Title 56, Wildlife and Fisheries

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La. Rev. Stat. § 56:339 Transportation of fish to other states; reciprocity
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§339. Transportation of fish to other states; reciprocity On and after March 1, 1951, resident and nonresident persons of Louisiana and foreign corporations are prohibited from seining for and catching menhaden or other species of fish not ordinarily used for human consumption in…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:34 Class four violation
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§34. Class four violation A. The following penalties shall be imposed for a class four violation: (1) For the first offense, the fine shall be not less than four hundred dollars nor more than nine hundred fifty dollars or imprisonment for not more than one hundred twenty days, or…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:340 §§340 to 344 Repealed by Acts 1986, No
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§340. §§340 to 344 Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 904, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:345 Repealed by Acts 2000, 1st Ex
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§345. Repealed by Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:346 Repealed by Acts 1991, No
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§346. Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 270, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:347 §§347 to 353 Repealed by Acts 1985, No
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§347. §§347 to 353 Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 876, §4, eff. July 23, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:35 Class five violation
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§35. Class five violation The following penalties shall be imposed for a class five violation, for the purpose of the mandatory jail sentence this class shall be divided into two Sections, 5-A and 5-B. A. The fine for class 5-A violation shall be for the first offense not less th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:354 Repealed by Acts 1986, No
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§354. Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 904, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:355 Penalty provision
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§355. Penalty provision Penalties for violation of any provision of this Subpart shall be as prescribed in Part II of this Chapter. Violation of any provision of any Section of this Subpart shall constitute a class one violation except where a higher class of violation is specifi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:356 Repealed by Acts 2010, No
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§356. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 743, §2(C), eff. July 1, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:36 Class six violation
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§36. Class six violation The following penalties shall be imposed for a class six violation. For each offense, the fine shall be not less than nine hundred dollars nor more than nine hundred fifty dollars, or imprisonment for not more than one hundred twenty days, or both, and sh…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:360.1 Repealed by Acts 2019, No
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§360.1. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §6, eff. June 30, 2019.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:360.2 Repealed by Acts 2019, No
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§360.2. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §6, eff. June 30, 2019.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:360.3 Repealed by Acts 2019, No
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§360.3. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §6, eff. June 30, 2019.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:37 Class seven violation
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§37. Class seven violation A. Class seven shall be divided into 7-A and 7-B violations. (1) The following penalties shall be imposed for a class 7-A violation: For each offense, the fine shall be not less than five thousand dollars nor more than seven thousand five hundred dollar…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:37.1 Class eight violation
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§37.1. Class eight violation The following penalties shall be imposed for a class eight violation: For each offense, the fine shall not be less than five thousand dollars nor more than seven thousand dollars and the violator may be imprisoned in jail for not less than sixty days …
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:38 Revocation of license
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§38. Revocation of license A. In addition to all other penalties provided hereunder, whoever violates any provision of this Chapter in accordance with classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 upon conviction, may as otherwise provided in this Chapter have the license under which the violatio…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:39 Forfeiture of quadrupeds, birds, and fish; Fish and Wildlife Violations Reward Fund, creation and use of fund monies
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§39. Forfeiture of quadrupeds, birds, and fish; Fish and Wildlife Violations Reward Fund, creation and use of fund monies A. In addition to all other penalties provided in this Chapter, violators subject to the provisions of R.S. 56:31 through R.S. 56:37.1 or R.S. 14:63(G)(5) sha…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:4 Authority of Department of Conservation and Energy over navigable water bottoms
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§4. Authority of Department of Conservation and Energy over navigable water bottoms Nothing in this Title and particularly in R.S. 56:3 affects in any way the authority of the Department of Conservation and Energy to lease or otherwise administer the beds and bottoms of navigable…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:40.1 Liability for value of fish, wild birds, wild quadrupeds, and other wildlife and aquatic life
