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Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-325 - Marking System for Saltwater Gill Nets and Trammel Nets

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each gill net or trammel net shall be
				marked with a waterproof tag attached to the corkline at each end of the net,
				no more than 3 feet from the edge of the webbing. Said tags shall be supplied
				by the commercial fisherman and to be completely waterproof. Each tag shall
				have the fisherman's full name (no initials) and commercial fisherman's license
				number (not the net license number) printed thereon in the English language, so
				as to be clearly legible.
B. Each
				gill net or trammel net shall be marked with buoys which shall be visible above
				the surface of the water. Said buoys shall be supplied by the commercial
				fisherman, have a minimum diameter of 6 inches and be international orange in
				color. The buoys shall be attached to each end of the net.
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 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-327 - Daily Take and Possession Limits of King and Spanish Mackerel and Cobia

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The recreational
				bag limit for possession of Spanish mackerel (
Scomberomorus
				maculatus
) whether caught within or without the territorial waters of
				Louisiana shall be 15 fish per person, per day.
B. The recreational bag limit for the
				possession of king mackerel (
Scomberomorus cavalla
) whether
				caught within or without the territorial waters of Louisiana shall be three
				fish per person, per day.
C. A
				person subject to a bag limit for Spanish or king mackerel may not possess
				during a single day, regardless of the number of trips or the duration of a
				trip, any king or Spanish mackerel in excess of such bag limit, except that a
				person who is on a trip that spans more than 24 hours may possess no more than
				two daily limits, provided such a trip is aboard a charter vessel or headboat,
				and:
1. the vessel has two licensed operators
				aboard as required by the U.S. Coast Guard for trips over 12 hours;
				and
2. each passenger is issued and
				has in possession a receipt issued on behalf of the vessel that verifies the
				length of the trip.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-331 - Black Drum Size Limits, Daily Take, Possession Limits, and Quotas

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The Wildlife and
				Fisheries Commission does hereby adopt the following rules and regulations for
				the taking of black drum (
Pogonias cromis
).
1. The daily take and possession limit for
				black drum caught recreationally within or without Louisiana waters shall be
				five fish per day and in possession.
2. The minimum legal size for the
				recreational or commercial taking of black drum shall be 16 inches total
				length.
3. The maximum legal size
				for the recreational taking of black drum shall be 27 inches total length;
				provided however that recreational fishermen shall be allowed to take and
				possess no more than one black drum per day over 27 inches. It is provided
				further that commercial harvesters using legal gear shall be allowed to take
				and possess and sell black drum over 27 inches in unlimited quantities until
				the annual quota has been met in compliance with all other rules and
				regulations.
4. The annual
				commercial quota for 16 to 27-inch black drum shall be 3,250,000
				pounds.
5. The annual commercial
				quota for black drum over 27 inches shall be 300,000 fish.
6. The fishing year for black drum shall
				begin on September 1, 1990 and every September 1 thereafter.
7. Once the black drum commercial quota(s)
				has been met, the purchase, barter, trade or sale of black drum taken in
				Louisiana after the closure is prohibited. The commercial taking or landing of
				black drum in Louisiana, whether caught within or without the territorial
				waters of Louisiana after the closure is prohibited. Nothing in this rule shall
				be deemed to prohibit the possession of fish legally taken prior to the closure
				order.
8. The Secretary of the
				Department of Wildlife and Fisheries shall, by public notice, close the
				commercial fishery(s) for black drum when the quota(s) has been met or is
				projected to be met. The closure shall not take effect for at least 72 hours
				after notice to public.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-333 - Sanctuaries: Calcasieu Lake, Sabine Lake

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The areas within a 1/4-mile radius on the
				lake side only of the Lambert, Grand Bayou, Mangrove, and Peconi water control
				structures (otherwise identified as Structures No. 5, 1, 8 and 4 respectively),
				and the area within a 1/8-mile radius on the lake side only of the water
				control structure on No Name Bayou, all within the Calcasieu Lake system; the
				area within a 1/4-mile radius on the lake side only of the mouths of West Cove
				Bayou, West Cove Canal and the Sabine Refuge Headquarters Canal where they
				empty into Calcasieu Lake; and the area within a 1/4-mile radius on the lake
				side only of the mouths of Three Bayous and Willow Bayou where they empty into
				Sabine Lake, are fish sanctuaries and closed zones, and that all netting of
				fish by any means or method, including but not limited to trawls, butterfly
				nets, gill nets, seines, or trammel nets, is hereby prohibited, with the
				exception of hand cast nets, crab traps and crab drop nets.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:315.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-337 - Taking and Possession of Jewfish and Nassau Grouper Prohibited

