The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Friday announced that shrimp trawling could resume in federal waters from nine to 200 miles off the Texas coast, starting 30 minutes after sunset on July 15.
The announcement, which was shared in a press release emailed by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (GMFMC), follows the May 15 closure of the fishery to allow brown shrimp to reach larger and more valuable sizes and to prevent discards of smaller shrimp before they had a chance to grow, the council explained.
The re-opening date is based on the results of biological sampling by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and also in line with state regulations that allow no more than a 60-day closure period, GMFMC said.
In an unrelated development, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries closed the 2020 spring inshore shrimp season on July 6, KATC 3, a Louisiana TV station reported. The closure affected all inshore waters from the Mississippi/Louisiana state line westward to the Louisiana/Texas state line.
The decision was made after data collected in recent weeks by LDWF biologists indicated an increased quantity of small, juvenile white shrimp within the waters. The decision to close was made to protect the developing shrimp and provide the opportunity for growth to larger and more marketable sizes.
July 13, 2020 at 11:47PM
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