LDWF Announces Closures for 2018 Inshore Shrimp Season
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] - June 22, 2018
On Thursday the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced that the 2018 spring inshore shrimp season will close for portions of Zone 1 and Zone 2 on Wednesday, June 27.
The closure announcement is part of the state’s efforts to protect developing shrimp. Data collected by LDWF biologists in recent weeks found that there has been an “increased quantity, distribution and percentage of small, juvenile white shrimp.” Closing the area will give the shrimp an opportunity to grow to marketable sizes ...
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