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Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-117 - Channel Catfish Size Limit

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A.
				Whereas, the existence of high populations of channel catfish in certain areas
				of Southeastern Louisiana is well documented; and
B. whereas, fish population data from these
				areas show that the vast majority of channel catfish are less than 11 inches
				total length; and
C. whereas,
				biological data indicate that channel catfish in these areas are stunted,
				relatively short for their age, and frequently found to be sexually mature well
				below 11 inches total length; and
D. whereas, commercial fishermen in these
				areas have developed markets for "short" catfish and whose catch of channel
				catfish is largely dependent on channel catfish that are shorter than 11 inches
				minimum total length; and
E.
				whereas, the minimum length of 11 inches has been removed on channel catfish in
				these areas since 1981 and no detrimental effects have been observed;
				and
F. whereas, Act 273 of the 1984
				Louisiana Legislature authorizes the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries
				Commission to suspend or reduce by resolution the legal size limit on channel
				catfish in those areas of the state where biological data indicates that such a
				suspension or reduction in the size limit would not be detrimental to the
				resource.
G. Therefore, be it
				resolved, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby suspends, for
				a five-year period from January 1, 1985 to January 1, 1990, the minimum size
				length limit on channel catfish in that portion of Southeastern Louisiana,
				containing Lac des Allemands, Lake Salvador, Lake Cataouatche, Lake Maurepas,
				the western portion of Lake Pontchartrain and associated bayous and streams,
				excluding the Mississippi River and Bayou LaFourche, herein described as:
a. west and south of the west descending bank
				of the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico to the Huey P. Long Bridge;
				north and west of Highway 90 from Huey P. Long Bridge to Causeway Boulevard;
				west of Lake Pontchartrain Causeway from U.S. Highway 90 to LA Highway 22;
				south and east of LA Highway 22 to U.S. Highway 61 at Sorrento; north of U.S.
				61 from Sorrento to LA Highway 20; east of LA Highway 20 to the east descending
				bank of Bayou LaFourche at Thibodaux; east of the east descending bank of Bayou
				Lafourche to LA Highway 1 at Leeville; east and north of LA Highway 1 from
				Leeville to the Gulf of Mexico; north of the Gulf of Mexico from Grand Isle to
				the west descending bank of the Mississippi River.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-119 - Prohibition of Netting in Bundick Lake

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A. Whereas, Bundick Lake is a relatively
				small impoundment of approximately 1,700 acres, with an average depth of about
				5 feet making game fish populations extremely vulnerable to netting;
				and
B. whereas, commercial fish
				populations are very low except for a moderate catfish population which is
				harvested primarily and adequately with slat traps and trotlines.
C. Therefore be it resolved, the Louisiana
				Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby prohibits the use of netting in
				Bundick Lake, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:22.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-121 - Fish Allowed South of the Saltwater Line

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A. In accordance with the provisions of Acts
				844 and 904 adopted by the Louisiana Legislature during the 1986 regular
				session, the following list of fish may be taken south of the saltwater line as
				described in
				R.S.
				56:322.A. by recreational fishermen without
				the purchase of a saltwater angling license.
B. This list in no way implies biological
				preference, distribution or requirements for the listed fish.
Family Name
Sturgeon Name
Example
Acipenseridae
Sturgeon Family
Atlantic Sturgeon
Polyodontidae
Paddlefish Family
Paddlefish
Lepisosteidae
Gar Family
Gars
Amidae
Bowfin Family
Bowfin
Cyprinidae
Minnow Family
Carp, etc.
Catostomidae
Sucker Family
Smallmouth buffalo
Bigmouth buffalo
Black buffalo, etc.
Ictaluridae
Freshwater Catfish
Family
Blue catfish
Channel catfish
Flathead catfish, etc.
Percichthyidae
Temperate Bass
Family
White bass
Yellow bass
Striped bass
Hybrid striped bass
Centrarchidae
Sunfish Family
Warmouth
Bluegill
Largemouth bass
White crappie
Black crappie, etc.
Sciaenidae
Drum Family
*Freshwater drum
* Only member of family Sciaenidae considered
							 freshwater.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:322.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-125 - Lake Bruin

