Louisiana Will Limit Crab Harvesting Starting in 2017 to Preserve Stocks
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] - July 8, 2016
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission will take up measures that will restrict the state’s commercial blue crab harvest starting in 2017 in order to reduce fishing pressure on the stock.
The Commission took up a Notice of Intent (NOI) at their monthly meeting yesterday restricts the commercial harvest of immature blue female crabs except those being held for processing of softshell crabs. It also establishes a 30-day closure of the blue commercial harvest and the use of crab traps beginning the third Monday of February. Both management actions would go into effect in 2017 and last through 2019...
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