2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:495. Defining inside and outside waters

RS 56:495 - Defining inside and outside waters
A. Solely for the purpose of this Subpart, the shrimping waters of the state are divided into two classes, inside and outside waters. The line of demarcation of the classes of water shall commence at the coastal boundary between Texas and Louisiana and terminate at the coastal boundary between Mississippi and Louisiana and is more particularly described as follows, to wit:
(1) Beginning at a point on the state line between Texas and Louisiana from "Texas Point", approx. lat. 29°41'00" N. and long. 93°50'15" W.
(2) Thence approx. N. 23°16' E., approx. 4000' to the southeast point of land of the Sabine Pass (Louisiana Point), lat. 29°41'42" N. long. 93°50'03" W.
(3) Thence in an easterly direction along the shoreline to the southwest point of land of Calcasieu Pass, approx. lat. 29°45'44" N. long. 93°20'45" W.
(4) Thence north for approximately 2.37 nautical miles along the western shore of the Calcasieu Ship Channel at lat. 29° 48' 06" N. long. 93° 20' 54" W.
(4.1) Thence east to the point of land on the Calcasieu Ship Channel on the north side of the old river channel at lat. 29° 48' 05" N. long. 93° 20' 41" W.
(4.2) Thence following the eastern shore of the old river channel back around to the Calcasieu Ship Channel thence south along the eastern shore of the Calcasieu Ship Channel to the most southern point of land at lat. 29° 45' 43" N. long. 93° 20' 33" W.
(5) Thence easterly along shore to the most southwesterly point of land, lat. 29°45'30" N. long. 93°07'30" W. at the mouth of the Mermentau River.
(6) Thence S. 78°15' E. for approx. 4000' to a point of land at lat. 29°45'21" N. long. 93°06'15" W. on the southeast side of the mouth of the Mermentau River.
(7) Thence along the shore to a point of land on the southwest side of Southwest Pass, lat. 29°35'15" N. long. 92°02'32" W.
(8) Thence S. 65°45' E. to Lighthouse Point on the southeast side of Southwest Pass and the most westerly point of Marsh Island, lat. 29°34'39" N., long. 92°02'06" W.
(9) Thence along south shoreline to a point of land on the southeast side of Marsh Island known as South Point, lat. 29°29'15" N. long. 91°45'48" W.
(10) Thence S. 74° 10' E. for approximately 52,786' to a platform at lat. 29°26'54" N. long. 91°36'13" W.
(11) Thence S. 68°19" E. for approximately 57,515' to Eugene Island lat. 29°22'20" N. long. 91°23'03" W.
(12) Thence S. 35°05' E. for approx. 16,000' to the most westerly point of land on Pointe Au Fer Island, known as Pointe Au Fer, approx. lat. 29°19'59" N. long. 91°21'09" W.
(13) Thence along the south shoreline to a point of land on the southwest side of the mouth of Oyster Bayou, lat. 29°13'12'' N. long. 91°07'53" W.
(14) Thence E. for approx. 1,000' to the point on the southeast shore of Oyster Bayou, lat. 29°13'12" N. long. 91° 07'48" W.
(15) Thence along the south shore to a most southeasterly point of land on the west side of Bayou DeWest, lat. 29°11'01" N. long. 91°03'41" W.
(16) Thence N. 80° E. for approx. 7,427' to the most southerly point of land on Pelican Island, lat. 29°11'13" N. long. 91°02'19" W.
(17) Thence S. 81° E. for approx. 3,122' to the most southerly point of an island between Pelican Pass and Taylors Bayou, lat. 29°11'09" N. long. 91°01'44" W.
(18) Thence S. 45° E. for approximately 3,707' to a point of land on the southeast side of the mouth of Taylors Bayou, lat. 29°10'43" N. long. 91°01'14" W.
(19) Thence S. 68° E. for approx. 3,286' to the most southeasterly point of land at the mouth of Jack Stout Bayou, lat. 29°10'31" N. long. 91°00'39" W.
(20) Thence along the south shoreline to a pipeline sign on the most easterly point of land on the west side of the mouth of Grand Bayou du Large, lat. 29°11'01" N. long. 90°57'49" W.
