2004
Louisiana Fall Shrimp Season Opens in Zone 2
Posted:
7/28/04
The fall
inshore shrimp season will open in Shrimp Management Zone
2 at official sunrise Monday, August 2, 2004 and close on
December 21, 2004 at official sunset. The Louisiana Wildlife
and Fisheries Commission approved a resolution on July 1,
which authorized Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
to open and close the 2004 fall shrimp season in inside waters
provided technical and biological data indicate that marketable
shrimp in sufficient quantities are available for harvest.
Season dates were approved by LDWF Secretary Dwight Landreneau
based upon recommendations developed by the department’s
Marine Fisheries Division. Zone 2 includes Louisiana's inside
waters from the eastern shore of South Pass of the Mississippi
River westward to the western shore of Vermilion Bay and Southwest
Pass at Marsh Island.
The commission
also authorized the Secretary to change the closing dates
of the 2004 fall shrimp season if biological and technical
data indicate the need to do so or if enforcement problems
develop, and to close and reopen the season in all or parts
of state outside waters if significant numbers of small white
shrimp are found in these waters.
Season
dates for the fall inshore shrimp season in Zones 1 and 3
will be considered by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries
Commission at its Aug. 5 meeting.
For more information contact Martin Bourgeois at LDWF, by
phone at 225-765-2401 or e-mail at mjbourgeois@wlf.louisiana.gov.
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