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The Wildlife and
				Fisheries Commission hereby prohibits the taking and possession of jewfish
				(
Epinephelus itajara
) and Nassau grouper (
Epinephelus
				striatus
) from within or without Louisiana waters.
B. No person shall take, transport or possess
				within the territorial jurisdiction of the state of Louisiana jewfish
				(
Epinephelus itajara
) and Nassau grouper (
Epinephelus
				striatus
).
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:325.1 and
				  R.S.
				  56:326.3.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-339 - Free Recreational Fishing Days

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
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 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-343 - Rules for Harvest of Mullet

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Seasons
1. The season for the commercial
				taking of mullet with a mullet strike net shall begin at sunrise of the third
				Monday in October of each year and close at sunset of the third Monday in
				January of the following year. Mullet may not be taken commercially with a
				mullet strike net at any time outside of this season.
2. Mullet may be taken for live bait purposes
				with a commercial cast net of no more than 12 feet in radius, operated
				manually, during any season.
3.
				Commercial harvest of mullet shall not be allowed during the period from 5 a.m.
				on Saturday through 6 p.m. on Sunday. There shall be no commercial taking of
				mullet during the period after sunset and before sunrise.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-345 - Crab Trap Marking

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each crab
				trap shall be marked with a 1/2-inch stainless steel self-locking tag attached
				to the center of the trap ceiling, or a durable plastic bait-box cover. Said
				tags shall be supplied by the fishermen and shall have the commercial
				fisherman's license number (not the commercial gear license) or the
				recreational crab trap gear license number legibly embossed or engraved
				thereon.
B. For the purposes of
				R.S.
				56:8(28.1) which specifies that a serviceable
				trap must be "legally marked with a float," each trap shall be attached by a
				1/4-inch minimum diameter, non-floating line to a solid float 6 inches minimum
				diameter, or equivalent. Crab traps attached to a trotline must also have such
				a float and line attached to at least one end. For the purposes of
				R.S.
				56:332.G, a common float is defined as a 1
				gallon or larger all-white plastic bleach bottle.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:8(28.1),
				  R.S.
				  56:332.D and
				  R.S.
				  56:332.G.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-346 - Restriction of Mature and Immature Female Blue Crab Harvest

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The recreational and commercial take of
				female blue crab from any of the waters of the state, whether private or
				public, or the possession of female blue crabs while on waters of the state is
				prohibited for a 35-day period beginning the second Monday of September for the
				year 2019. For the purposes of this Section, all female blue crab in possession
				of any persons on the water shall be deemed to have been taken from the waters
				of the state.
B. There shall be no
				commercial harvest of immature female blue crabs except:
1. when an immature female blue crab is in
				the premolt stage and is being held for processing as soft crabs; or
2. sold to a processor for the making of soft
				crabs.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-347 - Louisiana Fisheries Forward Program

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The following defines the requirements
				necessary to complete the program to increase and elevate professionalism in
				the commercial crab industry pursuant to
				R.S.
				56:305.6. This program shall hereafter be
				referred to as the Louisiana Fisheries Forward Program.
B. For the purposes of this Section, the
				following will be defined as:
Applicant
- licensed commercial fishermen
				  attempting to obtain a commercial crab trap gear license through the
				  program;
Mentor
- a person holding a valid commercial
				  crab trap gear license who mentors an apprentice in completing the
				  apprenticeship path;
Sponsor
- a person holding a valid
				  commercial crab trap gear license who sponsors an apprentice in completing
				  sponsorship path.
C. Policy
1. Applicants that do not qualify for a
				commercial crab trap gear license under provisions defined in
				R.S.
				56:305.6 shall fulfill all the basic
				requirements and complete one of two field-training paths; the apprenticeship
				path, or the sponsorship path, to complete the program, and receive a crab trap
				gear license.
2. Before beginning a
				training path, an applicant must possess a valid Louisiana commercial
				fisherman's license and submit an application including copies of the applicant
				and mentor/sponsor's state issue identification to the department for approval.
				The license number will be used to track participation in the
				program.
3. The basic requirements
				and chosen training path shall be completed within one consecutive 12-month
				period.
4. Applicants who wish to
				change their mentor or sponsor during the process shall submit a new
				application containing the new mentors or sponsors information along with a
				written explanation for the change. Applicants shall not lose credit for hours
				or trips logged under the previous mentor or sponsor provided they are verified
				pursuant to Paragraphs F.3 and G3 of this Section.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-351 - Commercial Harvest of Southern Flounder

