Commission
Sets Commercial Mackerel Season
Posted:
1/6/06
A declaration
of emergency setting the 2006 commercial fishing season for
king mackerel was issued by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries
Commission at the Jan. 5 meeting. The commercial fishing season
for king mackerel in Louisiana state waters will open at 12:01
a.m. on July 1, 2006, and will remain open until the 2006
commercial quota for the western Gulf of Mexico is harvested
or projected to be harvested.
The commission
also authorized Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Secretary Dwight Landreneau to close the commercial king mackerel
season in Louisiana waters and re-open the commercial season
to coincide with season dates in federal waters. The commission's
actions ensure that regulations in Louisiana state waters
will mirror regulations of federally managed waters. The National
Marine Fisheries Service and the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council cooperatively manage king mackerel in federal waters
off the coast of Louisiana, and consistent regulations enhance
effectiveness and enforceability of those rules.
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