(21) Thence N. 80°07' E. for approximately 3,510' to a point at the mouth of Fish Bayou, lat. 29°10'55" N. long. 90°57'10" W.
(22) Thence in a southeast direction along the shoreline to the southeasterly most point on the west shore of Bayou Grand Caillou lat. 29°10'27" N. long. 90°56'39" W.
(23) Thence S. 64°50' E. approximately 2,387' to the easterly side of Bayou Grand Caillou lat. 29°10'16" N. long. 90°56'14" W.
(24) Thence in a southeast direction along the northeast shore of Caillou Bay to a most westerly point of land on the north side of Grand Pas Des Ilettes, lat. 29°07'02" N. long. 90°52'50" W.
(25) Thence S. 36° E., for approx. 3,000' to the most westerly point of land on the south side of Grand Pas Des Ilettes, lat. 29°06'30" N. long. 90°52'43" W.
(26) Thence in a southeast direction along the northeast shore of Caillou Bay to the most westerly point on the north shore of Pass Wilson, lat. 29°04'60" N. long. 90°51'12" W.
(27) Thence in a southeasterly direction to the most westerly point on the south shore of Pass Wilson lat. 29°04'29" N., long. 90°51'08" W.
(27.1) Thence, along the shore to the most southeasterly point of land on the west side of a pass between Pelican Lake and Bay Round lat. 29°03'57" N. long. 90°50'07" W.
(28) Thence in a southeasterly direction to the U.S. Coast Guard navigational light off the northwest shore of Caillou Boca, lat. 29° 03'10" N., long. 90° 50' 27" W.
(29) Thence south, southeast along the west, southwest coast of the island to 29°02'41" N. long. 90°50'19" W.
(30) Thence along the south shore of the Isles Dernieres to the most easterly point on the west side of Whiskey Pass lat. 29°03'16" N. long. 90°48'03" W.
(31) Thence S. 74° E. approximately 11,258' to the most westerly point of land on the east side of Whiskey Pass, lat. 29°02'44" N. long. 90°46'01" W.
(32) Thence in an easterly direction along the south shore of Isles Dernieres to a tank battery on the east end of the Isles at Wine Island Pass, lat. 29° 04' 19" N., long. 90° 38' 29" W.
(32)(a) Thence in a northeasterly direction to the most easterly point of the Wine Island rock jetties, lat. 29° 05'38" N. long. 90° 36'30" N.
(33) Thence in a southeasterly direction to the tank battery on the west end of Timbalier Island lat. 29° 05' 26" N., long. 90° 32' 16" W.
(34) Thence eastward along the south shore to a point of land on the northeast part of Timbalier Island on the west side of Little Pass Timbalier lat. 29°03'42" N., long. 90°25'48" W.
(35) Thence N. 83°52' E. approximately 4.2 miles to the southwest point of land on East Timbalier Island lat. 29°03'42" N., long. 90°20'24" W.
(36) Thence easterly along the south shoreline to a point of land most southwest at the mouth of Belle Pass, lat. 29°05'10" N. long. 90°13'36" W.
(37) Thence to the east side at a point of land most southerly at the mouth of Belle Pass, lat. 29°05'07" N. long. 90°13'30" W.
(38) Thence easterly along the south shoreline to a point of land on the southwestern side of Caminada Pass, lat. 29 degrees 11 minutes 24.540 seconds N. long. 90 degrees 02 minutes 46.597 seconds W.
(39) Thence northwesterly along the southwestern shoreline of Caminada Pass to a point of land, lat. 29 degrees 12 minutes 03.720 seconds N. long. 90 degrees 03 minutes 20.237 seconds W.
(40) Thence North 11 degrees 01 minutes 28 seconds East a distance of 1174 feet to a point on the northwesterly shoreline of Caminada Pass, lat. 29 degrees 12 minutes 15.123 seconds N. long. 90 degrees 03 minutes 17.705 seconds W.
(41) Thence northeasterly along the northwesterly shoreline of Caminada Pass to the intersection of an underground power line as marked by two platforms in Caminada Pass, lat. 29 degrees 12 minutes 24.916 seconds N. long. 90 degrees 03 minutes 09.891 seconds W.
