• Isle Derniers Barrier Island
• Rockefeller, State, and Marsh Island
• Salvador.
Prohibited Saltwater Species
You may not harvest the following
federally-listed threatened, endangered, or
prohibited species:
All whales
Dolphin (mammal)
West Indian manatees
Sea turtles
You may not harvest the following
gamefish:
Red drum
Black marlin
Blue marlin
Hatchet marlin
Striped marlin
White marlin
Sailfish
You may only purchase or sell the gamefish listed above if you import them. You
must notify LDWF at
800.442.2511 or
225.765.2441 before you import any of
these fish. When you import any of these fish, you must attach an official metal
self-locking tag to one gill cover of each fish. These tags must be issued by the
official conservation agency of the state from which the fish was taken and must
show the originating water body and identity of the issuing agency. However,
imported wild-caught red drum must only be accompanied by a bill of lading.
Farm-raised red drum is exempt from these requirements if certified by LDWF
as having been raised and harvested in accordance with a certified aquaculture
program or a valid mariculture program.
You may not harvest
goliath grouper (jewfish) or
Nassau grouper.
You may not harvest, possess, purchase, sell, barter, exchange or attempt any of
these activities for the following
shark species:
Atlantic angel
Basking
Bigeye sand tiger
Bigeye sixgill
Bigeye thresher
Bignose
Caribbean reef
Caribbean sharpnose
Dusky
Galapagos
Largetooth sawfish
Longfin mako
Narrowtooth
Night
Sand tiger
Sevengill
Sixgill
Smalltail
Smalltooth
Whale
White
78%
of Louisiana’s 2015 finfish
harvest (by value)* came
from saltwater.
*not including menhaden.
11.7
million
pounds of
saltwater finfish*
were landed by
commercial fishermen
in Louisiana in 2015.
*not including menhaden.
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• Rockefeller, State, and Marsh Island
• Salvador.
Prohibited Saltwater Species
You may not harvest the following
federally-listed threatened, endangered, or
prohibited species:
All whales
Dolphin (mammal)
West Indian manatees
Sea turtles
You may not harvest the following
gamefish:
Red drum
Black marlin
Blue marlin
Hatchet marlin
Striped marlin
White marlin
Sailfish
You may only purchase or sell the gamefish listed above if you import them. You
must notify LDWF at
800.442.2511 or
225.765.2441 before you import any of
these fish. When you import any of these fish, you must attach an official metal
self-locking tag to one gill cover of each fish. These tags must be issued by the
official conservation agency of the state from which the fish was taken and must
show the originating water body and identity of the issuing agency. However,
imported wild-caught red drum must only be accompanied by a bill of lading.
Farm-raised red drum is exempt from these requirements if certified by LDWF
as having been raised and harvested in accordance with a certified aquaculture
program or a valid mariculture program.
You may not harvest
goliath grouper (jewfish) or
Nassau grouper.
You may not harvest, possess, purchase, sell, barter, exchange or attempt any of
these activities for the following
shark species:
Atlantic angel
Basking
Bigeye sand tiger
Bigeye sixgill
Bigeye thresher
Bignose
Caribbean reef
Caribbean sharpnose
Dusky
Galapagos
Largetooth sawfish
Longfin mako
Narrowtooth
Night
Sand tiger
Sevengill
Sixgill
Smalltail
Smalltooth
Whale
White
78%
of Louisiana’s 2015 finfish
harvest (by value)* came
from saltwater.
*not including menhaden.
11.7
million
pounds of
saltwater finfish*
were landed by
commercial fishermen
in Louisiana in 2015.
*not including menhaden.
29
96