Shrimp
Season to Close in Zone 2
Posted:
6/14/06
The 2006
spring inshore shrimp season in Shrimp Management Zone 2 will
close on Monday, June 19, at 6 a.m.
Zone 2
includes state 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. Zones 1 and 3 will
remain open until further notice. State territorial waters
south of the Inside/Outside shrimp line, as described in Louisiana
R.S.56:495, will also remain open to shrimping.
Zone 1
includes state waters from the Mississippi/Louisiana state
line to the eastern shore of South Pass of the Mississippi
River and Zone 3 includes state waters from the western shore
of Vermilion Bay and Southwest Pass at Marsh Island to the
Louisiana/Texas state line.
The closure
was announced today by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries Secretary Dwight Landreneau and was based on recommendations
made by LDWF Marine Fisheries Division biologists.
The number,
distribution and percentage of small juvenile white shrimp
within the area to be closed has progressively increased in
recent weeks. Analysis of current LDWF shrimp trawl sampling
data indicates substantial population increases this week
and these waters are being closed to protect these developing
shrimp.
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