Louisiana shrimpers waiting day by day for brown shrimp season to be opened
SEAFOODNEWS.COM April 23, 2014 -
South Louisianans may have felt a warm breeze sweeping in off the Gulf of Mexico earlier this week. Call it a godsend or a late arrival, shrimp fisherman are hoping that warm southerly wind is here to stay.
One of the coldest winters on record has dampened the growth of Louisiana's inland brown shrimp. As of Tuesday the shrimp counts were still so low that the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries issued no guidance as to when the brown shrimp season may open.
While the stretch of water extending three miles from the shoreline usually opens between mid-and-late April, the department is still monitoring shrimp counts.
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