Title 56, Wildlife and Fisheries

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La. Rev. Stat. § 56:449 Tags; distribution; use; containers; penalties
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§449. Tags; distribution; use; containers; penalties A. Sacks and any other types of containers used to hold oysters and other mollusks while in their shells shall be identified by official tags. The department shall have exclusive authority over the distribution of these tags. T…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:45 Jurisdiction of trial of violations
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§45. Jurisdiction of trial of violations Except as provided in R.S. 56:32.1, the district courts of this state shall have original jurisdiction of the trial of persons charged with violations of this Chapter. Acts 1981, No. 837, §1; Acts 2021, No. 241, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:450 Freshwater mussels; rules; penalties
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§450. Freshwater mussels; rules; penalties A.(1) The secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries shall adopt rules, developed and proposed by the department, to regulate the harvest of freshwater mussels. Such rules shall provide for open areas, species eligible for har…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:451 Repealed by Acts 2021, No
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§451. Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 356, §5, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:452 Penalties
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§452. Penalties Any person who violates a Section of this Subpart for which no penalty is given has committed a class one violation and shall be punished as provided for in Part II. Acts 1994, No. 27, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:46 Venue when river divides parishes
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§46. Venue when river divides parishes If any offense under this Chapter is alleged to have been committed in a river dividing two parishes and the exact place of commission of the offense cannot be established, any court in either parish has territorial jurisdiction. Acts 1981, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:47 Venue when offense committed in lake, bay, or other body of water
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§47. Venue when offense committed in lake, bay, or other body of water If any offense under this Chapter is alleged to have been committed in any lake, bay, inlet, or other body of water bounded by more than one parish within the waters of this state, any court in any parish bord…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:471 Ownership of water bottoms
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§471. Ownership of water bottoms A. All water bottoms suitable for clamming within the state shall remain public with respect to clams and shall be subject to any and all restrictions contained herein. B. Nothing in this Subpart shall in any way affect the dredging of Rangia clam…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:472 Repealed by Acts 2021, No
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§472. Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 356, §5, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:473 Recreational possession limit; recreational gear regulations
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§473. Recreational possession limit; recreational gear regulations A. A recreational fisherman can take no more than two bushels of clams per day. B. The department shall designate by regulation the types of rakes or tongs that can be used by a recreational fisherman. Added by Ac…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:474 Time and method of taking clams
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§474. Time and method of taking clams A. Dredging for clams between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise is prohibited. B. Clams may not be taken by any method other than by hand in any established bed of aquatic vegetation. Added by Acts 1979, No. 616, §1;…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:475 Approved ports
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§475. Approved ports Clams shall be off-loaded only at approved ports. Added by Acts 1979, No. 616, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:476 License display
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§476. License display The vessel license number shall be painted on the cabin roof or any other place which is easily visible from the air. The letters shall be at least eight inches high and of appropriate width and prefaced with the letter "C". Added by Acts 1979, No. 616, §1. …
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:477 Division of water bottoms
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§477. Division of water bottoms The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries after adequate technical review may divide the water bottoms of the state into zones for the purpose of clamming. The department in determining the number of zones may designate which and how often zones may…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:478 Demarcation line
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§478. Demarcation line A. A line of demarcation shall be established between what is considered productive oyster areas and areas which have become nonproductive seaward of known productive oyster areas, but which can be considered productive clam areas. This line should not be o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:479 Repealed by Acts 1986, No
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§479. Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 904, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:48 Venue when offense committed in the Gulf of Mexico
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§48. Venue when offense committed in the Gulf of Mexico If any offense under this Chapter is alleged to have been committed in the Gulf of Mexico within the waters of the state, any district court in any parish bordering on the gulf shall have territorial jurisdiction. In additio…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:480 Catch limitations
