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2004 Louisiana Fall Shrimp Season Opens in Zones 1 & 3
Posted: 8/6/04

The fall inshore shrimp season will open in Shrimp Management Zone 1 at official sunrise Monday, August 16, 2004 and in Shrimp Management Zone 3 at official sunrise Monday August 9, 2004. The closing date set for Zones 1 and 3 is official sunset Tuesday December 21, 2004 except for the open waters of Breton and Chandeleur Sounds as described in the menhaden rule (LAC 76:VII.307D), which will remain open until 6:00 a.m. March 31, 2005. Zone 2, opened August 2, 2004, will also close to shrimping at the official sunset December 21, 2004.

Zone 1 includes Louisiana waters from the Mississippi-Louisiana state line to the eastern shore of South Pass of the Mississippi River. Zone 3 extends from the western shore of Vermilion Bay and Southwest Pass at Marsh Island to the Louisiana-Texas state line.

The commission also authorized LDWF to change the closing dates of the 2004 fall shrimp season if biological and technical data indicate a need to do so or if enforcement problems develop, and to close all or parts of state inside and outside waters if significant numbers of small white shrimp are found in these waters.

According to LDWF trip ticket report data, Louisiana commercial white shrimp landings, valued at $82.4 million in 2003, totaled approximately 63.8 million pounds (heads-on weight), the third highest white shrimp landings year on record.

For more information contact Martin Bourgeois at 225-765-2401 or mjbourgeois@wlf.louisiana.gov.

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