FWC issues order to help Biscayne Bay shrimpers
News Release
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Media contact: Lee Schlesinger, 850-487-0554
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission (FWC) has issued an executive order to extend the food
shrimp fishing season in Biscayne Bay by one month. The FWC
is taking this action to help relieve possible economic hardships
on the commercial fishing industry that may occur as a result of
the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The order states that the ending date of the
commercial harvest season for food shrimp in the Southeast Region
in Miami-Dade County is extended this year from May 31 to June
30. The order also says that during the extended open season,
harvest of food shrimp in this region remains prohibited from 6
a.m. on Saturdays through 6 a.m. on Sundays, per established FWC
regulations.
This order, which can be viewed online from
MyFWC.com/Oil Spill, takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on May 31 and will
expire at 12:01 a.m. on July 1. Commercial shrimping and
other saltwater fishing regulations are available online at
MyFWC.com/Rules; click on "Fishing - Saltwater."
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