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§40.1. Liability for value of fish, wild birds, wild quadrupeds, and other wildlife and aquatic life A person who kills, catches, takes, possesses, or injures any fish, wild birds, wild quadrupeds, and other wildlife and aquatic life in violation of this Title, or a regulation ad…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:40.2 Value of fish, wild birds, wild quadrupeds, and other wildlife and aquatic life
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§40.2. Value of fish, wild birds, wild quadrupeds, and other wildlife and aquatic life For purposes of this Subpart, the commission shall adopt rules to establish guidelines for determining the value of injured or destroyed fish, wild birds, wild quadrupeds, and other wildlife an…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:40.3 Civil penalties; assessment; administrative hearing
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§40.3. Civil penalties; assessment; administrative hearing A. Whenever the department determines that a violation of R.S. 56:40.1 has occurred, resulting in liability of a person for the value of injured or destroyed wildlife or aquatic life, it shall demand restitution from him …
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:40.4 Civil suit for recovery of value
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§40.4. Civil suit for recovery of value The attorney for the department, attorney general, or the district attorney of the parish in which the violation occurred may bring a civil suit under this Subpart in the name of the state to recover civil penalties for the value of each fi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:40.5 Venue and procedure
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§40.5. Venue and procedure A. A suit for recovery of civil penalties brought under this Subpart may be brought either in the parish of the defendant's domicile or in the parish in which the violation occurred. B. Either party may appeal from a final judgment of the court as in ot…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:40.6 More than one defendant
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§40.6. More than one defendant If more than one defendant is named in a suit or an adjudicatory proceeding brought under this Subpart, each defendant against whom judgment is rendered is jointly and severally liable for the recovery provided by this Subpart. Acts 1988, No. 169, §…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:40.7 Recovery of value in addition to fine
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§40.7. Recovery of value in addition to fine A. The penalties and costs provided by this Subpart are in addition to any fine, forfeiture, other penalty, or costs imposed under any other provision of law. B. Failure to pay all amounts assessed in accordance with this Subpart shall…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:40.8 Both civil suit and criminal prosecution permissible; exceptions
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§40.8. Both civil suit and criminal prosecution permissible; exceptions The pendency or determination of a suit brought under this Subpart or the pendency or determination of a criminal prosecution for the same killing, catching, taking, possession, or injury does not bar the oth…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:40.9 Disposition of recovery
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§40.9. Disposition of recovery A. Any recovery of civil penalties for injury to fish, wild birds, wild quadrupeds, and other wildlife and aquatic life shall be immediately deposited to the Conservation Fund of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and credited to the enforceme…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:401 Commercial seining prohibited in Lake Bruin and other lakes: penalty
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§401. Commercial seining prohibited in Lake Bruin and other lakes: penalty No person shall seine fish for commercial purposes in Lake Bruin in the parish of Tensas and in the Fool River in the parish of Franklin. The department shall take such steps as necessary to prevent the se…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:402 Commercial fishing in Lake Bruin prohibited; penalty
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§402. Commercial fishing in Lake Bruin prohibited; penalty All catching of fish in any manner for commercial purposes in Lake Bruin including that part of the lake called Brushy and the following streams and bayous leading into or out of Lake Bruin: Bruin's Bayou, Choctaw Bayou, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:403 Commercial seining prohibited in Clear Lake; penalty
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§403. Commercial seining prohibited in Clear Lake; penalty No person shall seine fish for commercial purposes in Clear Lake, situated in the parish of Richland. The department shall take such steps as necessary to prevent the seining of fish for commercial purposes, at any time. …
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:404 Use of seines, nets, or webbing in Bogue Chitto River prohibited; logging and hand grabbing of fish in Bogue Chitto River prohibited; penalty
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§404. Use of seines, nets, or webbing in Bogue Chitto River prohibited; logging and hand grabbing of fish in Bogue Chitto River prohibited; penalty A. The use of seines, nets, or webbing for the taking of fish in the Bogue Chitto River from where it enters the state in the northe…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:405 Use of certain gear in Tchefuncte River and Lake Des Allemands prohibited; penalty
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§405. Use of certain gear in Tchefuncte River and Lake Des Allemands prohibited; penalty A. The use of seines, nets, webbing or traps of any and all types, including slat traps, for the taking of fish in the Tchefuncte River or its tributaries from its origin in Washington Parish…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:406 Use of trammel net, seine, gill net, or webbing prohibited in the waters of Breton Islands and Chandeleur Islands; exceptions; penalty
