Gulf of Mexico Shrimp

FB12-032: Federal Waters off Texas Closed to Shrimping on May 15, 2012

FB12-027: New Bycatch Reduction Devices Certified for the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Shrimp Fisheries and Shrimp Effort Restrictions Relaxed in the Gulf of Mexico

FB11-104: NOAA Approved a Final Rule to Implement Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures Amendment for Reef Fish, Red Drum, Shrimp, and Coral Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico (Generic Annual Catch Limits)

 

Final Rule for Bycatch Reduction Devices and Shrimp Effort

Instructions for Bycatch Reduction Devices
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Pictures of Bycatch Reduction Devices
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Gulf of Mexico Offshore Shrimp Effort

Bycatch Reduction Devices (BRDs)

For information regarding the new BRDs, please contact:
	NOAA Fisheries Service’s Pascagoula Laboratory
	Harvesting Technology Branch
	3209 Frederic Street
	Pascagoula, Mississippi 39568
	Phone: (228) 762-4591