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State reopens waters to commercial crabbers

November 9, 2010 10:17 AM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - State wildlife and fisheries regulators have ordered an emergency reopening of commercial crabbing in parts of the state's inside and outside territorial waters within the Mississippi River Delta. The reopening includes parts of state waters extending seaward one-quarter mile or more from the shoreline between... more »
2 Sisters Crabbing Rescue Shrimpers from Burning Boat

September 8, 2010 2:55 PM

CHAUVIN, La. (AP) - Two sisters who were out crabbing rescued three shrimpers from a burning boat. The Courier reports that 27-year-old Carla Ghere of Bayou Blue and 26-year-old Carolyn Tillman of Houma saw the boat on fire shortly before 6 a.m. Monday, on Lake Boudreaux. When they got... more »
More LA Waters Opened to Commercial Crabbing

August 22, 2010 6:43 PM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has reopened some state waters east of the Mississippi River's Southwest Pass to commercial crabbing. The areas had been closed because of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Areas reopened on Friday to sport fishing remain closed to commercial... more »