4200 square miles in Gulf reopened to royal red shrimping

The federal government is reopening over 4,200 square miles of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama to royal red shrimping.

The area has been closed to royal red shrimping since November 24^th.
It was closed after a commercial shrimper found tar balls in his net.
Since then shrimp in the area have undergone extensive testing but none have been found to be tainted by oil or dispersant.
Fishing for royal red shrimp is conducted by pulling fishing nets across the bottom of the ocean floor they are caught in Gulf waters deeper than 600 feet and are the only species targeted with trawls at these depths.
The more common Gulf shrimp species are brown, white and pink shrimp and are caught in waters less than 300 feet deep.


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