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§480. Catch limitations In the event the commission should determine that any or all areas are being overharvested, the commission is hereby authorized to impose catch rate limitations. The commission should consider catch rate information obtained from monthly reports, meat yiel…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:481 Size limits
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§481. Size limits It shall be illegal to possess clams of less than one inch measured from hinge to edge of shell. Clams shall be culled where taken and all clams of less than legal size shall be immediately returned to the waters. A tolerance of ten percent by count of any catch…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:482 Penalty provision
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§482. Penalty provision Violation of any provision of this Subpart or of any commission regulation or rule adopted pursuant to this Subpart shall constitute a class four violation. Acts 1993, No. 83, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:49 Venue when exact place of vessel cannot be determined
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§49. Venue when exact place of vessel cannot be determined Where the offense alleged relates to the operation of a vessel and the exact place of commission of the offense cannot be established, in addition to the venue provided in Sections 57 and 58, any court at the home port of…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:491 Definitions
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§491. Definitions For the purposes of this Chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section, unless the context clearly shows a different meaning: (1)(a) "Saltwater shrimp" includes all species of shrimp of commercial or economic va…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:492 Incidental by-catch
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§492. Incidental by-catch Any commercial shrimping vessel may retain and any commercial fisherman may sell all southern flounder caught as by-catch on any shrimping trip unless the southern flounder stock is determined by the department to be overfished or undergoing overfishing.…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:492.1 Excluder devices
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§492.1. Excluder devices The commission may promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act relative to the use, possession, and configuration of devices designed to exclude the take of certain fish and other aquatic life from fishing gear wit…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:493 Control of shrimp fishery and industry
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§493. Control of shrimp fishery and industry The exclusive control of the shrimp fishery and the shrimp industry in Louisiana is vested in the department, which shall enforce the laws regulating same. All shrimp or parts thereof taken, possessed, or transported contrary to the pr…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:494 Louisiana Shrimp Task Force
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§494. Louisiana Shrimp Task Force A. There is hereby established the Louisiana Shrimp Task Force to study and monitor the shrimp industry and to make recommendations to the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and other state agencies for…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:495 Defining inside and outside waters
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§495. Defining inside and outside waters A. Solely for the purpose of this Subpart, the shrimping waters of the state are divided into two classes, inside and outside waters. The line of demarcation of the classes of water shall commence at the coastal boundary between Texas and …
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:495.1 Trawling vessels; size of trawls; butterfly nets
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§495.1. Trawling vessels; size of trawls; butterfly nets A.(1) No trawling shall be permitted in inside waters during the closed season. No vessel may pull more than the following trawl rigging in inside waters: (a) One trawl which shall not exceed fifty feet in length along the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:496 Residence requirements; exception
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§496. Residence requirements; exception Any persons, firm or association operating a shrimp processing plant in this state may take salt water shrimp from the waters of this state and process them. Any restrictions affecting non-resident persons from taking or processing salt wat…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:497 Saltwater shrimp seasons; bait shrimp
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§497. Saltwater shrimp seasons; bait shrimp A.(1) No person shall take, have in possession, sell, or offer for sale any saltwater shrimp taken from state waters except in open seasons. (2) The open seasons for all or part of the state waters shall be fixed by the commission. The …
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:497.1 Trawl, skimmer, or butterfly gear license eligibility
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§497.1. Trawl, skimmer, or butterfly gear license eligibility A. Any person convicted of commercial or recreational shrimping during the closed season twice within a five-year period shall not be eligible to hold a trawl, skimmer, or butterfly gear license for a period of three y…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:498 Size limit
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§498. Size limit A. During the spring open season defined in R.S. 56:497(A), there shall be no limitation as to count on any saltwater shrimp taken or held in possession. B.(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the possession count on saltwater white shrimp for each c…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:499 Trawls, butterfly, and skimmer nets, and cast nets; size of mesh; length; diameter of butterfly and skimmer nets extensions; prohibited devices
