COMMERCIAL FISHING SEASONS
Shrimp Season Information
2007 LOUISIANA FALL SHRIMP SEASON TO OPEN
The fall inshore shrimp season will open in Shrimp Management Zone 3 at noon on Monday, Aug. 6, 2007 and in Zones 1 and 2 at noon on Monday, Aug. 13, 2007. Season dates were approved by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission at its Aug. 2 meeting, based upon recommendations presented by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Marine Fisheries Division biological staff and public comment.
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SHRIMP SEASON TO CLOSE IN ZONE 1 - BRETON AND CHANDELEUR SOUNDS TO REMAIN OPEN
The 2007 spring inshore shrimp season within Shrimp Management Zone 1 except for the open waters of Breton and Chandeleur Sounds as described by the double-rig line (LA R.S.56:495.1) will close on Monday, July 16 at 6 p.m. Effective with this closure, all state inside waters except for the open waters of Breton and Chandeleur Sounds will be closed to shrimping. State territorial waters south of the Inside/Outside shrimp line, as described in LA R.S.56:495, will also remain open to shrimping.
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SHRIMP SEASON TO CLOSE IN REMAINDER OF ZONE 3
The 2007 spring inshore shrimp season in the remaining portion of Shrimp Management Zone 3 currently open to shrimping, which includes the Calcasieu Ship Channel originating at a line between Channel Markers 85 and 86 southward to a point originating along the inside/outside shrimp line at Calcasieu Pass as described in LA R.S.56:495(A) and including East Pass from its origin at the Calcasieu Ship Channel to the south end of Calcasieu Lake and West Pass from its origin at the Calcasieu Ship Channel to the south end of West Cove will close on Saturday, July 7, at 6 p.m.
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Effective Saturday, June 30 at 6 p.m. all inshore waters west of Bayou Lafourche except for a portion of the Calcasieu Ship Channel located in Cameron Parish will be closed to shrimping. An additional closure of all inshore waters between Bayou Lafourche and the eastern shore of South Pass of the Mississippi River will become effective six-days later on Friday, July 6, at 6 p.m.
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SHRIMP SEASON IN PORTION OF LOUISIANA OFFSHORE TERRITORIAL WATERS REOPENED TO SHRIMPING
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Secretary Bryant O. Hammett, Jr. announced that the shrimp season in that portion of Louisiana offshore territorial waters south of the Inside/Outside Shrimp Line as described in R.S.56:495, from the eastern shore of the Atchafalaya River Ship Channel at Eugene Island as delineated by the Channel red buoy line to the U.S. Coast Guard navigational light off the northwest shore of Caillou Boca at 29 degrees 03 minutes 10 seconds north latitude and 90 degrees 50 minutes 27 seconds west longitude, will reopen to shrimping on April 17, 2007 at 6 a.m.
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Oyster Season Information
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OYSTER SEASON TO CLOSE IN THE PUBLIC OYSTER SEED GROUNDS
LDWF Secretary Bryant O. Hammett, Jr. announced that the 2006/07 oyster season in the Primary Public Oyster Seed Grounds east of the Mississippi River, the Lake Borgne Public Oyster Seed Grounds, the Bay Gardene Public Oyster Seed Reservation, the Hackberry Bay Public Oyster Seed Reservation, the Little Lake Public Oyster Seed Grounds, and the Vermilion/East and West Cote Blanche/Atchafalaya Bay Public Oyster Seed Grounds will close at one-half hour after sunset on Sunday, April 1, 2007. The Calcasieu Lake Public Oyster Area shall close at one-half hour after sunset on Monday, April 30, 2007.
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LITTLE LAKE PUBLIC OYSTER SEED GROUNDS OYSTER SEASON OPENING DATE - FEB. 21, 2007 IN LITTLE LAKE
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (LWFC) passed a final rule at their Feb. 1 meeting designating certain state-owned water bottoms in Jefferson and Lafourche Parishes as the Little Lake Public Oyster Seed Grounds. Following the designation, the commission set the oyster season in this area to open at one-half hour before sunrise on Feb. 21, 2007 upon the recommendation of Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries' marine biologists. However, this opening does not supercede health closures ordered by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals.
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Finfish Seasons Information
Commercial fishing for large coastal sharks, as defined by Louisiana rule (L.A.C. 76:VII.357), closes in Louisiana waters at 11:30 p.m. on Sept. 22, 2007, and the closure will remain in effect until 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2008. Federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico will also be closed for commercial harvest of large coastal sharks during the same time period.
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The commercial fishery for tilefishes in Louisiana waters will close at 12:01 a.m. on April 18, 2007, and will remain closed until the opening of the spring commercial tilefish season on Jan. 1, 2008. The tilefish assemblage includes tilefish, goldface tilefish, blackline tilefish, anchor tilefish and blueline tilefish.
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The commercial fishing season for king mackerel in Louisiana state waters will open at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2007, and will remain open until the 2007 commercial quota for the western Gulf of Mexico is harvested or projected to be harvested.
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