Alabama Shrimp Season Opens Sunday June 1st
By Dale Hines
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
May 28, 2025
MOBILE, Ala. The Marine Resources Division of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced today that shrimp harvesting will begin at 6 a.m. Sunday, June 1st here along the Alabama Gulf Coast.
State waters not permanently closed by law or regulation will open for shrimp harvesting.
This opening includes Mobile Bay, Bon Secour Bay, Mississippi Sound, Perdido Bay, Arnica Bay, Wolf Bay and Little Lagoon.
The Marine Resources Division reminds licensed live bait dealers holding a permit for Special Live Bait Areas that an area beside the USS Alabama Battleship south of the Tensaw River Bridge, north of a line from the north point of Pinto Pass to the northwest edge of Goat Island; and west of a line from the northwest edge of Goat Island to the eastern end of Tensaw River Bridge will be open from one hour before sunrise until sunset from June 1-December 31, 2025.
For more information, call MRD at 251- 861-2882.
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