(42) Thence South 68 degrees 39 minutes 51 seconds East along the underground power line as marked by two platforms in Caminada Pass, a distance of 3701 feet to the northwesterly shoreline of Grand Isle, lat. 29 degrees 12 minutes 11.583 seconds N. 90 degrees 02 minutes 30.991 seconds W.
(43) Thence southwesterly along the northwesterly shoreline of Grand Isle to a point of land, lat. 29 degrees 11 minutes 55.443 seconds N. long. 90 degrees 02 minutes 25.426 seconds W.
(44) Thence along the south shoreline to the most easterly point of Grand Isle at Barataria Pass, lat. 29° 16' N. long. 89° 57' 15" W.
(45) Thence N. 5° 10' E. for 2,135' to the Sea Buoy (green blinking light on turning buoy) at lat. 29° 16' 21" N. long 89° 57' 13" E.
(46) Thence N. 87° 03' 22" E. for 2,570' to Fort Livingston ruins lat. 29° 16' 22" N. long. 89° 56' 44" W.
(46.1) Thence easterly along the south shoreline of Grand Terre Island to a point of land most easterly on the west side of Pass Able at N 29° 17' 49.2" W 89° 54' 28.2".
(46.2) Thence easterly at approximately 60° for 1.29 miles across to the eastern side of the pass to a point at N29° 18' 28.8" W 89° 53' 25.8".
(47) Thence along the shoreline for approximately 1.45 miles to the easterly most point of land on the west side of Quartre Bayou Pass at N 29° 18' 44.6" W 89° 51' 32".
(47.1) Thence northeasterly at 67° for approximately .93 miles across Quartre Bayou Pass to the western point of land on the east side of Quartre Bayou Pass at N 29° 19' 5.2" W 89° 50' 32.5".
(47.2) Thence along the southern shoreline for .33 miles to a point on the western side of a wash out below Bay Long at N 29° 19" 4.8" W 89° 50' 9.9".
(48) Thence easterly at 90° for approximately .79 miles across to the eastern side of the wash out at N 29° 19' 3.3" W 89° 49' 15.8".
(48.1) Thence for 1.90 miles along the southern shoreline to the most easterly point of land on the west side of an opening known as Shell Cut at N 29° 18' 56.8" W 89° 47' 5.6".
(48.2) Thence across to the western most point on the eastern side of Shell Cut at N 29° 18' 56.8" W 89° 47' 5.6".
(49) Thence for approximately 2.54 miles along the southern shoreline to the eastern most point of land on the western side of Chaland Pass at N 29° 18' 29.2" W 89° 44' 8.4".
(50) Thence east to the most westerly point of land on the east side of the mouth of Chaland Pass at N 29° 18' 31" W 89° 44' 6.3".
(51) Thence along the south shore for approximately 2.86 miles to the easterly point of land on the west side of Grand Bayou Pass at N 29° 17' 40.8" W 89° 40' 58.8".
(51.1) Thence across the pass to the westerly most point of land on the east side of Grand Bayou Pass at N 29° 17' 40.3" W 89° 40' 57.4".
(52) Thence along the south shoreline for approximately 1.22 miles to a point of land on the west side of the wash out below Shell Island Bay at N 29° 17' 21.7" W 89° 39' 37.1".
(52.1) Thence easterly at 113° for approximately 1.74 miles across to the east side of the washout below Shell Island Bay at N 29° 16' 39.3" W 89° 37' 47.5".
(52.2) Thence along the shoreline for approximately 1.56 miles to a point of land on the western side of Empire Canal at N 29° 15' 43.5" W 89° 37' 47.5".
(52.3) Thence southeasterly across the Empire Channel at 127° for approximately .21 miles to a point of land on the eastern side of the Empire Canal at N 29° 15' 29.8" W 89° 36' 19.9".
(52.4) Thence south along the eastern side of the Empire Canal for approximately .32 miles to a point of land at N 29° 15' 12.3" W 89° 36' 24.7".
