§ 11-52. Same—Permit required; requirements of permittee.

Any and every person taking commercial fish for commercial purposes by whatever means during the period that commercial fishing is allowed on Cheniere Lake, namely September twenty-fourth through May fifteenth, of succeeding years, must, in addition to comply with all Louisiana laws regulating commercial fishing, possess a permit from the parish police jury acting by and through the Cheniere Lake Park Commission, which shall be issued upon application and payment of a fee of ten dollars ($10.00), and evidence of such permit shall be maintained on each commercial fishing device, i.e., net, trap, etc. In the exercising of these commercial fishing privileges, the permittee shall attend all nets placed in the lake daily, refrain from beating the water or otherwise driving fish and maintain a record of the kinds and number of pounds of each kind of fish taken and return said records and permit to the parish police jury or its agent by May fifteenth of each succeeding year. Any person fishing commercially with nets between the dates aforesaid is required to have net sizes to the following specifications:

(a)

During pool stage, conditions (66.5 MSL) a minimum of three (3) inches square, six (6) inches stretch.

(b)

During draw down conditions below 66.5 MSL, a minimum of four (4) inches square, eight (8) inches stretch.

(Ord. No. 7261, § 2, 11-10-69; Ord. of 9-18-78; Ord. of 7-20-81)

Note— See note following § 11-51