La. Admin. Code tit. 76 § VII-363

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

Section VII-363 - Red Drum-Harvest Regulations

A. Recreational Regulations

1. The daily take and possession limit for red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) caught recreationally within or without Louisiana waters shall be four fish per day.

2. The minimum legal size for the recreational taking of red drum shall be 18 inches total length with the mouth closed. The maximum legal size for the taking of red drum shall be 27 inches total length with the mouth closed. Possession of red drum over the prescribed maximum size of 27 inches total length, when measured with the mouth closed, is prohibited.

3. Captain and crew members shall not retain a bag limit of red drum while operating or representing themselves as a charter vessel or headboat. Captain and crew may engage in fishing activity to assist passengers to catch, retrieve, or land red drum, or to demonstrate to passengers how to catch red drum.

B. No person who, pursuant to state or federal law, is subject to the jurisdiction of the state shall violate any federal law, rule or regulation particularly those rules and regulations enacted pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation Act and published in the Code of Federal Regulations as amended Title 50 and 15, for red drum while fishing in the EEZ, or possess, purchase, sell, barter, trade, or exchange red drum within or without the territorial boundaries of Louisiana in violation of any state or federal law, rule or regulation particularly those rules and regulations enacted pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation Act and published in the Code of Federal Regulations as amended Title 50 and 15 law.

La. Admin. Code tit. 76, § VII-363

Promulgated by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, LR 27:2266 (December 2001), Amended LR 50831 (6/1/2024).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 56:6(25)(a), R.S. 56:320.2(C), R.S. 56:325.1, R.S. 56: 325.1(A)(2), and R.S. 56:326.3.