La. Admin. Code tit. 76 § VII-205

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

Section VII-205 - Charter Boat Fishing Guide License Landings Report

A. Participation in the Charter Boat Fishing Guide License landings report is voluntary. Those persons who hold a charter fishing guide license may choose to participate and all information collected shall be held confidential under R.S. 56:301.4 and LAC 76:I.319 and 321.

B. The charter boat fishing guide license report form shall be a two-part numbered form or electronic reporting system provided by the department at the request of the license holder. The charter boat fishing guide license report form may be completed at the end of each "charter boat fishing trip". For the purpose of this rule a "charter boat fishing trip" is defined as the time when a vessel leaves a Louisiana based access site to the time the vessel returns to the Louisiana based access site, captained by a Louisiana licensed resident or non-resident charter boat license holder, carrying passengers for a fee, for the express purpose of capture, release or harvest of finfish in Louisiana state waters or adjacent federal waters. The charter boat license holder may fill out the report form in its entirety containing all of the information requested in Subsection C of this Section. In addition, those vessels operating under a charter boat mothership license should complete the charter boat landings report for each charter boat fishing trip a licensed charter boat skiff tied to that mothership makes. The "charter guide license copy" of the report should be maintained on file at the charter guide license holder place of business. The "department copy" portion of the charter guide license report form should be returned to the department by the charter guide license holder by the tenth of each month to include all charter boat fishing trips during the previous month. Along with the reports for each month, the charter guide license holder should submit a "monthly submission sheet" provided by the department that confirms that the charter boat fishing trips submitted represent all or a portion of the charter boat fishing trips by that charter guide license holder for that particular month. The charter guide license holder should mail completed receipt forms to a pre-determined address designated by the department. Charter guide license holders may request charter boat fishing guide license report forms or the electronic reporting system from the department by calling a phone number to be publicized by the department.

C. The charter guide license holder may record the following information on the charter boat fishing guide license report form at the time of the completion of a charter boat fishing trip:

1. charter guide name;

2. charter guide license number;

3. vessel name and Louisiana or Coast Guard documentation number;

4. charter boat fishing trip start and end time and start and end year, month and day;

5. public or private access type;

6. primary area fished and depth fished;

7. Louisiana artificial reef fished;

8. total number of hours fished;

9. all fishing methods utilized;

10. hours actively fishing per fishing method;

11. total number of paying passengers who fished by resident and non-resident categories;

12. permit type and permit issuer for those species requiring a state or federal permit to harvest;

13. licensed charter guide captain signature certifying the information is true and correct.

La. Admin. Code tit. 76, § VII-205

Promulgated by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, LR 35:702 (April 2009).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 56:302.9(H), R.S. 56:302.9(I).