Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life › Chapter 9 - Aquaculture › Section VII-900 - Domesticated Aquatic Organisms (DAO)

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Definitions
Aquarium Livestock
-all animals that are
				  primarily raised for ornamental use in aquariums. The list of approved aquarium
				  livestock species can be found in LAC 76:VII.915.A
Aquarium Livestock Permit
-the official
				  document required for the culture of freshwater prawns, and allows for the
				  importation, exportation, transport, culture, possession, disposal, transfer
				  and sale of freshwater prawns in Louisiana as approved by the secretary or
				  designee.
Broodstock
-reproductively mature adults held
				  for specific purpose of providing offspring (gametes, larvae, set spat, or
				  later life history stages).
Coldwater Trout
-adult fish, juvenile fish,
				  fingerlings, fry and eggs belonging to the species listed in LAC
				  76:VII.913.A.
Coldwater Trout Permit
-the official document
				  required for the culture, importation, exportation, transport, culture,
				  possession, disposal, transfer and sale of coldwater trout in Louisiana, as
				  approved by the secretary or designee.
Culture
-all activities associated with the
				  rearing, nurturing, or growing of approved DAO species and life stages.
Culture System
-an approved system designed
				  such that all water containing, or that at any time might contain, DAO species
				  and life stages, is filtered, screened and/or sterilized in such a manner as
				  the department deems adequate to prevent any possibility of escape from the
				  system.
Department
-the Louisiana Department of
				  Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) or an authorized employee of the
				  department.
Disposal
-processing, selling, or purposely
				  removing DAO species from the culture system using departmental approved
				  techniques for each DAO species.
Domesticated Aquatic Organisms (DAO)
-all
				  aquaculturally raised species which includes freshwater gamefish, all species
				  of saltwater fish, all endangered or threatened species as well as all
				  nonnative fish as defined by
				  R.S.
				  56:8 and
				  R.S.
				  56:411
.
Fisheries Permit Manager
-Biologist or other
				  staff assigned the duties to manage and issue fisheries related permits.
Freshwater Prawn
-any life stages of the
				  shrimp of the species
Marcobrachium rosenbergii
.
Freshwater Prawn Permit
-the official
				  document required for the culture of freshwater prawns, and allows for the
				  importation, exportation, transport, culture, possession, disposal, transfer
				  and sale of freshwater prawns in Louisiana as approved by the secretary or
				  designee.
Live Holding System
-an approved indoor
				  temporary holding or display system that at any time may contain DAO species
				  (adult fish, juvenile fish, fry or fish eggs) designed such that all water is
				  filtered, screened and/or sterilized prior to release in such manner as the
				  department deems adequate to prevent any possibility of escape.
Molluscan Shellfish Aquaculture
-the
				  land-based process of using approved broodstock to produce any life stage of
				  molluscan shellfish.
Molluscan Shellfish Aquaculture Permit
-the
				  permit needed to rear or import and transport for the purpose of rearing
				  molluscan shellfish such as eastern oysters (
Crassostrea
				  virginica
).
Permittee
-individual that possesses any type
				  of valid Louisiana permit under this Chapter. A permittee can only be a natural
				  person. A permittee may represent himself, a business, corporation or
				  organization. The permittee is responsible for compliance with all stipulations
				  in the permit.
Rainbow Trout
-adult fish, juvenile fish,
				  fingerlings, fry and eggs belonging to the species
Oncorhynchus
				  mykiss
.
Rainbow Trout Permit
-the official document
				  required for the culture, importation, exportation, transport, culture,
				  possession, disposal, transfer and sale of Rainbow Trout in Louisiana, as
				  approved by the secretary or designee.
Secretary
-the Secretary of the Department of
				  Wildlife and Fisheries.
Shovelnose Sturgeon
-pure strain of
				  genetically unaltered fish (adult fish, juvenile fish, fingerlings, fry, and
				  eggs), belonging to the species
Scaphirhynchus
				  platorynchus
.
