MS Shrimping Season Starts June 17

By The Associated Press
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The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has set June 17 as the opening date of the 2008-2009 shrimp season. MS Shrimping Season Starts June 17
Published: Tue, June 10, 2008 - 12:17 pm
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - The state Department of Marine Resources
has set June 17 as the opening date of the 2008-2009 shrimp season
in Mississippi waters.
The agency said the opening was determined after an extensive
shrimp sampling program.
The legal minimum size for shrimp in Mississippi is 68 per
pound. This minimum average size is used as a standard for
determining the opening date.
DMR said the season is to close Dec. 31, except south of the
intracoastal waterway.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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