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Commercial Season
1. The commercial harvest of southern
				flounder (
Paralichthys lethostigma
) in Louisiana waters, by
				any means of take with any gear, is prohibited from October 15 through November
				30 of each year.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-353 - Recreational Harvest of Southern Flounder

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The daily take and possession limit for
				the recreational taking of southern flounder (
Paralichthys
				lethostigma
) caught within or without Louisiana waters shall be 10
				fish per day and in possession.
B.
				Recreational harvest of southern flounder is prohibited from October 15 through
				November 30 of each year.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:6(25)(a),
				  R.S.
				  56:326.1 and
				  R.S.
				  56:326.3.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-357 - Sharks and Sawfishes-Harvest Regulations

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The following rules and regulations are
				established for the taking and possession of sharks (including sawfishes)
				(class
Elasmobranchiomorphi
: orders
Hexanchiformes,
				Lamniformes, Squaliformes, and Rajiformes
) from within or without
				Louisiana waters. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to shrimp or
				menhaden harvest, and nothing contained herein is intended or shall be
				construed to repeal, amend, or otherwise modify the provisions of law
				applicable to shrimp or menhaden fishing, except for provisions:
1. outlawing finning of shark;
2. requiring a commercial state shark permit
				for sale, barter, trade, or exchange;
3. limiting sale, barter, trade, or exchange
				of sharks during closed seasons;
4.
				limiting shark retained by non-permit holders to be only as a mixed part of the
				total harvest, and only retained, held, or sold, purchased, bartered, traded,
				or exchanged as such; and
5.
				outlawing transfer of sharks between vessels at sea.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-359 - Prohibited Fish Species, Permit for Scientific or Educational Purposes

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The secretary of
				the department may issue permits to any person to possess, sell, or transport
				any fish into Louisiana for scientific or educational purposes, including
				species whose possession, sale, or transport is otherwise prohibited by
				commission rule. A copy of federal exempted fish permit must be submitted with
				the prohibited fish species (PFS) application. The department PFS permit must
				be on display with the permitted fish at all times. This permit is
				non-transferable. The permit does not exempt holder from any federal
				regulations and may be revoked at any time if abused.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:319.1.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-361 - Tuna-Harvest Regulations

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Bag and
				Possession limits, Recreational
Species
Bag and Possession Limit
1. Yellowfin Tuna
3 fish per person
2. Bluefin Tuna
1 fish per vessel per year as incidental catch
							 during open seasons.
B.
				Size Limits, Recreational and Commercial
Species
Minimum Size Limit
1. Yellowfin Tuna
27 inches curved fork length (CFL)
2. Bigeye Tuna
27 inches curved fork length (CFL)
3. Bluefin Tuna*
73 inches curved fork length (CFL)
*The size class of a bluefin tuna found with the head removed
				  shall be determined using pectoral fin curved fork length (PFCFL) multiplied by
				  a conversion factor of 1.35.
NOTE:
Curved Fork Length (CFL)
- the length of a
				  fish measured from the tip of the upper jaw to the fork of the tail along the
				  contour of the body in a line that runs along the top of the pectoral fin and
				  the top of the caudal keel.
Pectoral Fin Curved Fork Length (PFCFL)
-
				  the length of a beheaded fish from the dorsal insertion of the pectoral fin to
				  the fork of the tail measured along the contour of the body in a line that runs
				  along the top of the pectoral fin and the top of the caudal keel.
C. No person shall take or have in their
				possession any species of tuna less than the minimum size or in excess of the
				take or possession limits. The possession limit on tunas applies to tuna taken
				within or outside Louisiana territorial waters. No person shall transfer or
				cause the transfer of tuna between vessels on state or federal
				waters.
D. Permits
1. Recreational. Persons aboard a vessel
				whether within or outside Louisiana territorial waters possessing any of the
				following tuna species. Atlantic bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna, bigeye tuna,
				skipjack tuna and albacore are required to have a valid federal recreational
				tuna permit and a recreational offshore landing permit in their immediate
				possession on board the vessel.
2.
				Commercial. Persons harvesting the following tuna species. Atlantic bluefin
				tuna, yellowfin tuna, bigeye tuna, skipjack tuna and albacore whether within or
				outside Louisiana state territorial waters for commercial purposes or
				possessing such tuna species in excess of a recreational take limit are
				required to have a valid federal commercial tuna permit in their immediate
				possession on board the vessel. No person shall sell, barter, trade or exchange
				or attempt to sell, barter, trade or exchange any species of tuna without a
				valid federal commercial tuna permit. No person shall purchase, barter, trade
				or exchange or attempt to purchase barter, trade or exchange any species of
				tuna from any person who harvested tuna without a valid federal commercial tuna
				permit.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-363 - Red Drum-Harvest Regulations