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A. The Wildlife and
				Fisheries Commission hereby establishes and permits a special recurring
				commercial fishing season, allowing the use of certain nets and slat traps, in
				Lake Bruin, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. The season will commence each year at
				sunrise on October 1 and close at sunset on the last day of February the
				following year.
1. Commercial fishing with
				certain nets and slat traps will be allowed on Lake Bruin only during the above
				described special season and only by licensed commercial fishermen who must
				also obtain a Lake Bruin commercial fishing permit from the Department of
				Wildlife and Fisheries. The permit will be issued at no cost on a seasonal
				basis and must be renewed for each season. The permittee must also file a
				report to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries of his catch that is
				postmarked not later than 15 days after the close of that season. The use of
				nets in Lake Bruin will be limited to gill and trammel nets greater than or
				having at least a minimum mesh of 3 1/2-inch bar and 7-inch stretch.
2. Commercial fishing will be allowed only
				during daylight hours except that gear can remain set overnight but fish
				captured may be removed during daylight hours only.
3. Failure to comply with the terms of the
				special permit or of any Louisiana commercial fishing regulations shall result
				in immediate cancellation of the permit for the remainder of the current
				season.
4. Failure to submit a
				timely report for a particular year's commercial fishing season shall result in
				the denial of a permit for the next year. If a report is eventually received
				after the deadline period for a particular year, the applicant may get a permit
				after skipping a year, however, if no report is ever filed, no permit for any
				subsequent year will be considered.
5. Applicants with a citation(s) pending for
				three years or less, which is a class 2 fish or game violation(s) or greater
				shall be denied a permit until such time as the applicant appears before
				department officials for the purpose of reviewing the citation(s) issued. The
				secretary, after reviewing the proceedings, may issue or deny the
				permit.
6. Permits shall not be
				issued to any applicant who within three years of the date of his/her
				application, has been convicted or pled guilty to a class 2 fish or game
				violation or greater, as defined in the laws pertaining to wildlife and
				fisheries.
7. Applicants convicted
				of, or pleading guilty to two or more class 2 fish or game violations or
				greater within five years of the application date shall not receive a
				permit.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-133 - Black Lake and Clear Lake Ban

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Pursuant to the authority granted under
				R.S.
				56:22 the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
				hereby prohibits the use of gill and trammel nets in Black Lake and Clear Lake
				in Natchitoches and Red River Parishes. The band extends from January 1, 1989
				to December 30, 1990.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:22.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-134 - Black Lake, Clear Lake, Prairie Lake, Caddo Lake, Chicot Lake, D'Arbonne Lake, Lake St. Joseph, and Lake Bruin (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY
				  NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:326.3 and
				  56:6(32).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-135 - Lake Bistineau Netting Prohibition

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Pursuant to the authority granted under
				R.S.
				56:22, the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
				hereby prohibits the use of fish nets (gill nets, trammel nets, hoop nets, fish
				seines) in Lake Bistineau, Bienville, Bossier, and Webster Parishes, Louisiana.
				The net ban will become effective August 1, 1989.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:22.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-137 - Paddlefish

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A. The incidental
				take and possession of paddlefish (
Polyodon spathula
),
				commonly called spoonbill catfish, shall be regulated by the following
				provisions. Paddlefish as referred herein shall include roe and any parts
				thereof.
1. Properly licensed recreational
				fishermen using legal recreational gear may take paddlefish as per the
				following provisions. No person shall take or possess paddlefish in violation
				of any of the provisions herein.
a. Area-the
				taking or possession of paddlefish is closed in all saltwater areas of the
				state and in border waters shared with Texas.
b. All possessed paddlefish must be dead. The
				possession or transportation of live paddlefish is prohibited.
c. All paddlefish possessed on the waters of
				the state shall be maintained intact.
d. No person shall possess paddlefish eggs on
				the waters of the state which are not fully attached to the fish.
e. Daily Take and Possession Limit-the daily
				take and possession limit of paddlefish is two per person.
f. Maximum Size Limit-all paddlefish greater
				than 30 inches (lower jaw fork length) must be returned to the water
				immediately. Lower jaw fork length is the distance from the tip of the lower
				jaw to the mid-line of the caudal fin.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-139 - Lacassine Bayou Netting Season

