date:Apr 16, 2013
n who catch shrimp in traps began their season Feb. 1, with a quota of under 200,000 pounds.
But the catch has come up far short just a year after the 2012 season had to be shut down on the premise that fishermen had already exceeded their allowable catch of 4.9 million pounds.
Shrimp fishermen and processors challenged that action, saying that the shrimp stocks were in good shape and that closing down the fishery would hurt shrimp processors marketing abilities. That contention remains just