Commission
Proposes Rule Change for Bag and Ossession Limits for Spotted
Seatrout in Parts of Calcasieu and Cameron Parishes
Posted:
1/6/06
The Louisiana Wildlife
and Fisheries Commission issued a notice of intent at the
Jan. 5, 2006 meeting to modify the existing spotted seatrout
rule in a defined area of Cameron and Calcasieu parishes,
including Calcasieu and Sabine Lakes and adjacent offshore
waters.
The intent of the
proposed rule is to change the current 25 fish daily bag limit
to a daily take and possession limit of 15 fish within that
area, regardless of where taken, with no more than two spotted
seatrout exceeding 25 inches total length. Those spotted seatrout
exceeding 25 inches in length would be considered as part
of the daily recreational bag limit take and possession limit.
The rule would
be effective within those areas of the state, including coastal
territorial waters, south of Interstate 10 from its junction
at the Texas Louisiana boundary eastward to its junction with
Louisiana Highway 171, south to Highway 14, and then south
to Holmwood, and then south on Highway 27 through Gibbstown
south to Louisiana Highway 82 at Creole and south on Highway
82 to Oak Grove, and then due south to the western shore of
the Mermentau River, following this shoreline south to the
junction with the Gulf of Mexico, and then due south to the
limit of the state territorial sea.
Interested parties
may submit comments relative to the proposed rule to Harry
Blanchet, Marine Fisheries Division, Department of Wildlife
and Fisheries, P.O. Box 98000, Baton Rouge, LA 70898-9000,
prior to April 6, 2006.
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