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Louisiana
Spring Shrimp Season Opening Set
May 5, 2005
Louisiana
inshore shrimp seasons will open at 6 a.m. on Monday, May 23,
in Zone one. Zone two will open at 6 a.m. on Monday, May 16 and
Zone three on Thursday, June 2 at 6 a.m.
Shrimp Management
Zone one includes inshore waters from the Mississippi state line
to the eastern shore of South Pass of the Mississippi River. Zone
two includes inshore 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. Zone three includes inshore
waters from the western shore of Vermilion Bay and Southwest Pass
at Marsh Island to the Texas state line.
The Louisiana
Wildlife and Fisheries Commission also opened the closed portion
of Louisiana offshore territorial waters from the Atchafalaya
River Ship Channel at Eugene Island as delineated by the river
channel buoy line westward to the eastern shore of Freshwater
Bayou Canal at longitude 92 degrees 18 minutes 33 seconds W at
6:00 a.m. on Monday, May 16.
LDWF Secretary
Dwight Landreneau was given authority to close the season when
biological and technical data indicate that significant numbers
of small white shrimp begin recruiting into inshore waters or
if law enforcement problems develop.
Development
of LDWF management recommendations for spring inshore opening
dates utilize criteria which project the date when a minimum of
50 percent of the inshore brown shrimp population reaches a size
of 100 count (per pound) or larger.
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