Louisiana
Spring Shrimp Season Opening Set
Posted:
5/5/05
Louisiana inshore shrimp seasons will open
at 6 a.m. on Monday, May 23, in Zone one. Zone two will open
at 6 a.m. on Monday, May 16 and Zone three on Thursday, June
2 at 6 a.m.
Shrimp Management Zone one includes inshore
waters from the Mississippi state line to the eastern shore
of South Pass of the Mississippi River. Zone two includes
inshore waters from the eastern shore of South Pass of the
Mississippi River to the western shore of Vermilion Bay and
Southwest Pass at Marsh Island. Zone three includes inshore
waters from the western shore of Vermilion Bay and Southwest
Pass at Marsh Island to the Texas state line.
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
also opened the closed portion of Louisiana offshore territorial
waters from the Atchafalaya River Ship Channel at Eugene Island
as delineated by the river channel buoy line westward to the
eastern shore of Freshwater Bayou Canal at longitude 92 degrees
18 minutes 33 seconds W at 6:00 a.m. on Monday, May 16.
LDWF Secretary Dwight Landreneau was given
authority to close the season when biological and technical
data indicate that significant numbers of small white shrimp
begin recruiting into inshore waters or if law enforcement
problems develop.
Development of LDWF management recommendations
for spring inshore opening dates utilize criteria which project
the date when a minimum of 50 percent of the inshore brown
shrimp population reaches a size of 100 count (per pound)
or larger.
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