La. Admin. Code tit. 76 § VII-199

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Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section VII-199 - Designation and Taking of Exotic Fish

A. Exotic Fish that may be Sold Commercially

1. For the purposes of this Section, the following species of nonindigenous fish are designated as exotic fish:

a. grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella);

b. silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix);

c. bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis);

d. black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus).

2. In order to promote the removal of the exotic species identified in this rule, it shall be lawful to retain as bycatch all such designated exotic species of fish which may be caught in all legal commercial fishing gear, which gear is being legally fished. While alive, such exotic fish shall not be maintained, sold, bartered, traded, or exchanged.

3. Recreational fishers, both residents and non-residents, possessing a current license allowing for the take of freshwater species of fish, and anglers exempted from the purchase of a basic fishing license, may take silver and bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix and H. nobilis) by means of boats, dip nets, spears and by snagging.

B. Exotic Fish that may not be Sold Commercially

1. For the purposes of this Section, the following species of nonindigenous fish are designated as exotic fish:

a. apple snails (Pomacea spp);

b. Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatum, formerly Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum).

2. In order to promote the removal of the exotic species identified in this rule, it shall be lawful to retain all such designated exotic species of fish taken by any legal method, provided that such action as necessary is taken to kill the species immediately upon capture.

3. Such exotic fish shall not be maintained, sold, bartered, traded, or exchanged.

La. Admin. Code tit. 76, § VII-199

Promulgated by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, LR 31:728 (March 2005), amended LR 36:1280 (June 2010), amended LR 39:120 (January 2013).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 56:319.2.