Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-09-23
syuousis Of the Fish Laws Of the State
q louisiana Passed by the Last
General Assembly.
ACT No. 1872.

ACT No. 1872.
Sec. I. 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. LII, 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,
laQoons, lakes, rivers, canals of the State.
Sec. Nv. No sein Except for shrimp
or minnows) of 200 feet and upward in
length can be used, unless a license fee
of $50. 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. ...S. 90
For fishing with trot line. .......:.. 300
Fishing with bush, throw or set line 900
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
vroffing with spoon or artificial bait be-
tween the LIST 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 Tor
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
Graphic, commonly called sac-a-lalt or
white perch, or any species OF perch ana
sun fish, between the lst day oil March
and the 1st day of June.
Sec. VIII. No person, firm or corpor-
stion shall sell or expose for sale or ex-
change or have in possession Tor sale or
keep in cold storage any speeches OF fresh
or salt water fish during the closed sea-
son.
Sec. IN. No bass shorter than 4 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 pe
Immediately returned to the waters I'M
injured. =,
Sec. X. 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. Nj. 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 confiscatlon:
Sec. XII. Rules and regulations not
inconsistent with provisions of this Act
may be adopted and promulgated 10y the
Board of Game Commissioners.
Sec. XIII. No nonresident or unnat-
uralized foreign-born resident engaged IN
commercial fishing shall set or draw
eein, hoop-net or trot line without hav-
ing paid license of $500.
Sec. XIV. All unlicensed nets, SENS,
&C., are hereby declared public nuisances
and shall be destroyed by any game and
fish warden. No action for damages shall
be maintained for such seizure.
Sec. XIV. 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 oil
Ouoys or to use any gill net, fyke net OF
any permanently set means Tor taking
fish in the waters of the state.
Sec. Mi. In all cases of arrest for VI
olations of this Act, possession OF the flsi
or nets or seins or lines or other device
hereby prohibited shall be prima facls
evidence of violation of this Act.
Sec. XVIII. The Board of Game Com
missioners may take fish Of any KIND fol
the purposes of science and may grant
written permission for any other person
10 do the same.
Secs. KIN and XX. Not applicable t.
this section of the State.
Sec. MI. No spawn of fish OF any
sort shall be liberated within the State
without permission.
Sec. XIII. Not pertinent to fishing
Sec. XXIII. In reference TO action o
Police Juries with Game Commission.
See. XXIV. Unlawful to obstruct an.
bayou, lagoon, lake, bay, river or othe
body Of with rack screen, wire or other
wise, to prevent the passage OF fish pro
tected by law.
Sec. XIV. All fish propagated an,
maintained in confinement shall be TIN
property of the person so propagating
Sec. XXVI. 1t is unlawful to practic
humping"
Sec. XVII. All fntake pipes for ir
rigating the land shall be provided witt
screens to prevent fish from being take
into said pipe. Screen to be made G
AKA timber and shall he not more tha
10 feet square, the outer side OF same t
be covered with screening not more tina
one-inch mesh, the inner side to be COY
cred with wire screening of not MOI
than one-quarter inch mesh.
Section XVIII. Penalty for any pei
eon for violating any provisions OF tn
At not lees than $500 nor more tina
eoQ Or imprisonment for not less tina
4x3tuSs mort than 8 month";. or botl