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Lacassine Bayou-Netting Season. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby
				prohibits the use of trammel nets, gill nets and hoop nets during the period of
				March 1 through November 30 each year in that part of Lacassine Bayou that
				flows through the Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge, Cameron Parish,
				Louisiana. This closure has been requested by the Fish and Wildlife Service who
				has management responsibility of the refuge.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:22.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-141 - Caney Creek Reservoir Netting Prohibition

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
				hereby prohibits the use of fish nets (gill nets, trammel nets, hoop nets, fish
				seines) in Caney Creek Reservoir, Jackson Parish, Chatham, Louisiana.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:22.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-143 - Cross Lake Netting Prohibition

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A.
				The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby prohibits the use of fish nets
				(gill nets, trammel nets, hoop nets, fish seines) in Cross Lake, Caddo Parish,
				Shreveport, Louisiana.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:22.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-145 - Sturgeon

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A. The taking or
				possession of Atlantic sturgeon,
Acipenser oxyrhynchus
; Pallid
				sturgeon,
Scaphirhynchus albus;
shovelnose sturgeon,
S. platorynchus;
or their body parts or eggs (roe) is
				prohibited.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:317.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-147 - Daily Take and Possession Limits for Freshwater Trout

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
				hereby establishes a daily take and possession limit of five fish for
				freshwater trout,
Salvelinus spp. Salmo spp.
, taken in waters
				designated as being part of the department's Freshwater Trout
				Program.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:6, 56:326.3 and Act 376 of 1990
				  Legislative Session.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-151 - Free Recreational Fishing Days

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A. In accordance with Act 301 of the 1987
				Louisiana Legislature, the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has declared the
				weekend of the first full week of June each year as Free Recreational Fishing
				Days in Louisiana to coincide with National Fishing Week each year. On the two
				above mentioned free fishing days, residents and nonresidents may exercise the
				privilege of a licensed recreational fisherman without purchase of any
				otherwise necessary recreational fishing license.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:302.7.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-153 - Bowfin Minimum Size Regulation

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby:
1.
				establishes a statewide 22-inch minimum size limit on bowfin (
Amia
				calva
) harvested for commercial purposes;
2. prohibits commercial fishermen, while on
				the water, from possessing bowfin eggs that are not naturally connected to a
				whole fish.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-155 - Netting Prohibition-Bartholomew Lake

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
				hereby prohibits the use of gill nets, trammel nets, hoop nets and fish seines
				in Bartholomew Lake located in Ouachita and Morehouse Parishes, Louisiana. Said
				netting ban will become effective Friday, September 20, 1991.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:22(B).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-157 - Netting Prohibition-Lake Concordia

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
				hereby prohibits the use of gill nets, trammel nets and fish seines in Lake
				Concordia located in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. Said netting ban will become
				effective Friday, September 20, 1991.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:22(B).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-158 - False River, Trammel Nets, Gill Nets and Fish Seines

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Prohibits the use of trammel and gill nets
				in False River, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, except their use will be
				allowed for the legal harvest of commercial fish during a special recurring
				trammel and gill netting season to commence each year at sunrise on October 1
				and close at sunset on the last day of February the following year. The use of
				fish seines is prohibited and there is no season.
B. The trammel and gill nets allowed during
				the special recurring season shall have a minimum mesh size of 3 1/2" square
				(7" stretched) or greater.
C.
				Commercial fishing will be allowed only during daylight hours except that gear
				can remain set overnight but fish captured shall be removed during daylight
				hours only.
D. Commercial fishing
				with trammel and gill nets will be allowed on False River Lake only during the
				open season and only by licensed commercial fishermen.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:22(B).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-161 - Freshwater Mussel Harvest