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Recreational Regulations
1. The daily take and possession limit for
				red drum (
Sciaenops ocellatus
) caught recreationally within or
				without Louisiana waters shall be four fish per day.
2. The minimum legal size for the
				recreational taking of red drum shall be 18 inches total length with the mouth
				closed. The maximum legal size for the taking of red drum shall be 27 inches
				total length with the mouth closed. Possession of red drum over the prescribed
				maximum size of 27 inches total length, when measured with the mouth closed, is
				prohibited.
3. Captain and crew
				members shall not retain a bag limit of red drum while operating or
				representing themselves as a charter vessel or headboat. Captain and crew may
				engage in fishing activity to assist passengers to catch, retrieve, or land red
				drum, or to demonstrate to passengers how to catch red drum.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-365 - Shrimp Records and Labeling

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Shrimp
				Records, Shrimp Packaging
1. Wholesale/retail
				seafood dealers, retail seafood dealers, restaurants and retail grocers shall
				maintain records in accordance with
				R.S.
				56:306.5 and 56:506. In addition to the
				requirements therein, wholesale/retail seafood dealers when selling or
				otherwise transferring shrimp shall specify on each invoice of sale or transfer
				required to be delivered to retail dealers, restaurants and/or retail grocers
				the specific country of origin of the shrimp being sold or transferred. All
				purchase and sales records of wholesale/retail seafood dealers, which are
				required to be maintained by law, shall specify the country of origin of all
				shrimp acquired and sold or transferred. All purchase records of retail
				dealers, restaurants and retail grocers which are required to be maintained by
				law, shall specify the country of origin of shrimp acquired or purchased.
				Shrimp from different countries shall be recorded separately on all
				records.
2. All records for shrimp,
				which are harvested from Louisiana waters or which are landed in Louisiana from
				a harvesting vessel, shall indicate such shrimp are a "Product of Louisiana" or
				"Louisiana Shrimp" or "Louisiana (and shrimp species)."
3. No wholesale/retail seafood dealer, retail
				seafood dealers or restaurants shall possess, package, process, sell, barter,
				exchange or attempt to sell, barter, trade or exchange shrimp from a foreign
				country which is commingled with shrimp caught in the United States or which is
				represented to be a product of the United States.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-367 - Derelict Crab Trap Removal Program

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				The use of crab traps shall be prohibited for a 14-day period from 12 a.m.
				February 1, 2024 through 11:59 p.m. February 14, 2024 within St. Bernard Parish
				as described below:
1. from a point
				originating at the most northeastern corner of Proctor Point in Lake Borgne (29
				degrees 56 minutes 47.47 seconds north latitude, 89 degrees 42 minutes 54.25
				seconds west longitude); thence easterly along 29 degrees 56 minutes 47.47
				seconds north latitude to a point northeast of Lake Eugenie on Redfish Bayou
				(29 degrees 56 minutes 47.47 seconds north latitude, 89 degrees 24 minutes
				00.00 seconds west longitude); thence southerly along 89 degrees 24 minutes
				00.00 seconds west longitude past Gardner Island to a point located on the
				western bank of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) (29 degrees 41 minutes
				01.62 seconds north latitude, 89 degrees 24 minutes 00.00 seconds west
				longitude); thence northwesterly following the western bank of the MRGO to the
				intersection of Bayou La Loutre; thence westerly following the southern bank of
				Bayou La Loutre to its intersection with the western bank of Shell Beach Cut
				(29 degrees 50 minutes 28.27 seconds north latitude, 89 degrees 41 minutes
				23.38 seconds west longitude); thence northerly following the western bank of
				Shell Beach Cut to its entry point at Lake Borgne (29 degrees 51 minutes 54.53
				seconds north latitude, 89 degrees 40 minutes 32.52 seconds west longitude);
				thence westerly following the southern bank of Lake Borgne as it makes its
				northern turn at Proctor Point and terminating at the origin.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-369 - Shrimping Closed Season, Vessel Monitoring System

