Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life
Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery
Section VII-309 - Calcasieu Lake
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code VII-309
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. At its meeting on March 25, 1975, the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission adopted the following rules and regulations for Calcasieu Lake, in Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes.
1. No net fishing will be allowed within 500
feet of the following areas:
a. the mouths of
Grand and Lambert Bayous;
b. the
new "washout" south of Lambert Bayou;
c. the old Revetement or old jetties at the
south end of Calcasieu Lake;
d.
"Nine Mile Cut"; and
e. all cuts
below Nine Mile along the channel spoil at East Pass in Turner's Bay.
2. Retain the 1,000 foot maximum
allowable webbing permitted for each person operating in Calcasieu Lake. Retain
the conditions under this resolution whereby nets measuring 1,000 feet must be
fished individually and no two or more fishermen can join these nets together
in excess of 1,000 feet.
3. Require
all strike net fishermen using trout nets to remain with their nets at all
times when set out.
4. All staked
gill and trammel net webbing fished in Calcasieu Lake, whether set with the
intent of catching trout, redfish, gar, or any species of fish, shall be run
daily as prescribed by law at present. When unattended for more than 24 hours
and dead, floating fish are found in a net, the net shall be considered in
violation of this regulation and confiscated by agents of the Wildlife and
Fisheries Commission.
5. All
webbing regardless of length shall be tagged as prescribed by law. Any net
found untagged will be in violation and confiscated by agents of the Wildlife
and Fisheries Commission.
6. Exempt
Calcasieu Lake from Act 215, H.B. 231, concerning legal mesh sizes, allowing
saltwater mesh requirements as prescribed by law to apply to Calcasieu Lake.
These mesh sizes are:
a.
i. seines, not less than 7/8-inch square or 1
3/4 inches stretched;
ii. trammel
nets, not less than 1-inch square or 2 inches stretched;
iii. gill nets, not less than 1 1/2 inches
square or 3 inches stretched.
b. Each seine, trammel net, and gill net in
use in Calcasieu Lake shall not exceed 1,000 feet in
length.
B.
1. Whereas, Act 510 of the 1974 Louisiana
Legislative Session, authorized the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to set
seasons, regulate the type of gear used and set possession limits for speckled
trout and other estuarine fish in Calcasieu Lake, located in Calcasieu and
Cameron Parishes; and
2. whereas,
it has been clearly demonstrated that intense fishing competition exists
between both commercial and sports fishermen.
3. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission does hereby amend previous
regulations for commercial fishing in Calcasieu Lake to provide that netting
shall be permitted only during nighttime hours from June 1 through Labor
Day.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 56:326.
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