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A.
				Permits
1. In addition to a commercial
				fishing license, all mussel harvesters must obtain a mussel harvester's permit
				issued by the department prior to initiation of harvesting. No person shall
				harvest or participate in the harvest of freshwater mussels unless that person
				is in possession of proper licenses and permits.
2. The secretary of the department shall have
				the authority to limit the number of mussel harvester permits, cease issuance
				of new permits, or close the season entirely if it is deemed necessary to
				protect the mussel resource.
3. In
				addition to a wholesale/retail dealer's license, all mussel buyers must obtain
				a mussel buyer's permit issued by the department. The buyer shall file a surety
				bond by a surety company licensed to do business in this state in the sum of
				$5,000 with the department at the time of license purchase. Bond shall be
				forfeited if buyer fails to adhere to all rules and regulations and reporting
				requirements.
4. Mussel harvester
				and buyer permits shall not be issued to any applicant who has been convicted
				of any mussel-related offense in any state within the United States within the
				past five years.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-163 - Lake Providence, Gill Nets and Trammel Nets

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Prohibits the use of gillnets and trammel
				nets in Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, Lake Providence, Louisiana,
				except their use will be allowed for the legal harvest of commercial fish
				during a special recurring trammel and gill netting season to commence each
				year at sunrise on October 1 and close at sunset on the last day of February
				the following year.
B. The trammel
				and gill nets allowed during the special recurring season shall have a minimum
				mesh size of 3 1/2-inch bar and 7 inches stretched.
C. Said net may remain set overnight, but
				fish captured may be removed during daylight hours only.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:22 and
				  56:326.3.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-165 - Black Bass Regulations-Atchafalaya River Basin, Lake Verret, Lake Palourde Complex

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The daily
				creel limit (daily take) for black bass (
Micropterus spp.
) is
				seven fish with no minimum length limit in the area south of U.S. 190 from the
				West Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee to the intersection of LA 1 and U.S.
				190 due north of Port Allen, east of the West Atchafalaya Basin Protection
				Levee from U.S. 190 to U.S. 90, north of U.S. 90 from the West Atchafalaya
				Basin Protection Levee to LA 20, north and west of LA 20 from U.S. 90 to LA 1
				in Thibodaux, south and west of LA 1 from LA 20 to U.S. 190. This Rule will
				expire two years from its effective date.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:6(25)(a), 325(C), and
				  326.3.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-169 - Black Bass Regulations, Eagle Lake

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The size regulation for black bass
(Micropterus spp
.) on Eagle Lake located east of the
				Mississippi River in Madison Parish, Louisiana is as follows.
B. It shall be unlawful to take or possess,
				while on the water or while fishing in the water, black bass less than 16
				inches total length on Eagle Lake, located east of the Mississippi River in
				Madison Parish, Louisiana. This rule shall become effective January 20,
				1999.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:6 (25)(a), 325(C),
				  326.3.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-171 - Netting Prohibition-Hardwater Lake

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
				hereby prohibits the use of gill nets, trammel nets and fish seines in
				Hardwater Lake located in Grant Parish.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:22(B).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-173 - Netting Prohibition-Bayou DeSiard

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
				hereby prohibits the use of gill nets and trammel nets in that portion of Bayou
				DeSiard, Ouachita Parish, bounded on the north by U.S. Highway 165 near
				Sterlington, and on the south by Shorty Payne Road near Black Bayou.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:22(B).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-175 - Net Ban during Lake Drawdown

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All
				freshwater impoundments shall be closed to use of commercial fish netting
				during water drawdown periods, unless otherwise specified by the department
				based upon biological and technical data; the closure to begin on the date the
				drawdown control structure is opened and continued until the lake returns to
				full pool following closure of the structure.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:22(B).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-179 - Black Bass Regulations-John K. Kelly-Grand Bayou Reservoir

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. It shall be
				unlawful to retain or possess black bass (
Micropterus
spp.
) in John K. Kelly-Grand Bayou Reservoir located in Red
				River Parish. This rule will expire at midnight, May 31, 1997.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:326.3.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-185 - Netting Prohibition-John K. Kelly-Grand Bayou Reservoir

