Two Shrimp Catches Seized in Closed Gulf Area
Null | Jun 21, 2010 | 0 comments
WIVB4 - The Coast Guard says it seized 30,000 pounds of brown shrimp after being tipped that boats were trawling an area closed because of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The Lady Monica and La Borrachita were boarded Sunday about 35 nautical miles south of Terrebonne Bay.
The Coast Guard says La Borrachita held about 20,000 pounds of shrimp and the Lady Monica about 10,000 pounds. It was all dumped back into the water, and both vessels were given written violation notices.
An online National Marine Fisheries Service database shows both boats are home-ported in Brownsville, Texas, but registered to different owners. A Florida-based shrimper was cited June 13 in another closed area.
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