La. Admin. Code tit. 76 § VII-309

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section VII-309 - Calcasieu Lake

A. At its meeting on March 25, 1975, the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission adopted the following rules and regulations for Calcasieu Lake, in Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes.

1. No net fishing will be allowed within 500 feet of the following areas:

a. the mouths of Grand and Lambert Bayous;

b. the new "washout" south of Lambert Bayou;

c. the old Revetement or old jetties at the south end of Calcasieu Lake;

d. "Nine Mile Cut"; and

e. all cuts below Nine Mile along the channel spoil at East Pass in Turner's Bay.

2. Retain the 1,000 foot maximum allowable webbing permitted for each person operating in Calcasieu Lake. Retain the conditions under this resolution whereby nets measuring 1,000 feet must be fished individually and no two or more fishermen can join these nets together in excess of 1,000 feet.

3. Require all strike net fishermen using trout nets to remain with their nets at all times when set out.

4. All staked gill and trammel net webbing fished in Calcasieu Lake, whether set with the intent of catching trout, redfish, gar, or any species of fish, shall be run daily as prescribed by law at present. When unattended for more than 24 hours and dead, floating fish are found in a net, the net shall be considered in violation of this regulation and confiscated by agents of the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission.

5. All webbing regardless of length shall be tagged as prescribed by law. Any net found untagged will be in violation and confiscated by agents of the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission.

6. Exempt Calcasieu Lake from Act 215, H.B. 231, concerning legal mesh sizes, allowing saltwater mesh requirements as prescribed by law to apply to Calcasieu Lake. These mesh sizes are:

i. seines, not less than 7/8-inch square or 1 3/4 inches stretched;

ii. trammel nets, not less than 1-inch square or 2 inches stretched;

iii. gill nets, not less than 1 1/2 inches square or 3 inches stretched.

b. Each seine, trammel net, and gill net in use in Calcasieu Lake shall not exceed 1,000 feet in length.

1. Whereas, Act 510 of the 1974 Louisiana Legislative Session, authorized the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to set seasons, regulate the type of gear used and set possession limits for speckled trout and other estuarine fish in Calcasieu Lake, located in Calcasieu and Cameron Parishes; and

2. whereas, it has been clearly demonstrated that intense fishing competition exists between both commercial and sports fishermen.

3. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission does hereby amend previous regulations for commercial fishing in Calcasieu Lake to provide that netting shall be permitted only during nighttime hours from June 1 through Labor Day.

La. Admin. Code tit. 76, § VII-309

Promulgated by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, LR 1:185 (April 1975), amended LR 1:276 (June 1975).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 56:326.