Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life
Chapter 3 - Saltwater Sport and Commercial Fishery
Section VII-377 - Recreational Offshore Landing Permit

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code VII-377

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Any person, except those persons under the age of 18 that are not normally required to obtain a license for saltwater fishing privileges, possessing any one of the following fish species or species groups on board a vessel taken from within or without Louisiana territorial waters shall be required to have obtained and have in their immediate possession a recreational offshore landing permit. Any person on a trip aboard a charter vessel, who pays a fee for that trip, is not required to have this permit, but the permit is required for the captain of that charter vessel. The recreational offshore landing permit shall be available for inspection by a duly authorized agent of the department:

1. highly migratory species:
a. tunas-bluefin, albacore, yellowfin, skipjack, bigeye, blackfin;

b. billfish-blue marlin, white marlin, sailfish and longbill spearfish;

c. swordfish;

2. reef fish species:
a. any species of snapper;

b. any species of amberjack;

c. any species of grouper or hind;

d. gray triggerfish;

3. pelagics:
a. any species of dolphinfish;

b. cobia;

c. wahoo.

B. Permits may be obtained at no cost, from the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, or authorized method, by persons who hold any valid license authorizing the taking and possessing of saltwater species of fish. Permits shall be valid for the same duration as the annual license authorizing saltwater fishing privileges. For those licenses that do not have to be renewed every year, the permit must be renewed annually, and shall be valid for the same time period as annual licenses.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 56:6(34).

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