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Louisiana inshore shrimp season to close June 30, 2022 in state inside waters
The LDWF announced the 2022 spring inshore shrimp season will close at official sunset on June 30, 2022 in all state inside waters.[…]
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Dove
LDWF accepting applications for Elbow Slough WMA dove and White Lake WCA teal lottery hunts
The LDWF is accepting applications for Elbow Slough WMA dove and White Lake WCA teal lottery hunts for the 2022-2023 hunting season.[…]
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Agents cite three men on separate patrols in southern Louisiana
LDWF enforcement agents cited three subjects in three separate cases in Lafourche, St. Martin and Terrebonne parishes on June 17 and 18.[…]
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One body recovered, still searching for two more missing boaters in Lake Maurepas
The LDWF Enforcement Division is investigating a fatal boating incident that occurred on June 26 in Livingston Parish.[…]
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LDWF: Red snapper landing estimates through June 12, 2022
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries released the private recreational red snapper landing estimates through June 12, 2022.[…]
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Fishing piers adjacent to water control structure on Island Road at PAC WMA to be closed temporarily
Two fishing piers adjacent to the water control structure on Island Road at Pointe-aux-Chenes WMA will be closed starting June 23, 2022.[…]
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LDWF: Red snapper landing estimates through June 5, 2022
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries released the latest recreational red snapper landing estimates through June 5, 2022.[…]
Fishing
LDWF warns public of potential fish kills statewide
The central and southern regions of the state are reporting a rash of fish kills caused, in part, by soaring temperatures and storms.[…]
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Search and rescue crews find body of missing boater in Mississippi River
The LDWF Enforcement Division and other search and rescue crews recovered the body of a missing boater in the Mississippi River on June 11.[…]
Fishing
Two weekend workshops packed with fishing, kayaking and more for women participants
The LDWF Aquatic Outreach & Education section hosted two weekend-long Women’s Fishing 102 Workshops during late May and early June.[…]
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LDWF reminds recreational and commercial crabbers about crab trap escape rings
Senate Bill No. 65 amended the escape ring requirements. Traps must comply with the regulation beginning on July 1, 2022.[…]
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LDWF, OMV resume partnership to make boat trailer registration more convenient
LDWF and the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles will resume partnership so customers can register their boats and trailers at one spot.[…]
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LDWF, USFS deploy artificial reefs in Kincaid Lake
LDWF biologists, in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service, deployed artificial reefs in Kincaid Lake, near Alexandria, on May 26, 2022.[…]
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LDWF reforests 495 acres of Ag land on Russell Sage WMA in partnership with Arbor Day Foundation
The LDWF has reforested 495 acres of agricultural land on the South Bosco Tract of Russell Sage Wildlife Management Area.[…]
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Search and rescue crews searching for missing boater in Mississippi River
The LDWF Enforcement Division are currently searching for a missing boater in the Mississippi River in East Baton Rouge Parish.[…]
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LWFC approves resolution creating John Franks WMA in Caddo Parish
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission approved a resolution creating the John Franks Wildlife Management Area in Caddo Parish.[…]