Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico

摘要

NMFS announces an adjustment of the ending date of the annual closure of the shrimp fishery in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off Texas. The closure normally ends on July 15 each year. Because biological data indicate that brown shrimp leaving the Texas estuaries will have reached the desired size by July 7, 1994, the ending date is changed to this earlier date. The Texas closure is intended to prohibit the harvest of brown shrimp during their major period of emigration from Texas estuaries to the Gulf of Mexico so the shrimp may reach a larger, more valuable size and to prevent the waste of brown shrimp that would be discarded in fishing operations because of their small size.