Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life
Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing
Section VII-195 - Cypress Lake and Black Bayou Reservoir Netting Prohibition
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
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 from November 1 through the end of February of the following year, during which time the use of hoop nets, slat traps and wire nets shall be allowed. All hoop nets, wire nets and slat traps must be removed from the lakes prior to March 1 of each year.
B. Effective with this prohibition, no person shall possess any gill net, trammel net, hoop net, slat trap, wire net or fish seine while on the waters of Cypress Lake or Black Bayou Reservoir except that during the special season, hoop nets, slat traps and wire nets may be possessed. In addition, no person shall take, possess or sell any fish, which was taken with a gill net, trammel net or fish seine from Cypress Lake or Black Bayou Reservoir.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 56:22(B), R.S. 56:25(A), Act 55, First Extraordinary Session, 2002, State Legislature.
