DERELICT CRAB TRAP REMOVAL PROGRAM

Summary of Results

The closure areas, numbers of retrived derelict crab traps, and volunteer boat-days of effort are provided in the following table.

Year Area Traps Boats
2004 Total 6894 90+
Upper Terrebonne Bay Estuary 6676 90
Vermilion Bay 218 ?
2005 Total 4623 46+
Sabine Lake 4 2
Middle Terrebonne Bay Estuary 2437 23
Breton Sound Estuary 1941 21
Vermilion Bay/Cote Blanche Bay 241 ?
2006 Total 2935 31+
Southwest Terrebonne Bay Estuary 2935 31+
2007 Total 1498 16
East Lake Pontchartrain 774 13
Upper Barataria Bay 724 3
2008 Total 1234 3
Upper Terrebonne Bay Estuary 1234 3
2009 Total 788 NA
Central Terrebonne Bay Estuary 788 NA
2009 Total 788 NA
Central Terrebonne Bay Estuary 788 NA
2010 Total 477 0
Upper Barataria Bay Estuary 477 0
2004-2009 Overall Total 18,269 184+


The closure areas are represented on the Louisiana coastal map below. Closure areas for each year are colored differently -- red for 2004; yellow for 2005; purple for 2006; and green for 2007. The 2008 closure area lies within the 2004 closure area in upper Terrebonne Bay. The 2009 cleanup did not have defined boundaries but took place in the central Terrebonne Bay Estuary. The 2010 closure area was identical to the 2007 closure area in Upper Barataria Bay.



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