(53) Thence easterly along the south shoreline of Pelican Island for approximately 2.21 miles to the eastern most point of land on the west side of the mouth of Scofield Bayou at N 29° 14' 47.1" W 89° 33' 54.5".
(54) Thence across the mouth of Scofield Bayou for approximately .17 miles to a point on the eastern side at N 29° 14' 55.3" W 89°33'51.3".
(54.1) Thence along the shoreline for 2.46 miles to a point of land on the west side of a washout below Bay Coquette at N 29° 13' 57.9" W 89° 30' 59.0".
(54.2) Thence eastward at 116° for .69 miles across the washout to a point of land below Bay Coquette at N 29° 13' 38.6" W 89° 30' 16.8".
(55) Thence along the south shoreline for .22 miles to the easterly point of land on the west side of the mouth of Sandy Point Bay at N 29° 13' 39.4" W 89° 30' 1.5".
(55.1) Thence at 126° for .86 miles across the mouth of Sandy Point Bay to a point of land on the west side of Sandy Point Island at N 29° 13' 7.9" W 89° 29' 14.6".
(55.2) Thence along the south shoreline for .30 miles to a point on the eastern side of Sandy Point Island at N 29° 13' 1.9" W 89° 28' 55.5".
(56) Thence for .51 miles to a point of land on the east side of Sandy Point Bay at N 29° 12' 52.4" W 89° 28' 22.2".
(56.1) Thence easterly across a canal to a point of land at N 29° 12' 51.2" W 89° 28' 19.6".
(56.2) Thence southerly across the opening of a canal to a point of land at N 29° 12' 46.6" W 89° 28' 11.4".
(56.3) Thence along the shore to a point of land on the north side of Red Pass at N 29° 12' 39.4" W 89° 28' 11.4".
(56.4) Thence across to the south side of Red Pass at N 29° 12' 35.7" W 89° 28' 13.4".
(56.5) Thence southeasterly along the shore for approximately 2.05 miles to the west side of a washout at N 29° 10' 55.2" W 89° 26' 53.5".
(56.6) Thence at 152° for 1.08 miles across to the east side of a washout at a point of land at N 29° 09' 58.1" W 89° 26' 20.4".
(57) Thence approximately 1.69 miles at 152° to the red buoy #10 on the east side of Tiger Pass at N 29° 8' 27" W 89° 25' 28".
(58) Thence southeasterly at 128° for 2.11 miles to a point of land at N 29° 7' 8" W 89° 23' 35".
(59) Thence at 75° for approximately 1.15 miles to the radio tower at N 29° 7' 25" W 89° 23' 19".
(60) Thence 139° for approximately 2.53 miles to a manifold platform on the east side of Grand Pass at N 29° 5' 28" W 89° 20' 26".
(61) Thence S. 74'06" E. approximately 4,170' to a point of land on the east side of the mouth of Grand Pass, lat. 29° 04'30" N. long. 89° 21'09" W.
(62) Thence 183° for 2.02 miles to a point of land west of Double Bayou at N 29° 3' 27" W 89° 20' 38".
(63) Thence along the east shoreline of West Bay to a most southerly point of land on the west side of the mouth of Southwest Pass, lat. 28° 55'50" N., long. 89° 25'00" W.
(64) Thence southeast to the most southerly point of land on the east side of the mouth of Southwest Pass, lat. 28° 55'30" N., long. 89° 24'42" W.
(65) Thence northeast along the west shore of East Bay to the mouth of Joseph Bayou, lat. 29° 03'36" N., long. 89° 15'37" W.
(66) Thence due east for approx. 14,000' to a point of land lat. 29° 03'36" N., long. 89° 12' 51" W.
(67) Thence south along the east shoreline of East Bay to a most southerly point of land on the west side of South Pass, lat. 28° 59' N., long. 89° 08'42" W.
(68) Thence northwest along the west shore of Garden Island Bay to a most southerly point of land on the west side of Cadro Pass, lat. 29° 03'36" N., long. 89° 09'42" W.
(69) Thence N. 78° 59" E. for approximately 3,500' to a point of land on the west side of the mouth of Dennis Pass, lat. 29° 02'42" N. long. 89° 09'03" W.