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§406. Use of trammel net, seine, gill net, or webbing prohibited in the waters of Breton Islands and Chandeleur Islands; exceptions; penalty A.(1) To promote the conservation of saltwater fish in the state, the use of any form of trammel net, seine, gill net, strike net, or webbi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:407 Use of trammel nets, gill nets, and seines in certain areas of Lake Borgne prohibited
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§407. Use of trammel nets, gill nets, and seines in certain areas of Lake Borgne prohibited A. No person shall use any trammel net, gill net, or seine for the taking of fish, within one-half mile of the shoreline of Grand Island, commonly known as Half Moon Island, in Lake Borgne…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:408 Lake Maurepas; trawling prohibited; nets in certain areas prohibited
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§408. Lake Maurepas; trawling prohibited; nets in certain areas prohibited A. Trawling, skimming, or butterflying in Lake Maurepas is hereby prohibited. B. The setting of any nets of any kind in Lake Maurepas within one-half mile of the beacon lights marking the mouths of the Tic…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:409 Saline Lake; Iatt Lake; triploid grass carp; introduction; expenditures
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§409. Saline Lake; Iatt Lake; triploid grass carp; introduction; expenditures A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Saline Lake Game and Fish Preserve Commission may introduce triploid grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) into Saline Lake. This activi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:409.1 Penalty for the wasting of the state's fishery resources
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§409.1. Penalty for the wasting of the state's fishery resources A. No person shall waste any fish of this state. As used in this Section, "waste" means the harvesting of any fish for commercial purposes which results in the excessive killing of such fish. B. Any person in violat…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:41 §§41 to 44 Repealed by Acts 1981, No
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§41. §§41 to 44 Repealed by Acts 1981, No. 837, §4
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:410 Trawling at night prohibited on White Lake and Grand Lake
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§410. Trawling at night prohibited on White Lake and Grand Lake A. Trawling, skimming, or butterflying on White Lake in Cameron and Vermilion parishes and Grand Lake in Cameron Parish from official sunset to official sunrise is hereby prohibited. B. Violation of this Section cons…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:410.1 Paratrawling prohibited in canals; penalty
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§410.1. Paratrawling prohibited in canals; penalty No person shall paratrawl in any canal which is part of the waters of the state. Violation of this Section constitutes a class three violation. Acts 1988, No. 574, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:410.10 Use of certain fishing gear on Poverty Point Reservoir; prohibition
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§410.10. Use of certain fishing gear on Poverty Point Reservoir; prohibition A. No person shall possess, set, or use any recreational hoop nets, recreational wire nets, yo-yos, trotlines, or slat traps in Poverty Point Reservoir. B. Violation of this Section constitutes a class t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:410.11 Repealed by Acts 2012, No
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§410.11. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 133, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:410.2 Use of trammel nets, gill nets, and strike nets in Calcasieu Lake in Cameron Parish prohibited
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§410.2. Use of trammel nets, gill nets, and strike nets in Calcasieu Lake in Cameron Parish prohibited A. No person shall set or use any trammel net, gill net, or strike net for the taking of fish in that portion of Calcasieu Lake located in Cameron Parish including that portion …
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:410.3 Sabine Lake; taking of crabs; seasons; gear; penalties
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§410.3. Sabine Lake; taking of crabs; seasons; gear; penalties A. The commission shall establish rules regarding the times and days for the recreational and commercial taking of crabs in Sabine Lake during the inland shrimp season and may also designate the places in the lake in …
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:410.4 Repealed by Acts 2012, No
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§410.4. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 133, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:410.5 Repealed by Acts 2012, No
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§410.5. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 133, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:410.6 Calcasieu Lake in Calcasieu Parish; use of trammel nets, gill nets, strike nets, and seines
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§410.6. Calcasieu Lake in Calcasieu Parish; use of trammel nets, gill nets, strike nets, and seines A. No person shall set or use any trammel net, gill net, strike net, or seine for the taking of fish in that portion of Calcasieu Lake which is situated in Calcasieu Parish. B. Vio…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:410.7 Black Lake, Clear Lake, and Prairie Lake; marking of nets required; permitted and prohibited fishing gear; penalties
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§410.7. Black Lake, Clear Lake, and Prairie Lake; marking of nets required; permitted and prohibited fishing gear; penalties A. No person shall set or use any net for the taking of recreational or commercial fish in Black Lake, Clear Lake, or Prairie Lake unless it has been marke…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:410.8 Repealed by Acts 2012, No
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§410.8. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 133, §1.