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Purpose. To maximize voluntary compliance
				with shrimping regulations and to reduce purposeful shrimping violations by
				providing adequate deterrence thereby reducing recidivism.
B. Persons who are required to be monitored:
1. any person subject to a court order
				requiring monitoring;
2. any person
				having two or more convictions during the preceding five year period for
				harvesting shrimp during closed season.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-373 - Shrimp Packaging Regulations

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. In accordance with the provisions of
				R.S.
				56:578.10 the following provisions shall
				establish the standards for packaging of shrimp in, or sold in Louisiana for
				wholesale and retail sale.
B.
				Definitions
Gulf of Mexico Packaging
-any package or
				  container bearing the words "Gulf of Mexico" or "Gulf USA Shrimp," or that any
				  way represents that the shrimp are a product of the Gulf of Mexico.
Louisiana Packaging
-any package or container
				  bearing the word "Louisiana" or "Louisiana Shrimp," or that any way represents
				  the brand name "Louisiana" or that the shrimp is a product of Louisiana.
Shrimp
-any fresh or frozen raw shrimp,
				  either, whole, headless, or peeled of the species, white shrimp or "common
				  saltwater shrimp"(
Litopenaeus setiferus
), also called the
				  "lake shrimp"; the brown shrimp (
Farfantepenaeus aztecus
); the
				  pink shrimp (
Farfantepenaeus duorarum
); or the "sea bob"
				  (
Xiphopeneus kroyeri
), also called "six barbes."
United States Packaging
-any package or
				  container bearing the word "United States," or "USA," or "Product of USA," or
				  that any way represents that the shrimp are a product of the United
				  States.
C. No person shall knowingly
				possess, package, distribute, label, broker, sell, purchase, or cause to be
				packaged, distributed, labeled, brokered, or sold any shrimp packaged in
				Louisiana packaging which were not taken, harvested, or landed in
				Louisiana.
D. No person shall
				knowingly possess, package, distribute, label, broker, sell, purchase, or cause
				to be packaged, distributed, labeled, brokered, or sold any shrimp packaged in
				Gulf of Mexico packaging which were not taken, harvested or landed in the Gulf
				of Mexico or adjoining states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, or
				Florida.
E. No person shall
				knowingly possess, package, distribute, label, broker, sell, purchase, or cause
				to be packaged, distributed, labeled, brokered, or sold any shrimp packaged in
				United States packaging which were not taken, harvested, or landed in the
				United States. Shrimp landed in the United States shall not mean shrimp
				imported into the United States from any country other than the United
				States.
F. The penalty for
				violating any provision of this Section shall constitute a class two violation
				for each violation. The provisions of this Section shall not supersede any
				other state or federal requirements for packaging or labeling shrimp.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:578.10.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-374 - Turtle Excluder Device (TED) Requirements; Use; Exemptions; Prohibitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The Wildlife and
				Fisheries Commission does hereby adopt the following rules and regulations
				regarding the use of turtle excluder devices.
B. It is unlawful for any person to do any of
				the following while trawling for shrimp within and without Louisiana's
				territorial waters: operate, be on board a vessel, fish for, catch, take,
				harvest, or possess, fish, shrimp or wildlife unless that vessel is in
				compliance with all applicable provisions of this Section regarding use of
				turtle excluder device (TED) requirements as contained herein.
C. Gear Requirements for Shrimp Trawlers
1. TED Requirement for Shrimp Trawlers. Any
				shrimp trawler that is in Louisiana waters or waters of the adjacent Gulf of
				Mexico area must have an approved TED installed in each net that is rigged for
				fishing. A net is rigged for fishing if it is in the water, or if it is
				shackled, tied, or otherwise connected to any trawl door or board, or to any
				tow rope, cable, pole or extension, either on board or attached in any manner
				to the shrimp trawler.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-377 - Recreational Offshore Landing Permit

