Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-09-09
Synopsis Of the Fish Laws Of the State
Of Louisiana Passed by the Last
General Assembly.
ACT No. 1872.

Sec. /. All salt and fresh water fish
found in the waters of the State shall be
and are hereby declared to be the prop
erty OF the State.
Sec. ii. Inconsequential.
Sec. Ill 1t is unlawful for any per-
son engaged in commercial fishing, to set
or draw a sein, hoop net, trot line, fish
line, throw line or set line in the bayous,
lagOOns, lakes, rivers, canals of the State.
Sec. ". No sein Except for shrimp
or minnows) of 200 feet and upward in
length can be used, unless license fee
of Sc. 90 for each sein and sail or row
boat has been paid thereon, and all seins
under 200 feet in length shall pay Ii
cense of $500.
Sec. V. The following licenses shall
be paid for commercial fishing:
For fishing with hoop nets. So. 90
For fishing with trot line. ....[... 800
Fishing with bush, throw or set line 800
No license required for fishing with rod
and line or trolling with spoon or arti-
fetal bate.
Sec. vi. No fresh water fish shall be
caught except with rod and line or with
trolling with spoon or artificial bait be-
tween the lst day OF April and the LIST
day of June, and no salt walter fish be-
tween the LIST day of May and the LIST day
Of August.
Sec. VII. 1t shall be unlawful to any
person to sell, exchange, expose, offer for
sale or exchange or have in possession
for sale any black bass, commonly called
grren trout or white or yellow bass, COM
monty called striped bass or bar fish, or
crappie, commonly called sac-a-lait or
NIB
sun fish, between the LIST day of March
and the LIST day of June.
Sec. VIII. No person, firm or cOrpor-
alton shall sell or expose for sale or ex-
change or have i'm possession for sale or
keep in cold storage any speeches of fresh
or salt water fish during the closed sea-
son.
Sec. TX. No bass shorter than inches
must be had in possession. All bass I'M
der that size must be returned to the wa
ter, and all bass, crappie, perch or sun
fish caught in seins or hoOp-nets must be
Immediately returned to the waters un-
injured.
Sec. Y. 1t is unlawful to catch with
rod and line more than 80 black bass,
bar.fish or crappie, called sac-a-lait In
one day. |
Sec. XI. All packages containing dead
fish must be plainly and clearly marked
with name of consignor and consignee,
with itemized statement OF number of
pounds and names of species contained
therein. Any package not so marked is
liable to seizure and confiscatiOn.
Sec. MI. Rules and regulations not
inconsistent with provisions OF this Act
may be adopted and promulgated by the
Board of Game Commissioners.
Sec. XIII. No NONRESIDENT or unnat- |
uralized foreign-born resident engaged in |
commercial fishing shall set or draw a
eein, hoop-net or trot line without hav-
ing paid license of $500.
Sec. XIV. All unlicensed nets, seins,
de-, are hereby declared public nuisances
and shall be destroyed by any game and
nsh warden. No action for damages shall
be maintained for such seizure.
Sec. Nv. All jack-lights, fyke or tram
mel nets are unlawful and if found in
possession shall be prima facia evidence
that same are kept for unlawful use and
may be seized.
Sec. XVI. 1t is unlawful to build, |
place, erect, fasten to stakes, floats or |
ouoys or to Use any gill net, fyke net or
my permanently set means for taking
nsh in the waters of the State.
Sec. XII. In all cases OF arrest for VI
oiations OF this Act, possession OF the fish
or nets or seins or lines or other device
hereby prohibited shall be prima facia
evidence of violation of this Act.
Sec. XVIII. The Board of Game Com |
missloners may take fish of any kind for
the purposes of science and may grant
written permission for any other person
70 DO the same.
Secs. XlA and M. Not applicable to
thls section of the State
Sec. XXI. No spawn of fish of any
sort shall be liberated within the State
without permission.
gee. XIII. Not pertinent to fishing.
Sec. XXIII. In reference to action of
rollce Juries with Game Commission.
Sec. XXIV. Unlawful TO obstruct any
bayou, lagoon, lake, bay, river or other
ocdy OF with rack screen, wire or other
wise, to prevent the passage OF fish pro-
tected by law.
Sec. XIV. All fish propagated and
uaihtalned IN confinement shall be the
property OF the person so propagating.
see. AANl. 1t l. unlawful to practice
Sec. AAVII. All intake pipes for ir-
nsating the land shall be- provided with
Greens to prevent fish from being taken
INTO said pipe. Screen to be made of
AKA timber and shall he not more than
~ ieet square; the outer side OF same to
@ covered with screening not more than
one,inch mesh, the inner side To be COW
:. with wire screening of not more
MAN one-Quarter inch mesh.
section ANVIII. Penalty for any per-
~ ior violating any provisions OF this
~ sn. net less than $500 nor more than
E or imprisonment for not less than
"aasa nor more than . months, OF both.