RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 11 (SB 270) 2022 Regular Session Womack
Prior law provided that except as provided in existing law, no obstructions including trawls,
skimmer nets, butterfly nets, fyke nets, wings or leads, seines, gill nets, or trammel nets
which interfere with the free passageway for fish can be set within 500 feet of the mouth of
any inlet or pass, or within 500 feet of any water control structures, dams, or weirs.
New law retains prior law and creates an exception for the purpose of retaining and removing
invasive species of fish and other nongame freshwater fish of commercial value.
New law provides that when fishing for the purpose of retaining and removing invasive
species of fish and other nongame freshwater fish of commercial value, nets are restricted
to a mesh size no smaller than three and one-half inches bar.
Existing law provides that wings and leads are permitted on hoop nets in overflowed regions
where the water is out of the actual bed of the natural stream or lake but not within the
restricted 500 feet area.
Effective May 13, 2022.
(Amends R.S. 56:329(B)(1))