Shrimp season ends in some areas

Louisiana’s fall shrimp season is closing in most state inside waters.

Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Robert Barham said the season closed for most inside waters last week to let white shrimp grow larger and more valuable.

The season officially closes Dec. 30 in parts of Lake Pelto and Terrebonne and Timbalier bays where the fall inshore season had been briefly extended.

After Dec. 30, shrimping in state inside waters still will be allowed in waters east of the Mississippi River, from the Mississippi/Louisiana state lines south to the eastern shore of South Pass of the Mississippi River.

For more details, go to the department website at www.wlf.louisiana.gov and click on “news.”