Texas Commercial Gulf Shrimp Season Opens Monday, July 15
Today is the day. The Gulf of Mexico commercial shrimp season for Texas state and federal waters will open Monday, July 15 30 minutes after sunset.
The annual closing of the Gulf of Mexico commercial shrimp season off the Texas coast took place in mid-May.
“The annual mid-May closure protects brown shrimp until they can reach larger, more valuable sizes during their major period of emigration from the bays to the Gulf of Mexico,” explained Robin Riechers, TPWD Coastal Fisheries Division director.
A reopening date was...
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