Louisiana White Shrimp Season Officially Open
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] by Amanda Buckle August 21, 2017
Louisiana fishermen are free to start catching white shrimp.
The state’s brown shrimp season started in early May after biologist Jeff Marx found that brown shrimp had grown more quickly due to the warmer temperatures and lower than average rainfall. White shrimp season was set to open this fall, however, fishermen and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Commission had a tough time agreeing on when to start. Marx had presented data that showed 64 to 73% of shrimp in the ...
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