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The Wildlife and
				Fisheries Commission hereby prohibits the possession and/or use of commercial
				nets, including, but not limited to, gill nets, trammel nets, flagg nets, hoop
				nets, wire nets and fish seines in John K. Kelly-Grand Bayou Reservoir located
				in Red River Parish.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:22(B).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-187 - Crawfish Traps, Exception to State Wide Minimum Mesh Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. As required by
				Act 267 of the 1997 Regular Session of the Legislature, the Secretary of the
				Department of Wildlife and Fisheries hereby adopts a minimum mesh size for
				commercial crawfish traps of 3/4 of 1 inch for the area consisting of the east
				side portion of the Atchafalaya Basin extending from Morgan City at the
				Intracoastal Canal to I-10.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:322(I).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-189 - Black Bass Regulations, Lake Fausse Point/Lake Dauterive Complex

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The harvest
				regulations for black bass (
Micropterus spp.
) on the Lake
				Fausse Point/Lake Dauterive complex located west of the West Atchafalaya Basin
				Protection Levee in Iberia and St. Martin Parishes, Louisiana are as follows:
1. size limit-no minimum length
				limit;
2. daily take-no more than
				seven fish.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-193 - Freshwater Harvest of Mullet

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Recreational Limits. The daily take and possession limit for the recreational
				harvest of mullet shall be 100 pounds per person per day. No person shall take
				or possess mullet in excess of 100 pounds per day, except for legally licensed
				commercial fishermen. No person shall sell, barter, trade or exchange or
				attempt to sell, barter, trade or exchange mullet taken or possessed
				recreationally.
B. Commercial;
				Freshwater Areas. The following provisions govern the commercial taking of
				mullet with hoop nets in the freshwater areas of the state.
1. Mullet caught in the freshwater areas of
				the state shall not be possessed by commercial fishermen in the saltwater areas
				of the state.
2. There shall be no
				lead nets on hoop nets used for the fishing of mullet.
3. No person shall take or possess mullet
				from hoop nets between the hours of official sunset and official
				sunrise.
4. No mullet shall be
				possessed on the water in the freshwater areas of the state between the hours
				of official sunset and official sunrise.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-195 - Cypress Lake and Black Bayou Reservoir Netting Prohibition

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
				hereby prohibits the use of gill nets, trammel nets, hoop nets, slat traps,
				wire nets and fish seines in Cypress Lake and Black Bayou Reservoir, Bossier
				Parish, Louisiana; provided however there shall be a special season which shall
				run from November 1 through the end of February of the following year, during
				which time the use of hoop nets, slat traps and wire nets shall be allowed. All
				hoop nets, wire nets and slat traps must be removed from the lakes prior to
				March 1 of each year.
B. Effective
				with this prohibition, no person shall possess any gill net, trammel net, hoop
				net, slat trap, wire net or fish seine while on the waters of Cypress Lake or
				Black Bayou Reservoir except that during the special season, hoop nets, slat
				traps and wire nets may be possessed. In addition, no person shall take,
				possess or sell any fish, which was taken with a gill net, trammel net or fish
				seine from Cypress Lake or Black Bayou Reservoir.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:22(B),
				  R.S.
				  56:25(A), Act 55, First
				  Extraordinary Session, 2002, State Legislature.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-197 - Crappie Regulations-Daily Take

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Poverty Point Reservoir (Richland Parish)
1. Daily Limit-25 fish per person:
a. on water possession-same as daily limit
				per person.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-198 - Crappie Regulations-Eagle Lake

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The recreational daily limit and total
				length limit for black crappie
(Pomoxis nigromaculatus)
and
				white crappie
(Pomoxis annularis)
on Eagle Lake located east
				of the Mississippi River in Madison Parish, Louisiana shall be as follows:
1. The recreational daily creel limit shall
				be 30 fish, in the aggregate.
2.
				The minimum total length limit shall be 11 inches.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing › Section VII-199 - Designation and Taking of Exotic Fish

