fisheries, and tourism

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Economic Impacts Protection and Restoration
Activities

• Center on Globalization, Governance
  Competitiveness at Duke University, 2011
• Louisiana has the highest concentration of firms
  working in coastal restoration, 42 of the
  national total.
• New opportunities for firms and workers with oil
  and gas service experience.
• Small but growing share of work for many firms in
  the marine construction industry

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Employee locations of firms linked to Gulf Coast
restoration Projects
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Gulf Coast States
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Sustainability

• Without a sustainable coast the sustainability of
  these productive industries is at risk
• CPRA is embarking on a holistic economic
  valuation of its coastal resources and assets
  that will help provide a more comprehensive look
  at the value of our coast to the nation as a
  whole.