Prohibited Gear
You may not use any of the following types of gear in state saltwater areas:
• Spears (except for flounder and garfish)
• Stupefying substances or devices
•
Guns
• Poisons
• Explosives
• Tree-topping devices
•
Electric shocking instruments or devices
•
Seines (unless you are harvesting menhaden and/or herring-like species)
•
Snagging devices (not including bows and arrows; exceptions: garfish taken
by spears)
•
Longlines (not the same as trotlines—longlines are longer than 440 yards;
allowed in federal waters)
•
Gill nets (unless you have a special permit to use strike nets to harvest
mullet or pompano)
• Bandit gear (allowed in federal waters)
• Elevated trotlines (except in exempt areas)
• Trammel nets.
You may not use any aircraft including fixed-wing aircraft, dirigibles, balloons,
helicopters, or any other form of aerial surveillance to assist in harvesting finfish,
except menhaden and herring-like fish.
Area Restrictions
Free fish passage: Do not set gear within 500 feet of the mouth of any inlet or
pass or within 500 feet of any water control structures. This ensures fish can pass
freely through these areas.
WMAs and refuges: Commercial fishing is
permitted in:
• Atchafalaya Delta, except in the Limited Access Areas from September to
January each year
• Pass-a-Loutre, except in the Limited Access Areas from September to January
each year. Commercial mullet fishing is only permitted in: South Pass, Passa-Loutre, North Pass, Southeast Pass, Northeast Pass, Dennis Pass, Johnson
Pass, Loomis Pass, Cadro Pass, Wright Pass, Viveats Pass, Cognevich Pass, Blind
Bay, Redfish Bay, Garden Island Bay, Northshore Bay, East Bay (west of Barrier
Islands), and oil and gas canals as described on LDWF’s Pass-a-Loutre WMA
map
• Pointe-aux-Chenes (in the Cut Off Canal and Wonder Lake); nighttime fishing
is prohibited.
Commercial fishing is
prohibited in:
• Elmer’s Island
Additional Dealer Licenses and Permits
In addition to the applicable licenses and permits listed on pages 8-9, you must have the following permits to participate in the following activities.
If you are a:
You must have a/an:
Notes:
Dealer receiving reef fish, mackerel, or cobia harvested from federal
waters
NOAA Fisheries Gulf and South
Atlantic Dealer Permit
You must also have a Gulf IFQ Dealer Endorsement
if you’re receiving red snapper, groupers, or tilefish
(unless the commercial fisherman has one).
For details, contact NOAA Fisheries Southeast
Regional Office at
877.376.4877.
Dealer receiving, buying, trading, or bartering Atlantic swordfish
NOAA Fisheries Atlantic Swordfish
Dealer Permit
Dealer receiving Atlantic shark species
NOAA Fisheries Atlantic Shark
Dealer Permit
Commercial fisherman with an Gulf IFQ allocation selling red snapper,
groupers, or tilefish to a dealer without a Gulf IFQ Dealer Endorsement
NOAA Fisheries Gulf IFQ Dealer
Endorsement
Saltwater Finfish
Contact: Jason Adriance, 504.284.2032, jadriance@wlf.la.gov
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You may not use any of the following types of gear in state saltwater areas:
• Spears (except for flounder and garfish)
• Stupefying substances or devices
•
Guns
• Poisons
• Explosives
• Tree-topping devices
•
Electric shocking instruments or devices
•
Seines (unless you are harvesting menhaden and/or herring-like species)
•
Snagging devices (not including bows and arrows; exceptions: garfish taken
by spears)
•
Longlines (not the same as trotlines—longlines are longer than 440 yards;
allowed in federal waters)
•
Gill nets (unless you have a special permit to use strike nets to harvest
mullet or pompano)
• Bandit gear (allowed in federal waters)
• Elevated trotlines (except in exempt areas)
• Trammel nets.
You may not use any aircraft including fixed-wing aircraft, dirigibles, balloons,
helicopters, or any other form of aerial surveillance to assist in harvesting finfish,
except menhaden and herring-like fish.
Area Restrictions
Free fish passage: Do not set gear within 500 feet of the mouth of any inlet or
pass or within 500 feet of any water control structures. This ensures fish can pass
freely through these areas.
WMAs and refuges: Commercial fishing is
permitted in:
• Atchafalaya Delta, except in the Limited Access Areas from September to
January each year
• Pass-a-Loutre, except in the Limited Access Areas from September to January
each year. Commercial mullet fishing is only permitted in: South Pass, Passa-Loutre, North Pass, Southeast Pass, Northeast Pass, Dennis Pass, Johnson
Pass, Loomis Pass, Cadro Pass, Wright Pass, Viveats Pass, Cognevich Pass, Blind
Bay, Redfish Bay, Garden Island Bay, Northshore Bay, East Bay (west of Barrier
Islands), and oil and gas canals as described on LDWF’s Pass-a-Loutre WMA
map
• Pointe-aux-Chenes (in the Cut Off Canal and Wonder Lake); nighttime fishing
is prohibited.
Commercial fishing is
prohibited in:
• Elmer’s Island
Additional Dealer Licenses and Permits
In addition to the applicable licenses and permits listed on pages 8-9, you must have the following permits to participate in the following activities.
If you are a:
You must have a/an:
Notes:
Dealer receiving reef fish, mackerel, or cobia harvested from federal
waters
NOAA Fisheries Gulf and South
Atlantic Dealer Permit
You must also have a Gulf IFQ Dealer Endorsement
if you’re receiving red snapper, groupers, or tilefish
(unless the commercial fisherman has one).
For details, contact NOAA Fisheries Southeast
Regional Office at
877.376.4877.
Dealer receiving, buying, trading, or bartering Atlantic swordfish
NOAA Fisheries Atlantic Swordfish
Dealer Permit
Dealer receiving Atlantic shark species
NOAA Fisheries Atlantic Shark
Dealer Permit
Commercial fisherman with an Gulf IFQ allocation selling red snapper,
groupers, or tilefish to a dealer without a Gulf IFQ Dealer Endorsement
NOAA Fisheries Gulf IFQ Dealer
Endorsement
Saltwater Finfish
Contact: Jason Adriance, 504.284.2032, jadriance@wlf.la.gov
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