(70) Thence N. 47° 17' E. for approximately 14,600' to the most easterly point of land on Lookout Island, lat. 29° 04'18" N., long. 89° 07' W.
(71) Thence S. 71° 38' E. approx. 9,000' to the most southerly point of land on the southwest side of Southeast Pass, lat. 29° 04'06" N., long. 89° 03'45" W.
(72) Thence N. 20° 45' E. to the most easterly point on the north side of Northeast Pass, lat. 29° 08'15" N., long. 89° 01'37" W.
(73) Thence north 37° 20' E. for approx. 4,000' to the most easterly point of land on Thomasin Lumps, lat. 29° 10' N., long. 89° 00'20" W.
(74) Thence N. 20° 20' W. for approx. 6,000' to the most easterly point of the north side of the mouth of North Pass, lat. 29° 13' N., long. 89° 01'18" W.
(75) Thence in a southwesterly direction to the most northerly point on the east shore of Thomasin Bayou, lat. 29° 13'05" N., long. 89° 03'11" W.
(76) Thence S. 70° W., for approx. 7,700' to the most northerly point on the E. shore of Meyers Bayou, lat. 29° 12'30" N., long. 89° 04'30" W.
(77) Thence in a southerly direction to a point in the most southeasterly portion of Customhouse Bay, lat. 29° 11'39" N., long. 89° 04' W.
(78) Thence in a southwesterly direction along the south shore of Customhouse Bay to U.S.C. & G.S. Station Lout 1955, lat. 29° 11'19" N., long. 89° 05'19" W.
(79) Thence in a northerly direction along the west shore of Customhouse Bay to the most northerly point on the East shore of Willies Bayou, lat. 29° 12'09" N., long. 89° 05'32" W.
(80) Thence in a northwesterly direction along the shore to the most northerly point on the east shore of Tommy Dantz Bayou, lat. 29° 12'24" N., long. 89° 06'33" W.
(81) Thence N. 50° 30' W. for approx. 2,500' to the most easterly point on the north shore of Hingle Pass, lat. 29° 12'48" N., long. 89° 06'48" W.
(82) Thence in a northerly direction to the most northerly point on the east shore of Raphael Pass, lat. 29° 13'06" N., long. 89° 07' W.
(83) Thence N. 45° W. for approx. 4,800' to the most easterly point on the south shore of Twenty-Seven Pass, lat. 29° 14' N., long. 89° 07'32" W.
(84) Thence in a northerly direction to the most easterly point on the south shore of Dead Women Pass, lat. 29° 15' N., long. 89° 07'21" W.
(85) Thence N. 18° 30' W. for approx. 2,200' to the most northerly point on the north shore of Dead Women Pass, lat. 29° 15'38" N., long. 89° 07'03" W.
(86) Thence N. 59° 30' W. for approx. 7,000' to Harris (BSE) Station, lat. 29° 16'28" N., long. 89° 08'05" W.
(87) Thence in a northerly direction along the shore to the most northerly point on the east shore of Contrariete Pass, lat. 29° 16'45" N., long. 89° 08'06" W.
(88) Thence in a northwesterly direction along the shore to the most northerly point on the east shore of Bienvenue Pass, lat. 29° 17'12" N., long. 89° 08'15" W.
(89) Thence in a westerly direction along shore to Octave (BSE) Station, lat. 29° 17'27" N., long. 89° 09'15" W.
(90) Thence in a northerly direction along shore to the most northerly point of the east shore of the east fork of Gaspar Bayou, lat. 29° 17'45" N., long. 89° 09'18" W.
(91) Thence in a northwesterly direction along the shore to the most northerly point on the east shore of the west fork of Gaspar Bayou, lat. 29° 18'00" N., long. 89° 09'39" W.
(92) Thence N. 46° W., approx. 5,000' to the most easterly point on the north side of Delta Pass, lat. 29° 18'48" N., long. 89° 10'06" W.
(93) Thence N. 36° 30' W., approx. 14,000' to the most northerly point on the east side of Main Pass, lat. 29° 20'48" N., long. 89° 11'21" W.
(94) Thence N. 70° W., approx. 4,000' to the most northerly point on the west shore of Main Pass, lat. 29° 21'09" N., long. 89° 12'06" W.
