Menhaden Bycatch Study Results Presented by LGL Ecological Research Associates
July 9, 2025At the July Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission meeting, LGL Ecological Research Associates presented the results of a comprehensive commercial Menhaden fishery bycatch study. The Louisiana Legislature directed LDWF to spend up to $1M of the Artificial Reef Fund for an up-to-date, statistically sound bycatch study utilizing modern methods to…
Louisiana Private Recreational Red Snapper Landing Estimates Through June 15
June 30, 2025Today, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) released the Red Snapper landings estimates through June 15, 2025. LA Creel, LDWF’s near real-time landings data collection program, indicates that 337,690 pounds, or 37.7%, of Louisiana’s 2025 annual private recreational allocation of 894,955 pounds. The private recreational Red Snapper season…
Louisiana Spring Inshore Shrimp Season to Close June 30 in State Inside Waters
June 26, 2025The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced the 2025 spring inshore shrimp season will close at official sunset on Monday, June 30, 2025, in all state inside waters from the Mississippi/Louisiana state line westward to the Louisiana/Texas state line. See the map above detailing this closure, or click here….
LDWF Releases Report on Fish Kills Following Hurricane Francine
June 20, 2025The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) has released its official report detailing the freshwater fisheries impacts of Hurricane Francine, which made landfall in Terrebonne Parish on September 11, 2024, as a Category 2 storm. Though the hurricane weakened quickly after landfall, it triggered widespread hypoxia and numerous fish…
LDWF to Open Recreational Red Snapper Season 7 Days a Week August 19
August 14, 2024LDWF Secretary Madison Sheahan signed a Declaration of Emergency to reopen the recreational Red Snapper season seven days a week beginning at 12:01 a.m. Monday, August 19. The season will then remain open until further notice. LDWF Fisheries staff estimate that Louisiana’s remaining quota will allow fishing through Labor Day…
LDWF Plans Five Crab Trap Closures Along Louisiana Coast
August 6, 2024At Thursday’s meeting, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (LWFC) adopted a Notice of Intent (NOI) allowing the removal of derelict crab traps along Louisiana’s coast from the five following described areas in 2025: The first closure will occur in the Pontchartrain Basin, west of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, from…