NEWSROOM
Shrimp
Season Closes in Zone 1
June 30, 2005
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
(LDWF) announced the closure of the 2005 spring shrimp season
effective Sunday, July 3 at 6 a.m. in Shrimp Management Zone 1
except for that portion of Mississippi Sound from a position along
the Mississippi-Louisiana state line at latitude 30 degrees 09
minutes 39.67 seconds N and longitude 89 degrees 30 minutes 00
seconds W southeastward to the US Coast Guard navigational light
off the eastern shore of Three-Mile Pass at latitude 30 degrees
03 minutes 12 seconds N and longitude 89 degrees 21 minutes 30
seconds W thence northeastward to a position which intersects
the menhaden line as described in the Menhaden Rule (LAC 76:VII,
307D) north of Isle au Pitre at latitude 30 degrees 10 minutes
00 seconds W and all of Zone 3.
The open waters of Breton and Chandeleur Sounds,
as described in the Menhaden Rule, will remain open to shrimping
until further notice. Zone 1 comprises state inside waters from
the Mississippi-Louisiana state line to the eastern shore of South
Pass of the Mississippi River, and Zone 3 comprises state inside
waters from the western shore of Vermilion Bay and Southwest Pass
at Marsh Island to the Louisiana-Texas state line.
The closure was based on recommendations made
by LDWF Marine Fisheries Division biologists. The relative number,
percentage and distribution of small white shrimp immigrating
into the areas to be closed has increased substantially in the
past week and the region is being closed to protect these developing
shrimp.
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