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Fishermen · LouisianaWhat would bass fishermen say if a commercial operation was allowed to take 22,000 adult, breeding-sized largemouth and/or Florida-strain bass from their favorite lake? Or, for that matter, the reaction from any freshwater angler if that activity was allowed to take 10 times that many sac-a-lait and hundreds of times more forage fish from that same lake? OK, so let’s not confine it to one lake. Let’s spread that misery around and divide that kin…Read Article
Fishermen finally got to see the results of a menhaden fishery bycatch study

Plaquemines Parish · Plaquemines ParishLouisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents wrote 24 citations for alleged recreational fishing violations in Plaquemines Parish on July 25 and 26. Agents encountered several charter fishing vessels in the Venice area coming back from their fishing trips in the Gulf. Agents performed license and compliance checks on the vessels and found the passengers in possession of red snapper and yellowfin tuna. During the ins…Read Article