FILE - In an April 8, 2011 file photo, Dave Cvitanovich, an oysterman who has worked the waters of Louisiana his whole life, works on his boat at one of his oyster beds in Bay Jimmy in Plaquemine's Parish, La. His oysters were damaged by the fresh water diversion program by the state of Louisiana. It will be months before state officials know whether losses from floods and spillway openings qualify Louisiana as a fisheries disaster. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries officials say floods began around November 2018, and a full 12 months' data is needed to compare to averages for the previous 5 years. The governors of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama asked months ago for US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to declare a fisheries disaster, making federal grants available to affected people. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)