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The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has set the opening dates for the state’s brown shrimp season.
All state inshore waters – meaning those from the shoreline to three miles out – will open at 6 a.m. Monday, May 23.
The same time and date were assigned to the portion of state outside waters controlled by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries from the Atchafalaya River Ship Channel to the western shore of Freshwater Bayou. State biologists made the recommendation after conducted over 500 test trawls throughout Louisiana waters over the past five weeks.
“The department provided projections of the dates when a minimum of 50 percent of the inshore brown shrimp population sampled reach sizes of 100 count per pound or larger,” reads a statement from LDWF. “The Commission granted authority to the Secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to close the season when biological and technical data indicate significant numbers of small, white shrimp have recruited into inshore waters or if law enforcement problems develop. The Secretary is further granted the authority to open any area or reopen any previously closed area, and to open and close special shrimp seasons in any portion of state waters.“
