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Regulations
A crab trap closure and clean up took place for a 9-day period from 6:00
a.m., March 4, 2006 through 6:00 a.m. March 13, 2006 within the upper Terrebonne
Bay estuary in Terrebonne Parish as described later.
The closure area is bounded by the following and shown in the following map:
- From a point originating from the intersection of the shoreline of Bayou
Dularge and the shoreline of Falgout Canal,
- Thence westward along the northern shoreline of Falgout Canal to Lake
Decade,
- Thence westward and then southward along the northern and western shoreline
of Lake Decade to the mouth of Bayou Decade,
- Thence southwesterly along the northern shoreline of Bayou Decade to Lost
Lake,
- Thence westward along the northern shoreline of Lost Lake to the mouth of
an unnamed bayou originating from Big Carencro Bayou,
- Thence northward along the eastern shoreline of the unnamed bayou to Big
Carencro Bayou,
- Thence northward and then westward along the northern shoreline of Big
Carencro Bayou to the eastern shoreline of Four League Bay,
- Thence southwesterly to the northernmost point of land on Pointe Au Fer
Island at Mosquito Pass,
- Thence southward along the eastern shoreline of Pointe Au Fer Island to the
mouth of Oyster Bayou,
- Thence southward along the western shoreline of Oyster Bayou to a point
along the inside-outside shrimp line as defined in R.S. 56:495,
- Thence eastward along the inside-outside shrimp line to the eastern
shoreline of Bayou Grand Caillou,
- Thence northward to the first red channel marker (No. 10) in Bayou Grand
Caillou,
- Thence northward along the red channel markers in Bayou Grand Caillou to
channel marker No. 40,
- Thence due eastward to the eastern shoreline of Bayou Grand Caillou,
- Thence northward along the eastern shoreline of Bayou Grand Caillou to the
Tennessee Gas Pipeline canal,
- Thence westward along the northern shoreline of the Tennessee Gas Pipeline
canal to Bayou Dularge,
- Thence northward along the eastern shoreline of Bayou Dularge and
terminating at the intersection of Falgout Canal and Bayou Dularge.
Other Regulations
All crab traps remaining in the closed areas during the specified periods
were considered abandoned and could be removed by anyone and brought back to
disposal sites designated by the Secretary of the LDWF. Crab traps could be
removed only between one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset.
No person removing crab traps from the designated closed areas could
possess these traps outside of the closed areas.
Designated disposal sites included:
- Falgout Canal Marina -- Public launch at LA Highway 82.
- Indian Ridge property on Bayou Dularge below the hurricane protection levee.
Results
A total of 2,935 derelict crab traps were retrieved and volunteer effort in boat-days
was at least 31.
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