(95) Thence in a southwesterly direction along the shore to the most northerly point on the east shore of Octave Pass, lat. 29° 19'51" N., long. 89° 12'53" W.
(96) Thence in a southwesterly direction along the shore to the most westerly point of the north shore of Battery Bayou, lat. 29° 18'18" N., long. 89° 13'45" W.
(97) Thence in a west, northwest direction along the shore to the most northerly point on the west shore of Spoonbill Bend which is also the most northerly point on the east shore of East Fork Pass, lat. 29° 18'39" N., long. 89° 14'32" W.
(98) Thence in a northwesterly direction along shore to the most northerly point on the east shore of Emeline Pass, lat. 29° 20'54" N., long. 89° 16'03" W.
(99) Thence N. 81° 33' W. for approximately 3,680' to the most northerly point on the west shore of Kimbel Pass, lat. 29° 21' N. long. 89° 16'44" W.
(99.1) Thence from Kimble Pass for approximately 1.32 miles to a lighted buoy #18 of Baptiste Collete at N 29° 21' 35.6" W 89° 18' 9.0".
(100) Thence from #18 buoy at 305° for 1.91 miles to the south side of Taylor Pass at N 29° 22' 43.3" W 89° 19' 54.7".
(101) Thence N. 47° E., for approx. 47,000' to the most westerly point of land of Breton Island, lat. 29° 27'45" N., long. 89° 12'54" W.
(102) Thence along the southeast shoreline to the most northeasterly point of land, lat. 29° 28'03" N., long. 89° 11'12" W.
(103) Thence N. 58° 05' E. for approx. 9,000' to the most westerly point of land of Gosier Island, lat. 29° 31'12" N., long. 89° 05'45" W.
(104) Thence along the east shore to the most northerly point of land of Gosier Island, lat. 29° 33'42" N., long. 89° 02'45" W.
(105) Thence N. 43° 30' E. for approx. 13,000' to the most easterly point of land of Curlew Islands, lat. 29° 37'54" N., long. 88° 58'48" W.
(106) Thence N. 37° 30' E. for approximately 56,700' to a point of land on the southeast side of Chandeleur Islands lat. 29° 45'12" N., long. 88° 52'06" W.
(107) Thence northerly along the east shoreline of the Chandeleur Islands, going north to the Chandeleur light, lat. 30 degrees 02'52" N., long. 88 degrees 52'18" W., terminating at the Mississippi boundary.
(108) Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 946, §2.
B. All waters of the state shoreward of the line described in Subsection A hereof within which the tide regularly rises and falls or into which salt water shrimp migrate are inside waters. All waters seaward of the line described in Subsection A of this Section are outside waters.
C. For the purpose of determining if a person is shrimping in inside or outside waters, reference shall be made by LORAN C navigational instrument readings or global positioning satellite (GPS) navigational instrument readings for a vessel located on or in proximity to the boundary line between open and closed waters as set forth in Subsection A of this Section.
D. For the purposes of this Section, the department shall utilize LORAN C or GPS navigational instrument readings taken from such equipment located on department vessels or, if the shrimping vessel is equipped with LORAN C or GPS equipment, from the equipment located on the shrimping vessel.
E. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the commission may amend by rule the line of demarcation set by law in Subsection A of this Section in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
Amended by Acts 1956, No. 92, §1; Acts 1958, No. 53, §3; Acts 1962, No. 452, §1; Acts 1971, No. 99, §1; Acts 1972, No. 203, §1; Acts 1977, No. 127, §1; Acts 1986, No. 554, §1; Acts 1987, No. 876, §1, eff. July 20, 1987; Acts 1988, No. 894, §1, eff. July 21, 1988; Acts 1989, No. 607, §1, eff. July 6, 1989; Acts 1990, No. 549, §1, eff. July 19, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 946, §§1 and 2; Acts 1992, No. 568, §1; Acts 1992, No. 641, §1; Acts 1993, No. 241, §1; Acts 1997, No. 446, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 1999, No. 182, §1; Acts 2004, No. 162, §1; Acts 2014, No. 294, §1.