LAC 76:VII.187 – Crawfish Traps, Exception to State Wide Minimum Mesh Requirements

A. As required by Act 267 of the 1997 Regular Session of the Legislature, the Secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries hereby adopts a minimum mesh size for commercial crawfish traps of 3/4 of 1 inch for the area consisting of the east side portion of the Atchafalaya Basin extending from Morgan City at the Intracoastal Canal to
I-10.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 56:322(I).

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Office of Fisheries, LR 25:101 (January 1999).