Louisiana Administrative Code

A. Whereas, 45,000 hybrid (white bass-striped bass) bass fingerlings were stocked in False River, Pointe Coupee Parish, in May 1975; and B. whereas, these fish though not likely to reproduce, have the potential of reaching 15-20 pounds, feeding primarily on gizzard shad which are…

A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby adopts the following regulations applicable to the use of yo-yos, trigger devices, trotlines, limb lines, jugs, and all other passive fishing devices containing a hook or hooks in freshwater areas of the state. 1. No more than 50 re…

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. wherea…

A. Saline-Larto Complex (Catahoula, LaSalle, Avoyelles, and Rapides Parishes) including Saline Lake, Larto Lake, Shad Lake, and all associated waterbodies located south of southern bank of the Diversion Canal between Highway 28 and the Black River, east of Highway 28 and Highway …

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 popu…

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 sa…

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…

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.

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 eff…

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 leg…

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission establishes a statewide daily take (creel limit) of 10 fish for black bass. The possession limit shall be the same as the daily take on water and twice the daily take off water. B. In addition, the commission establishes special size and d…

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 abo…

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. 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.

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.

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 cl…

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 i…

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 sun…

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 Atc…

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 to…

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.

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.

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 con…

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.

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.

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…

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 ta…

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 sel…

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 fr…

A. Poverty Point Reservoir (Richland Parish) 1. Daily Limit—25 fish per person: a. on water possession―same as daily limit per person. B. Bayou D’Arbonne Lake (Union and Lincoln Parishes) including all areas between the Bayou D’Arbonne spillway structure and Gill’s Ferry Landing …

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 shal…

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 …

A. This rule establishes procedures by which governmental entities may nominate water supply and water pollution control projects for priority of funding through specific legislative appropriation for the purposes indicated in R.S. 38:32B(11). The rule also defines the procedures…

A. The following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this rule. Annual Report―the report submitted by January 15 of each calendar year by the Office of Public Works to the governor and committees of the legislature pursuant to the requirements of R.S. 38:34, which r…

A. It is intended that the project priority evaluation and rating system provided for in this rule shall support the objective of the Louisiana Water Resources Program to provide an adequate and safe supply of water to Louisiana users through a policy and program addressing the s…

A.. Any entity may request that one or more projects be considered and ranked in priority order by the planning commission having jurisdiction.

A. By not later than January 15 of each calendar year, OPW shall prepare an annual report to the governor, the house Committee on transportation, Highways and Public Works, and the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. The annual report shall contain a list of projects ranke…

A. Upon notification by OPW, the planning commissions shall prepare and submit to OPW by September 16 of each year a regional report. The regional report shall contain a list of projects located within the jurisdiction of the planning commission ranked in the priority order of fu…

A. All projects in the Annual Report of OPW are eligible for priority of funding during the subject fiscal year depending upon the amount of funds, if any, which may be appropriated for the purpose. B. Projects properly included and ranked in a regional report may be included in …

A. The following projects are not eligible for inclusion in an annual report: 1. projects eligible for funding under the Hazardous Waste "Superfund" Program; 2. projects eligible for funding under the Statewide Flood Control Program; 3. projects listed in a previous Annual Report…

A. The following project costs are eligible for priority of funding in the annual report: 1. project costs related to the achievement of the water resource management purposes for which priority ranking is established in the annual report; 2. the construction costs of a project i…

A. The following costs are not eligible for priority funding: 1. construction costs for facilities not needed to achieve the water resources management purposes for which priority ranking is established in the annual report; 2. operation and maintenance costs, ordinary repairs, l…