Review of the 1985 Texas closure for the shrimp fishery off Texas and Louisiana.
Date
1986
Authors
Klima, E.F.
Sheridan, P.F.
Baxter, K.N.
Patella, F.J.
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Abstract
The purpose of this report is to provide information to determine how well the objectives of the Texas closure regulations were achieved in 1984 and 1985. This report reviews and analyzes the characteristics of the Texas and Louisiana fisheries west of the Mississippi River and describes the catch, fishing effort, relative abundance and recruitment to the offshore fishery from June 1984 to August 1985.
Description
80 p.
Keywords
catch statistics, catch/effort, shrimp fisheries, penaeid shrimp, fishery regulations, Penaeus aztecus, brown shrimp, season regulations