Tag Archives: white shrimp season
Commission denies Barham authority to open white-shrimp season
In an unusual move, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission denied a request from the agency it manages to grant authority to Sec. Robert Barham to open the inshore white-shrimp season. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologist Jeff Marx asked the commission to allow Barham to open the season if agency research showed white shrimp of a marketable size in Louisiana’s marshes before the Aug. 6 commission meeting. Read the rest here 16:49
Louisiana – Shrimp prices up as season closes
“This catch was probably about average. The size was larger than normal and the price has been much higher than normal,” said Danny Babin, owner of Gulf Fish Inc. in Houma. Lagging imports have propped up prices for local fishermen higher than the prices of much of the past decade. Read more here 21:48
Shrimpers across south Louisiana say they are ready for today’s start of the white shrimp season.
About 60 percent of the shrimp harvested in the U.S. comes from the Gulf of Mexico. The total domestic shrimp harvest brought in $518 million in 2011. Today’s opening date was based on recommendations presented by state Wildlife and Fisheries biologists and comments from the public. more@houmatoday
