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Crab Ban?
Posted on 3/2/17 at 8:07 am
Posted on 3/2/17 at 8:07 am
Whats this crap about? Saw this on the news last night but they really didnt go into much detail or a time line. Basically just said there is a Crab ban in place to allow the population to rebuild. Is this just in a certain area or state wide? Hell of a time to bad a particular seafood on the day Lent starts.
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Posted on 3/2/17 at 8:09 am to 4WHLN
It's pretty self explanatory. Gotta build the population back up otherwise, no crab ever.
Posted on 3/2/17 at 8:10 am to 4WHLN
Mother Nature dgaf about your Lent diet.
Posted on 3/2/17 at 8:25 am to TH03
very vague
Posted on 3/2/17 at 8:27 am to djangochained
It's a 30 day ban to help the population build back up. How is that vague at all?
Posted on 3/2/17 at 8:29 am to 4WHLN
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Hell of a time to bad a particular seafood on the day Lent starts.
its punishment from God to the Catholics for pushing the "seafood isn't meat" agenda for centuries
Posted on 3/2/17 at 8:29 am to 4WHLN
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month-long ban on commercial crabbing in Louisiana waters.
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The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission voted in 2016 to enact the moratorium. A 30-day closure, starting on the third Monday in February, also will be in effect in 2018 and 2019.
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A Department of Wildlife and Fisheries crustacean biologist told the commission that Louisiana's crab harvest was too high and the ban was needed to protect the fishery.
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The crabbers are bitching about the government getting involved. I'm sympathetic, but if we left game and fish harvest unregulated, Louisiana folks would have wiped out ducks and many species of fish by now.
Posted on 3/2/17 at 8:30 am to TH03
It's simple, fisherman overharvested crabs till the crab population nearly collapsed, the temporary hold allows the population to stabilize and build back up. You should be pissed at fisherman, not the state.
Posted on 3/2/17 at 8:30 am to Salmon
It isn't! 
I always thought it was such a funny thing to give up meat in states like Louisiana, especially during prime crawfish season.
I always thought it was such a funny thing to give up meat in states like Louisiana, especially during prime crawfish season.
Posted on 3/2/17 at 8:33 am to TH03
It's early for crabs anyway so this is a good time.
However they need to revisit the 5 redfish limit because they are fully recovered and eat a ton of crabs.
Balance.
However they need to revisit the 5 redfish limit because they are fully recovered and eat a ton of crabs.
Balance.
Posted on 3/2/17 at 8:36 am to Lake Vegas Tiger
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fisherman overharvested crabs till the crab population nearly collapsed
Thanks for the clarification. The news wasnt very informative and to me made it seam this was an overreach. They never mentioned a 30 hold.
Posted on 3/2/17 at 9:16 am to Martini
I agree with this, move it to 8 with no size minimum and only 2 over 27"
Drum too.
Drum too.
Posted on 3/2/17 at 9:21 am to 4WHLN
so the momma crabs gonna drop enough babies in a months time to do whats needed?
Posted on 3/2/17 at 9:22 am to CHEDBALLZ
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move it to 8 with no size minimum and only 2 over 27"
I'd say 8 over 14" and 1 over 27", though why anyone would want to keep a redfish over 27" is beyond me. It's nearly inedible and is part of the breeding stock.
Posted on 3/2/17 at 9:44 am to Salmon
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its punishment from God to the Catholics for pushing the "seafood isn't meat" agenda for centuries
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Posted by Salmon
Checks out. The musings of a bitter fish.
Posted on 3/2/17 at 9:50 am to mpar98
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the momma crabs gonna drop enough babies in a months time to do whats needed?
Crabs are very resilient species. They bounce back very quickly from low population levels when protected.
Posted on 3/2/17 at 10:02 am to mpar98
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so the momma crabs gonna drop enough babies in a months time to do whats needed?
That's the bizarre part, crabs reproduce in July/August, however, it's already illegal to keep females with eggs during that time. IMO it may have made sense to close it down in July and re-open in August.
Posted on 3/2/17 at 10:29 am to 4WHLN
Trying to line up some crabs in Dulac this weekend and completely forgot the season is closed. 
Posted on 3/2/17 at 10:40 am to PapaPogey
You screwed, you can still string line or use nets. If you want to borrow some nets I have a dozen you can you use.
Posted on 3/2/17 at 10:45 am to 4WHLN
It's designed to drive prices up during lent
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