La. Admin. Code tit. 76 § VII-379

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

Section VII-379 - Tripletail - Harvest Regulations

A. Recreational Take and Possession Limits

1. The recreational bag limit for the possession of tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis) whether caught within or without Louisiana waters shall be five fish per person, per day.

B. Commercial Take and Possession Limits

1. No person shall take, harvest, land, or possess aboard a harvesting vessel tripletail in excess of a recreational bag limit unless that person is in possession and has in his immediate possession a valid commercial fishing license, commercial gear licenses (if applicable) and a valid commercial vessel license. The holder of such valid commercial licenses (if applicable) shall not take, possess, land, sell, barter, trade or exchange or attempt to take, sell, barter, trade or exchange tripletail, whole or eviscerated, in excess of 100 pounds on any one day or on any trip, or from any trip. For the purposes of this Section:

Trip - any fishing trip, regardless of number of days duration, that begins with departure from a dock, berth, beach, shoreline, seawall or ramp.

2. No person aboard any vessel shall transfer or cause the transfer of tripletail between vessels on state or federal waters.

3. No person shall sell, purchase, barter, trade or exchange or attempt to sell, purchase, barter, trade or exchange tripletail, whole or eviscerated, in excess of 100 pounds, except that such limitation shall not apply to the resale of tripletail by a validly licensed wholesale/retail seafood dealer who purchased such tripletail in compliance with the regulations and requirements of this Section and in compliance with other requirements of law.

C. Size Limits

1. The recreational and commercial minimum size limit for tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis) shall be 18 inches total length.

La. Admin. Code tit. 76, § VII-379

Promulgated by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, LR 40:3730 (February 2014).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 56:6(25) (a), R.S. 56:326.1, R.S. 56:326.3, and R.S. 56:320.2(C).