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Any person, except those persons under the
				age of 18 that are not normally required to obtain a license for saltwater
				fishing privileges, possessing any one of the following fish species or species
				groups on board a vessel taken from within or without Louisiana territorial
				waters shall be required to have obtained and have in their immediate
				possession a recreational offshore landing permit. Any person on a trip aboard
				a charter vessel, who pays a fee for that trip, is not required to have this
				permit, but the permit is required for the captain of that charter vessel. The
				recreational offshore landing permit shall be available for inspection by a
				duly authorized agent of the department:
1.
				highly migratory species:
a. tunas-bluefin,
				albacore, yellowfin, skipjack, bigeye, blackfin;
b. billfish-blue marlin, white marlin,
				sailfish and longbill spearfish;
c.
				swordfish;
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-379 - Tripletail - Harvest Regulations

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Recreational Take and Possession Limits
1.
				The recreational bag limit for the possession of tripletail (
Lobotes
				surinamensis
) whether caught within or without Louisiana waters shall
				be five fish per person, per day.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-381 - Louisiana Catch and Cook Program and Permit

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
				is authorized to establish the Louisiana Catch and Cook Program and permit
				pursuant to
				R.S.
				56:317. Notwithstanding any provision of the
				state
Sanitary Code
or any other law or regulation to the
				contrary, it shall be lawful for a retail food establishment to receive and
				prepare any freshwater or saltwater recreational fish as defined in
				R.S.
				56:8.
B. Any retail food establishment as defined
				in LAC 51:XXIII.101.A, is authorized to prepare any fish legally taken and
				possessed by a licensed recreational fisherman for consumption by that
				recreational fisherman or any person in his party. The retail food
				establishment must possess a Louisiana Catch and Cook Program permit issued by
				the department. Possession of a permit does not exempt the permittee from any
				other law or regulation.
C.
				Permittees will be required to abide by the following conditions that shall be
				enforced by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health.
1. The retail establishment shall complete,
				date, and have the recreational fisherman who brings the fish in for
				preparation sign an assumption of risk form. The completed, dated, and signed
				form shall be maintained at the establishment for a period of no less than 90
				days. The establishment shall provide the completed forms to the state health
				officer upon request.
2. The retail
				food establishment shall receive only fish that have been cleaned, filleted,
				placed in clean, food-grade, single-service packaging, and properly
				refrigerated.
3. The retail food
				establishment shall inspect the fish for freshness and proper receiving
				temperature.
4. The fish shall be
				properly labeled with the date, time, and name of the recreational
				fisherman.
5. The retail food
				establishment shall store, prepare, and otherwise handle the fish separately
				from products being prepared for and served to the general public.
6. The retail food establishment shall store,
				prepare, and otherwise handle the fish in compliance with provisions of the
				state
Sanitary Code
(LAC 51, Part XXIII).
7. The retail food establishment shall
				prepare and serve the fish to the recreational fisherman or any person in his
				party within four hours of receipt of the fish.
8. Containers, preparation tables, cutting
				boards, utensils, and other food preparation equipment used to prepare and
				serve the fish shall be properly cleaned and sanitized in accordance with
				provisions of the state
Sanitary Code
(LAC 51, Part XXIII)
				prior to use preparing foods to serve to the general public.
9. The fish shall be served directly to the
				recreational fisherman or any person in his party immediately upon the
				completion of cooking and shall not be served to the general public.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-385 - Management Targets for Selected Finfish Species

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Policy. The stocks of black drum,
				sheepshead, and southern flounder shall have management targets established
				within this rule. Management targets shall be established utilizing a
				historical time-series of fisheries data, defined for each stock, as a basis of
				reference. The reference time-series is developed utilizing a period of time
				within the most recent assessment where recruitment has not been impacted and
				sustainability has been demonstrated for each stock. The biomass and fishing
				mortality rate of each stock over this historical time-series shall be derived
				from the beginning of the assessed period through 2013. If data indicate that a
				stock is not meeting or is likely not to meet thresholds established in the
				assessment of the stock, the department shall provide, for the Louisiana
				Wildlife and Fisheries Commissions consideration, management options to ensure
				that a stock can remain within the management thresholds established for that
				particular stock.
B. Management
				Targets
1. Biomass targets shall be
				calculated as the average (geometric mean) spawning stock biomass (SSB) from
				each stocks historical time-series.
2. Fishing mortality rate targets shall be
				the fishing mortality rate that corresponds to each stocks SSB targets at
				equilibrium.
3. Biomass and fishing
				mortality rate targets shall be calculated based upon a historical time-series
				from the beginning of the assessed period through 2013, inclusive.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery › Section VII-387 - Recreational Bowfishing Permit