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Exotic Fish that may be Sold Commercially
1. For the purposes of this Section, the
				following species of nonindigenous fish are designated as exotic fish:
a. grass carp (
Ctenopharyngodon
				idella
);
b. silver carp
				(
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
);
c. bighead carp (
Hypophthalmichthys
				nobilis
);
d. black carp
				(
Mylopharyngodon piceus
).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 2 - General Provisions › Section VII-201 - Commercial Fisherman's Sales Card; Dealer Receipt Form Design and Use

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The "Commercial
				Fisherman's Sales Card" shall be provided by the department in lieu of the
				commercial fisherman's license. The card will be embossed with the following
				information:
1. commercial fisherman's
				name;
2. commercial license
				number;
3. commercial fisherman's
				Social Security number;
4.
				expiration date;
5. residency
				status.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 2 - General Provisions › Section VII-206 - Charter Boat Fishing Guides and Operations - Liability Insurance Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. No
				person shall act as nor shall he represent himself to be a saltwater charter
				boat fishing guide unless that person has in his name proof of liability
				insurance that is currently in force and the following requirements shall be
				met.
1. The liability insurance required by
				this Section shall be written by an insurance company with at least an A-
				rating in the latest printing of the
A.M. Best's Key Rating
				Guide
.
2. The liability
				insurance must be of a commercial nature and not associated with a primary
				residential property.
3. The
				liability insurance coverage shall not be less than $300,000 per
				occurrence.
4. Proof of liability
				insurance must be in possession, while on the water, and available for
				inspection by a duly authorized agent of the department.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 2 - General Provisions › Section VII-207 - Saltwater Finfish On-Water Possession Limits While on a Multi-Day Charter Boat Fishing Trip

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. A recreational
				saltwater fisherman in possession of a valid basic and saltwater license or an
				equivalent license that grants both basic fishing and saltwater fishing
				privileges may possess up to three times the daily bag limit for red drum and
				spotted seatrout when the fisherman can provide a receipt from the licensed
				charter guide showing payment and dates of the multi-day charter trip, can
				demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that the fisherman has been
				on a multi-day charter fishing trip, and can demonstrate that the fisherman has
				been actively on the water or at a remote camp that can be accessed only by
				water for two days or more. The fish shall be kept whole or whole gutted in
				separate bags for each species of fish. The bags shall be marked with the date
				the fish were taken, the species, the number of fish contained in the bag, and
				the name and license number of the person taking the fish. The fish shall only
				be in the possession of the person who took the fish. Fishermen who meet the
				provisions of this Section may possess more than the daily bag limit on the
				water for purposes of transportation, however, no fisherman shall be actively
				fishing or engaged in fishing while in possession of more than the daily bag
				limit.
B. No charter guide and/or
				deckhand may keep any limit of red drum or spotted seatrout when operating or
				conducting trips subject to the provisions outlined herein.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:6(25)(a), and
				  R.S.
				  56:325.1.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-301 - Lake Charles, Moss Lake and Prien Lake

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Whereas, Lake Charles, Moss Lake and Prien
				Lake in the Parish of Calcasieu were closed to the use of certain types of
				commercial fishing gear beginning on July 26, 1955, until further notice by the
				Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission for the purpose of conducting a
				biological study to be made to regulate the method and type of fishing that
				would be most beneficial to the area; and
B. whereas, subsequent biological surveys
				indicate these lakes do not support populations of commercial species
				comparable to those in the past; and
C. whereas, the lakes provide a considerable
				amount of sport fishing opportunity not compatible with certain types of
				commercial gear.
D. Therefore, be
				it resolved, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby continues
				the closure of the waters of Lake Charles, Moss Lake and Prien Lake to all
				commercial fishing whether by means of seines, trammel, gill and butterfly
				nets, and all trawls over 16 feet; however, the lakes will remain open to the
				use of hoop nets, trot or set lines and 16 foot trawls in season.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:22.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-303 - Bayou Judge Perez

