Louisiana shrimpers report an average season with most inshore waters now closed
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Daily Comet] by Jonathan Olivier - December 19, 2014
The fall shrimping season, which comes to a close on some state waters Monday evening, has been average for area fisherman.
“I’ve seen better seasons and I’ve seen worse seasons,” said Daren Martin, owner of Martin’s Fresh Shrimp in Chauvin.
Martin, who regularly fishes inside state waters that are closing, said a year with no tropical systems meant shrimpers in his area got off to a good start around September. But cold fronts during November worked to push shrimp out of the interior marshes, thus reducing harvest numbers, he said...
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