NEWSROOM
Shrimp
Season Closes in Zone 2 and Part of Zone 1
June 22, 2005
The spring inshore
shrimp season in that part of Shrimp Management Zone 1 which is
south and west of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) and
south of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway from its juncture with
the MRGO to its juncture with the Industrial Canal excluding that
portion of Breton and Chandeleur Sounds as described in the Menhaden
Rule (LAC 76:VII,307D) and all of Zone 2 will close on Monday,
June 27, 2005 at 6 a.m. The remainder of Zone 1 north and east
of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) and north of the Gulf
Intracoastal Waterway from its juncture with the MRGO to its juncture
with the Industrial Canal including the waters of the MRGO, including
all of Breton and Chandeleur Sounds as described in the Menhaden
Rule (LAC 76:VII,307D), Lakes Pontchartrain and Borgne and all
waters north and east of the MRGO will remain open to shrimping
until further notice.
Zone 2 includes all
Louisiana inside 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.
The closure was announced
today (June 22, 2005) 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 in these waters
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.
The remainder of Zone
1 and all of Zone 3 will remain open to shrimping 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.
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