La. Admin. Code tit. 76 § VII-313

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section VII-313 - Excessive Killing of Fish

A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission does hereby adopt the attached rules and regulations as pertaining to the excessive killing of fish as directed by Act 919 of the 1986 legislature.

B. Excessive killing shall be defined as "the killing resulting from taking or attempting to take any fish in excess of what the possessor thereof can process, utilize, or transport from the fishing grounds. Shrimp and shrimping operations are excluded."

C. The commission further adopts a method to determine the market value of fish as:

1. ascertaining a price per pound from at least three Louisiana fish buying establishments; or

2. ascertaining a price per pound from National Marine Fisheries Service Market News Reports; or

3. any other published source of information.

La. Admin. Code tit. 76, § VII-313

Promulgated by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, LR 13:189 (March 1987).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 56:409.1.