E. W. "Ed" Cake, Jr., Ph.D., operates Gulf
Environmental Associates: Biological, Environmental, Legal, & Mariculture
Services out of Ocean Springs, MS. He is one of a handful of biologists
certified by the State of Louisiana to conduct oyster damage assessments. He
was the plaintiffs' main expert witness in the Alonzo case in St. Bernard
Parish, and his formula for reef restoration costs was accepted by Judge
Manny Fernandez in establishing the damages caused by the Caernarvon
Freshwater Diversion Project.