2024 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 211
BY SENATOR LAMBERT
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 56:325.1(A)(3)(b), relative to possession limits for certain fish;
3 to provide for size limits for spotted sea trout and red drum; to provide for possession
4 of fish fillets; to provide for the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission; and to provide
5 for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 56:325.1(A)(3)(b) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
8 follows:
9 ยง325.1. Size and possession limits; recreational saltwater finfish; penalties
10 A.(1) * * *
11 (3)(a) * * *
12 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph and
13 R.S. 56:325.2(A) and (B), a fisherman who holds and is in possession of a valid
14 recreational fishing license and can demonstrate to the department's satisfaction use
15 of a boat launch located south of U.S. Highway 90 and that the fisherman has been
16 actively on the water or at a remote camp that can be accessed only by water for two
17 days or more may possess up to the possession limit of filleted red drum, spotted sea
18 trout, and Southern flounder. The filleted fish shall have sufficient skin remaining
19 on the fillet to allow for identification of the species and shall be segregated by
20 species into plastic bags or plastic containers that are marked by species to allow
21 easy identification, the date caught, and the name and license number of the person
22 who took the fish. The spotted sea trout allowable size of fillets shall be no less than
23 ten inches in length and the red drum shall be no less than fourteen inches in length
ACT No. 36
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1 set by the commission. The fish shall be in the possession only of the person who
2 took the fish. However, no fisherman shall be actively fishing or engaged in fishing
3 while in possession of more than the daily take limit.
4 * * *
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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