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Any person 18 years of age or older taking, or attempting to take saltwater
				recreational fish with bowfishing gear, or engaging in bowfishing activity
				south of the designated saltwater line described in
				R.S.
				56:322 must have in their immediate
				possession a recreational bowfishing permit. Any person on a trip aboard a
				charter vessel or a vessel that is representing itself as a charter vessel, who
				pays a fee for that trip, is not required to have this permit, but the permit
				is required for the captain of that charter vessel. The recreational bowfishing
				permit shall be available for inspection by a duly authorized agent of the
				department.
B. Permits may be
				obtained at no cost, from the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (DWF) or DWF
				authorized methods, by persons who hold any valid license authorizing the
				taking and possessing of saltwater species of fish. Permits shall be valid one
				year from the date issued.
C.
				Failure to comply with the provisions of this Section shall constitute a class
				one violation.
AUTHORITY
				  NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:6(25)(a) and (34), and
				  R.S.
				  56:326.3.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 4 - License and License Fees › Section VII-405 - Saltwater Commercial Rod and Reel License; Proof of Income

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each applicant
				shall have derived more than 50 percent of his earned income from the legal
				capture and sale of seafood species in at least two of the three years, 1995,
				1994, and 1993.
B. Proof of such
				income for at least two of the three years 1995, 1994, and 1993 shall be
				provided by the applicant, using any of the methods listed below.
1. Method 1. Applicant shall submit to the
				Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (Licensing Section) a copy of his federal
				income tax return, including all attachments (e.g., Schedule C of Federal Form
				1040, Form W-2, etc.), which has been certified by the Internal Revenue Service
				(IRS) and a copy of his state tax return, provided applicant was required to
				file.
2. Method 2. Applicant shall
				submit to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (Licensing Section) a copy
				of his federal income tax return, including all attachments (e.g., Schedule C
				of Federal Form 1040, Form W-2, etc.), which has been filed and stamped
				"Received" at a local IRS office, accompanied by a signed cover letter
				acknowledging receipt by the IRS and a copy of his state tax return, provided
				applicant was required to file.
3.
				Method 3. Applicant shall submit to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
				(Licensing Section) a signed copy of his federal tax return including all
				attachments (e.g., Schedule C of Federal Form 1040, Form W-2, etc.) along with
				an IRS-stamped transcript and IRS-signed cover letter and a copy of his state
				tax return, provided applicant was required to file. Transcripts are available
				at local IRS offices.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 4 - License and License Fees › Section VII-407 - Three-Day Basic and Saltwater Nonresident Recreational Fishing License Fees (Repealed)

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:6(28).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 4 - License and License Fees › Section VII-409 - Apprentice Fisherman License

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Definitions
Apprentice
- a real person who engages in the
				  taking of finfish for a period of two years only with and aboard the vessel of
				  a validly-licensed commercial fisherman who also holds a valid and appropriate
				  permit/license issued by the department and who is engaged in the commercial
				  taking of saltwater finfish by approved methods.
B. Application
1. At the time of application for an
				apprentice license, the applicant must provide a notarized affidavit, signed by
				both the applicant and the mentor, providing the Social Security number, name,
				address and commercial fisherman's license number of his mentor and stating the
				intent to participate in the apprenticeship program.
2. The cost for the apprentice license shall
				be one half the cost of a commercial fisherman's license.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 4 - License and License Fees › Section VII-413 - Methods of Payment for Commercial Licenses and Oyster Tags

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Commercial
				licenses and oyster tags may be purchased using the following forms of payment:
1. cash;
2. money order;
3. cashier's check;
4. business checks certified by the issuing
				bank; and
5. credit cards
				(MasterCard, American Express, or Discover only).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 4 - License and License Fees › Section VII-415 - Application and Payment for Eligible Commercial Licenses and Permits via the Internet

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. This Section
				allows certain persons to apply and pay for eligible commercial licenses or
				permits via the internet.
B.
				Application and payment of eligible commercial fishing licenses and permits may
				be made only in the name of the person who held that same license(s) or
				permit(s) for the immediately preceding license or permit year No changes to
				information contained on the previous license or permit will be allowed when
				applying via internet.
1. Eligible commercial
				licenses and permits available for application and payment under this Section
				are limited to the following:
a. commercial
				fisherman license;
b. fresh
				products license;
c. oyster
				harvester license;
d. all vessel
				licenses;
e. all commercial fishing
				gear licenses and related fees;
f.
				seafood retail dealer license;
g.
				seafood wholesale/retail dealer license;
h. seafood transport license;
i. wholesale out of state crab shipping
				license;
j. charter guide
				license;
k. charter mothership
				license;
l. charter skiff
				license;
m. all commercial fishing
				permits;
n. domestic aquatic
				organism license; and
o. apprentice
				license.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 5 - Oysters › Section VII-502 - Joint Leasing of Water Bottoms