Shovelnose Sturgeon Permit
-the official
				  document required for the culture, importation, exportation, transport,
				  culture, possession, disposal, transfer, and sale of shovelnose sturgeon in
				  Louisiana, as approved by the secretary or designee.
Species Certification
-positive species,
				  hybrid, subspecies and/or variation type identification using of department
				  approved procedures.
Species Specific Culture Permits
-permits
				  that are required for any species which have restricted methods of
				  culture.
Tilapia
-adult fish, juvenile fish,
				  fingerlings, fry and eggs or body parts belonging to the genera
Tilapia, Sarotherdon,
or
Oreochromis
and
				  their hybrids.
Tilapia Culture Permit
-the official document
				  required for the importation, exportation, transport, culture, possession,
				  disposal, transfer and sale of tilapia in Louisiana, as approved by the
				  secretary or designee.
Tilapia Live Holding Permit
-the official
				  document required for the live holding of tilapia for retail sale and allows
				  for the import, live holding, and sale of tilapia in Louisiana, as approved by
				  the secretary or designee.
Triploid Grass Carp (TGC)
-refers to
Ctenopharyngodon idella
fingerlings and
				  larger individuals that are certified as triploid carp (3N chromosomes) by the
				  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or a qualified agent or contractor approved by
				  the department.
Triploid Grass Carp Possession and Transportation
				  Permit
-the official document required for the importation,
				  transportation, and possession of live triploid grass carp (TGC) in Louisiana
				  for use in privately owned waterbodies, as approved by the secretary or
				  designee.
Triploid Grass Carp Sales Permit
the
				  official document required for the importation, transportation, possession, and
				  sale of live triploid grass carp (TGC) in Louisiana, as approved by the
				  secretary or designee.
Triploid Grass Carp Seller
-a properly
				  licensed fish farmer who possesses a triploid grass carp (TGC) Sales
				  Permit.
B. Procedures for
				nominating a new species to the approved list of DAO.
1. An application to consider a new aquatic
				species shall be submitted in writing to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife
				and Fisheries, Fisheries Permit Manager by emailing fisheriespermits@wlf.la.gov
				or by mail:
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Fisheries Permit Manager
P.O. Box 98000
Baton Rouge, LA 70898-9000
2. The application shall include the
				following information:
a. American Fisheries
				Society approved species and common name(s);
b. intended use or uses;
c. biology, including environmental
				tolerances, diseases, life history, and associated references;
d. potential sources of broodstock;
e. proposed restrictions for the culture of
				the proposed species.
3.
				Within 30 days of receipt of the completed application, the Fisheries Permit
				Manager shall convene a technical committee to review the species. The
				technical committee will consist of a minimum of four members. Those members
				must consist of at least one Department Biologist from the appropriate
				Fisheries Division, an Enforcement Division representative as well as at least
				one committee member not employed by department which may be, but not limited
				to, a representative from academia or a federal agency representative. The
				department may nominate a DAO species or amend the list by convening a review
				panel to review species of interest.
4. The technical committee, by way of the
				Fisheries Permit Manager, may ask the applicant to provide additional
				information.
5. The technical
				committee will be responsible for evaluating all relevant information regarding
				the species. The committee will consider approving a new aquatic species by
				evaluating the potential negative risks the new species might pose on native
				species, habitat, and human health. The committee will also consider mitigation
				measures that reduce risk. The committee's findings will be summarized by the
				Fisheries Permit Manager and a recommendation made to the Assistant Secretary,
				Office of Fisheries to either deny the applicant's request or approve the
				request with or without mitigating requirements.
6. The assistant secretary shall determine
				whether to recommend to the secretary to approve the application for the
				addition of the proposed species to the DAO list, along with any restrictions
				or mitigating requirements. If approved by the secretary, a formal request will
				be made to the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission in the form of a Notice of
				Intent.