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2005
Louisiana Fall Shrimp Season Opens in Portion of Zone 2
July
25, 2005
The fall inshore
shrimp season will open in that portion of Shrimp Management Zone
2 from the eastern shore of South Pass of the Mississippi River
to the Atchafalaya River Ship Channel at Eugene Island as delineated
by the channel red buoy line at sunrise on Monday, Aug. 1, 2005
and close on Dec. 20, 2005 at sunset.
Shrimpers
should be advised that the remaining portion of Zone 2 as well
as additional state waters may soon reopen to shrimping provided
additional biological data indicate that the majority of shrimp
reach marketable sizes. Unless the Louisiana Department of Wildlife
and Fisheries utilizes its temporary authority to reopen other
state inside waters, season dates for the fall inshore shrimp
season in Zones 1 and 3 will be considered by the Louisiana Wildlife
and Fisheries Commission (LWFC) at its Aug. 4 meeting scheduled
for 9:30 am at the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
(LDWF) building in Baton Rouge.
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