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
1. At any time, the department may enter into
				a joint lease agreement or agreements with a private claimant for the leasing
				of "dual claim" water bottoms to an applicant for the purposes of oyster
				cultivation. Such an agreement will be referred to as a dual claim agreement. A
				copy of each dual claim agreement will be maintained at the department's oyster
				lease section. The department, in consultation with the administrator of the
				Office of State Lands, and the private claimant, through the dual claim
				agreement, will designate water bottoms as "dual claim" and authorize the
				department to enter into dual claim oyster leases (as defined in Subsection B)
				with applicants on the "dual claim" water bottoms pursuant to Title 56, Part
				VII, Subpart D of the LRS of 1950. Except as provided in Subsection E of this
				Section, no dual claim agreement shall contain any restrictions on the
				applicant more burdensome than those in a traditional state-issued oyster
				lease. A dual claim agreement shall remain in effect as to the "dual claim"
				water bottoms affected thereby:
a. for the
				entire term and to the extent of any state-issued oyster lease or renewal
				issued by the department thereon; or
b. until and to the extent that ownership of
				the "dual claim" water bottoms is determined by a final, unappealable judgment
				of a court of competent jurisdiction; or
c. until such time that no dual claim lease
				has been issued, and no claimed water bottom remains subject to the dual claim
				agreement by virtue of the exercise of withdrawal rights as provided in
				Subsection C of this Section.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 5 - Oysters › Section VII-503 - Oyster Lease Rental Rate and Default for Non-Payment

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The rental rate for oyster leases shall be
				as determined by law.
B. Policy to
				Comply with Laws Concerning Default in Payment of Rent on Oyster Leases
				(Noncompliance
				R.S.
				56:429)
1.
				Annual rental payments shall be due January 1 each year. Annual rental notices
				will be mailed to lessees no later than December 1 of each year.
2. If a lessee has not paid the rent on or
				before January 1 of each year, or within 60 days thereafter, the lease shall
				automatically terminate and be cancelled, and the lessee shall automatically
				forfeit all the works, improvements, betterment, and oysters on the previously
				leased water bottoms to the department. Such water bottoms shall then be open
				for lease in accordance with
				R.S.
				56:425.
3. On or before February 1 each year, the
				department shall issue a written notice of delinquency by certified mail to
				each lessee who has not yet paid rent. This notice shall also be published on
				the department's website and in the official journal of the parish in which the
				rent-delinquent lease is located.
4. If a lease is forfeited due to failure to
				pay rent, the cancellation of that lease shall be made public by notice through
				publication in the official journal of the parish where the formerly leased
				water bottoms are located. This shall be done within 10 days of
				cancellation.
5. Any lessee who
				pays the rent on or after February 1 shall pay the rent due plus an additional
				10 percent penalty.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 5 - Oysters › Section VII-509 - Outside Area Atchafalaya-Vermilion Bay Oyster Seed Ground

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The outside area Atchafalaya-Vermilion Bay
				Oyster Seed Ground is described as that portion of state water bottoms
				beginning at a point known as South Point on the Southeast portion of Marsh
				Island (y-298,750.40) (x-1,863,189.50), thence S 74° 10' 18" E 52785.6 feet to
				a platform (y-284,352.82) (x-1,913,973.65), thence S 68° 18' 41" E 75,154.9
				feet to Eugene Island (y-256,578.31) (x-1,983,808.02), thence S 35° 17' 41" E
				17,453.6 feet to Point Au Fer (y-242,332.84) (x-1,993,892.44), thence south 35
				00' W approximately 3 miles to the Louisiana State Territorial Limitation,
				thence westerly along the State Territorial Limitation to a point south of
				Marsh Island thence north approximately 3 miles to a point on Marsh Island
				(y-295,200.0) (x-1,845,950.0), thence easterly along the shoreline of Marsh
				Island to South Point being the point of beginning.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  56:434.