The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will close oyster harvest in the Hackberry Bay Public Oyster Seed Reservation (POSR), located in Lafourche and Jefferson Parishes, at one-half hour after sunset on Saturday, November 3, 2018.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will close oyster harvest in the Hackberry Bay Public Oyster Seed Reservation (POSR), located in Lafourche and Jefferson Parishes, at one-half hour after sunset on Saturday, November 3, 2018.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is urging commercial shrimpers to participate in its 2019 shrimp bycatch study.
At its September 6, 2018 meeting, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission adopted a Notice of Intent to change regulations for the recreational and commercial harvest of blue crabs in 2019.
The latest preliminary landings statistics for recreational red snapper recorded by LA Creel, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ near real-time landings data collection program, are 737,299 pounds, or 98 percent of Louisiana’s annual private recreational allocation of 743,000 pounds, through August 12.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries would like to remind commercial fishermen about the regulations of egg-bearing crabs.
The state recreational red snapper season closed at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, August 12, 2018, and the recreational harvest of gray triggerfish closed in Louisiana waters at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, August 16, 2018.
The latest catch statistics for recreational red snapper recorded by LA Creel, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ near real-time landings data collection program, are 651,495 pounds, or 87 percent of Louisiana’s annual private recreational allocation of 743,000 pounds through July 29.
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has set the 2018-19 oyster season based on the annual oyster stock assessment provided by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologists and comments received from members of the public, including the oyster industry.
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has set the opening dates for the fall inshore shrimp season based on information provided by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) biologists and public comments.
The latest catch statistics for recreational red snapper recorded by LA Creel, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ near real-time landings data collection program, are 407,117 pounds, or 54 percent of Louisiana’s annual private recreational allocation of 743,000 pounds. The current weekends-only season will continue to run until recreational landings approach or reach Louisiana’s allocation. This…