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Be it resolved,
				that under the authority of the laws of the state of Louisiana and the powers
				vested in this commission, the waters of Bayou Judge Perez from its entrance
				into Lake Judge Perez to Devil's Bayou, a distance of approximately one mile,
				located in the parish of Plaquemines, State of Louisiana are hereby closed to
				butterfly nets and trawls until further notice.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:493(A).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-305 - Closing Grand Isle Waters

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Whereas,
				the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission is charged with enforcing the
				law; and
B. whereas, the Louisiana
				Wildlife and Fisheries Commission in open meeting held in New Orleans,
				Louisiana, September 29, 1979, and acting under the authority of Act 282 of
				1979, R.S
				56:22 of 1950, the waters of the state of
				Louisiana on the south side of Grand Isle from Caminada Pass to Barataria Pass,
				in Jefferson Parish, from the southeast side of Caminada Bridge to the
				northwest side of Barataria Pass at Fort Livingston, extending from the beach
				side of Grand Isle to a distance of 500 feet beyond the shoreline into the Gulf
				of Mexico from the said Grand Isle are hereby designated as closed zones;
				and
C. whereas, for the purpose of
				preventing a public health problem or measure because of undesirable fish (such
				as small catfish) or other aquatic or marine life being left on the beach of
				Grand Isle to rot or deteriorate, the said above waters are closed to the
				taking of fish with saltwater netting, trawls, and seines of any type from May
				1 to September 15, both dates inclusive, and beginning May 1, 1979, and each
				year thereafter during this period, until further action on the part of the
				commission.
D. Now therefore, be it
				resolved, that the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries properly enforce the
				area described.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:6.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-306 - Cypremort Point State Park-Netting Prohibition

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Recent emergency provisions adopted by the
				Wildlife and Fisheries Commission under the authority of
				R.S.
				56:317 prohibit the use of gill nets, trammel
				nets, seines and trawls from the cove immediately adjacent to Cypremort Point
				State Park, St. Mary and Iberia Parishes, Louisiana. The area to be closed
				shall be landward of a line from the point commonly known as Blue Point to the
				point of land commonly known as Cypremort Point, including all waters therein
				to the existing shoreline.
B. This
				prohibition was adopted because of interference of commercial and recreational
				activities, fish remains and trash being washed ashore from commercial fishing
				activities causing health hazards to swimmers, fishermen, children and other
				water users.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:317.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-307 - Menhaden Season

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The season
				for the taking of menhaden as well as processing of menhaden shall be from the
				third Monday in April through November 1.
B. No menhaden may be landed in Louisiana
				ports except during the menhaden season as described in LAC
				76:VII.307.A.
C. The menhaden
				season shall apply to all waters one-half statute mile seaward of the
				inside-outside line described in
				R.S.
				56:495, except as noted in Subsection D,
				including waters in the Federal Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), and in
				Chandeleur and Breton Sounds as described in Subsection E below. All other
				inside waters and passes are permanently closed to menhaden fishing.
D. Coastal Buffer Restrictions
1. Restrictions off Elmer's Island,
				Louisiana. The menhaden season shall apply to waters beginning 1 statute mile
				seaward of the inside-outside line from the eastern shore of Belle Pass,
				Louisiana to the eastern shore of Caminada Pass, Louisiana.
2. Restrictions off Grand Isle, Louisiana.
				The menhaden season shall apply to waters beginning 3 statute miles seaward of
				the inside-outside line from the eastern shore of Caminada Pass, Louisiana to
				the eastern shore of Barataria Pass, Louisiana.
3. Restrictions off West Grand Terre Island,
				Louisiana. The menhaden season shall apply to waters beginning 1 statute mile
				seaward of the inside-outside line from the eastern shore of Barataria Pass,
				Louisiana to the eastern shore of Pass Abel, Louisiana.
4. Restrictions off Holly Beach, Louisiana.
				The menhaden season shall apply to waters beginning 1 statute mile seaward of
				the inside-outside line from the intersection of a private levee road and LA-27
				(Latitude 29 degrees 46 minutes 01.54 seconds N, Longitude 93 degrees 24
				minutes 23.00 seconds W), thence westward to the easternmost point of the rock
				breakwaters west of Holly Beach, Louisiana (Latitude 29 degrees 46 minutes
				00.90 seconds N, Longitude 93 degrees 29 minutes 26.91 seconds W). All
				coordinates are in NAD 1983 feet.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-308 - Commercial Menhaden Reporting Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Reporting
1. Companies taking menhaden by vessels
				equipped with purse seines for the purpose of reduction fishing shall report
				monthly, beginning in May 2023, commercial menhaden harvest reports. Reports
				for the previous month shall be due to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
				(LDWF) by the tenth of the following month (the first report shall be due May
				10, 2023 for the month of April 2023).
2. Monthly Reporting shall include the
				following data for each set:
a. year, date,
				set number, vessel, plant, set start time, and set end time;
b. location data in degrees, minutes, and
				seconds with a defined datum determined by global positioning satellite (GPS)
				navigational instrument reading;
c.
				estimated volume of harvest in 1,000s of fish;
d. length measurements, in millimeters fork
				length, of 15 randomly selected menhaden (5 from the beginning of set pump out,
				5 from the middle of set pump out, and 5 from the end of set pump
				out);
e. Reports shall be provided
				in electronic form to LDWF in an electronic spreadsheet as specified by LDWF
				and containing the elements outlined above in this Section.
3. Beginning February 10, 2024,
				LDWF shall annually report to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and the
				House Committee on Natural Resources and the Environment the commercial harvest
				from the prior year based upon aggregated data from the monthly
				reports.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-309 - Calcasieu Lake