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§499. Trawls, butterfly, and skimmer nets, and cast nets; size of mesh; length; diameter of butterfly and skimmer nets extensions; prohibited devices A. Saltwater shrimp may be taken by means of trawls, butterfly nets, skimmer nets, or cast nets and by no other means except as pr…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:499.1 Use of trawls in certain areas around Calcasieu Lake; use and identification of butterfly nets in certain sections of East and West Passes of the Calcasieu River, Grand Bayou, and Oyster Bayou
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§499.1. Use of trawls in certain areas around Calcasieu Lake; use and identification of butterfly nets in certain sections of East and West Passes of the Calcasieu River, Grand Bayou, and Oyster Bayou A.(1) No person shall use a trawl for the taking of shrimp at night in the Came…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:499.2 Butterfly and bottom nets; Lake Pontchartrain and Intracoastal Waterway
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§499.2. Butterfly and bottom nets; Lake Pontchartrain and Intracoastal Waterway A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 56:801(15) to the contrary, in that area of Lake Pontchartrain south and east of the Interstate Highway 10 Bridge, south and eastward to include the waters of…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:499.3 Butterfly and bottom nets; Oyster Bayou
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§499.3. Butterfly and bottom nets; Oyster Bayou A. In the body of water known as Oyster Bayou, located between Atchafalaya Bay and Terrebonne Bay, and extending one thousand feet outside of the points where Oyster Bayou connects with Fourleague Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, butterf…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:499.4 Night shrimping; inside waters; Vermilion Bay; East and West Cote Blanche Bays; Atchafalaya Bay; exceptions; prohibition
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§499.4. Night shrimping; inside waters; Vermilion Bay; East and West Cote Blanche Bays; Atchafalaya Bay; exceptions; prohibition No person shall take shrimp at night, from one-half hour after official sunset until one-half hour before official sunrise, from the inside waters of V…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:5 General powers and authority
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§5. General powers and authority A. The commission, through its director: (1) May sue and be sued; and (2) Shall have and exercise all authority and power as was prescribed by law for the prior commissioner of conservation and the commissioner of wildlife and fisheries in relatio…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:50 Venue; exception when exact place cannot be determined
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§50. Venue; exception when exact place cannot be determined A. Where it is alleged that the exact place of commission of the offense cannot be established, no exception to the venue shall be sustained unless the place of commission of the offense is disclosed and such place would…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:500 Recreational possession limit; gear
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§500. Recreational possession limit; gear A. A recreational fisherman may, in open waters in open season, with a valid basic fishing license and a saltwater fishing license or an equivalent license that grants both basic fishing and saltwater fishing privileges use a trawl not to…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:501 Commercial taking of freshwater shrimp
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§501. Commercial taking of freshwater shrimp A. A properly licensed commercial fisherman may take freshwater shrimp in accordance with this Section. B.(1) Freshwater shrimp may be taken in the Mississippi River and Intracoastal Waterway and only within one and one-half miles of t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:502 Manifest of cargo of vessel carrying shrimp
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§502. Manifest of cargo of vessel carrying shrimp All vessels transporting shrimp shall keep in writing a manifest of their cargo, a copy of which shall be filed on each trip with the dealer or processor to which delivery is made and a copy sent to the department. The manifest an…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:503 Repealed by Acts 1986, No
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§503. Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 904, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:504 Repealed by Acts 1986, No
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§504. Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 904, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:505 Repealed by Acts 2002, No
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§505. Repealed by Acts 2002, No. 75, §2, eff. July 1, 2002.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:506 Repealed by Acts 2021, No
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§506. Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 356, §5, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:506.1 Repealed by Acts 2021, No
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§506.1. Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 356, §5, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:507 Penalty for violation of Subpart
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§507. Penalty for violation of Subpart A. Anyone who violates a Section of this Subpart for which no penalty has been given has committed a class three violation. B. In addition to all other penalties provided by law, an agent shall seize any shrimp or parts or products thereof i…
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:508 §§508 to 513 Repealed by Acts 1985, No
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§508. §§508 to 513 Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 876, §4, eff. July 23, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 56:51 Limits of state sovereignty
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§51. Limits of state sovereignty For the purpose of this Chapter, the jurisdiction of the courts of any parish extends to the limits of the state's sovereignty over tidal waters and the bottoms thereof. Acts 1981, No. 837, §1.