Closure dates for the 1986 Texas Gulf shrimping season

dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noSH 328 .M35 1990 no. 25 GBAYen_US
dc.contract-noPWD report 3400-205Ben_US
dc.contributor.authorProcarione, L.S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFuls, B.E.en_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:09:30Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:09:30Z
dc.date.issued1990en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description11 pgs.en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractBrown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus) were collected with bag seines along shorelines and with trawls in deeper (greater than or equal to 1 meter) Texas bay and Gulf of Mexico waters to determine closing and opening dates of the 1986 shrimping season in the Texas Territorial Sea (TTS). The purpose of the closed season was to protect small brown shrimp from fishing pressure until they reached a larger, more valuable size (greater than or equal to 112 millimeters total length) and to minimize waste caused by discarding smaller shrimp during gulf harvest. Based on April bag seine data, the closed season was set to begin 30 minutes after sunset on 10 May. Bay trawl samples collected in June indicated substantial numbers of brown shrimp would be greater than or equal to 112 millimeters by 2 July. Therefore, the recommended opening date was 30 minutes after sunset 2 July, which complied with the 45-60 day closure mandated by the Shrimp Conservation Act of 1959.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeTexas Coasten_US
dc.history10/14/04 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/22353
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Circulating Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeAustin, TXen_US
dc.publisherTexas Parks and Wildlife Department, Coastal Fisheries Branchen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries4546.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesManagement Data Series No. 25en_US
dc.subjectshrimpen_US
dc.subjectshrimp fisheriesen_US
dc.subjectbrown shrimpen_US
dc.subjectPenaeus aztecusen_US
dc.subjectmanagementen_US
dc.subjectlegislationen_US
dc.titleClosure dates for the 1986 Texas Gulf shrimping seasonen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issueNo. 25en_US

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