La. Stat. tit. 56 § 581
Current with operative changes from the 2024 Third Special Legislative Session
The secretary shall build, operate, and maintain fish hatcheries in the state. He may expropriate, in the manner, form, and method provided by law in ordinary cases of expropriation, any lands necessary for public use as a hatchery lying adjacent to any property belonging to the department or to the state in the possession of the department.
La. R.S. § 56:581