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Portion
of Louisiana Offshore Territorial Waters Reopened to Shrimping
March 30, 2005
The Louisiana
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced the reopening of
a portion of Louisiana offshore territorial waters to shrimping.
That portion of Louisiana offshore territorial waters south of
the Inside/Outside Shrimp Line as described in R.S.56:495, from
the eastern shore of the Atchafalaya River Ship Channel at Eugene
Island as delineated by the Channel red buoy line to the eastern
shore of Belle Pass at latitude 29 degrees 05 minutes 07 seconds
North and longitude 90 degrees 13 minutes 30 seconds West, will
reopen to shrimping on April 4 at 6 a.m.
According
to the most recent trawl samples taken by Marine Fisheries Division
biologists, small white shrimp which have occupied these waters
from January through March are no longer present in the area.
Significant numbers of small white shrimp still remain in state
outside waters west of the Atchafalaya River Ship to the western
shore of Freshwater Bayou Canal at longitude 92 degrees 18 minutes
33 seconds West and this area will remain closed until further
notice.
The opening
dates for the 2005 spring inshore shrimp season will be considered
by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission at the May
5 meeting to be held at LDWF headquarters.
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