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. At its meeting
				on March 25, 1975, the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission adopted the following
				rules and regulations for Calcasieu Lake, in Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes.
1. No net fishing will be allowed within 500
				feet of the following areas:
a. the mouths of
				Grand and Lambert Bayous;
b. the
				new "washout" south of Lambert Bayou;
c. the old Revetement or old jetties at the
				south end of Calcasieu Lake;
d.
				"Nine Mile Cut"; and
e. all cuts
				below Nine Mile along the channel spoil at East Pass in Turner's Bay.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-311 - Definition of Menhaden and Herring-Like Species

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission does
				hereby adopt the attached rules and regulations as pertaining to the definition
				of menhaden and herring-like species.
B. The term
menhaden and herring-like
				species
shall be those species contained within the family
Clupeidae
, as recognized and published in: "A List of Common
				and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada;" The American
				Fisheries Society. Special Publication No. 12, 1980.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:6(10) and
				  322(c)(6).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-313 - Excessive Killing of Fish

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				Wildlife and Fisheries Commission does hereby adopt the attached rules and
				regulations as pertaining to the excessive killing of fish as directed by Act
				919 of the 1986 legislature.
B.
				Excessive killing shall be defined as "the killing resulting from taking or
				attempting to take any fish in excess of what the possessor thereof can
				process, utilize, or transport from the fishing grounds. Shrimp and shrimping
				operations are excluded."
C. The
				commission further adopts a method to determine the market value of fish as:
1. ascertaining a price per pound from at
				least three Louisiana fish buying establishments; or
2. ascertaining a price per pound from
				National Marine Fisheries Service Market News Reports; or
3. any other published source of
				information.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-323 - Size Limits of King and Spanish Mackerel and Cobia

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission does
				hereby adopt the following rules and regulations establishing size limits.
1. The minimum legal size for possession of
				Spanish mackerel (
Scomberomorus maculatus
) shall be 12 inches
				fork length and king mackerel (
Scomberomorus cavalla
) shall be
				24 inches fork length whether caught within or without the territorial waters
				of Louisiana. No person shall possess, sell, barter, trade or exchange or
				attempt to sell, barter, trade or exchange Spanish mackerel or king mackerel
				less than the minimum size requirements.
2. The minimum legal size for possession of
				cobia (
Rachycentron canadum
) whether caught within or without
				the territorial waters of Louisiana shall be 36 inches fork length. No person
				shall possess, sell, barter, trade, or exchange or attempt to sell, barter,
				trade, or exchange cobia less than the minimum size requirements.