LAC 76:VII.351. Commercial Harvest of Southern Flounder

A. Commercial Season 1. The commercial harvest of southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) in Louisiana waters, by any means of take with any gear, is prohibited from October 15 through November 30 of each year. B. Commercial Possession and Sale 1. A properly licensed commercial fisherman who is using legal gear, other than shrimp gear, may possess up to a daily limit of 10 southern flounder. 2. A properly licensed commercial fisherman may retain and possess all southern flounder caught as by-catch utilizing legal shrimp gear during an open shrimp season, provided that the commercial season for southern flounder is open. 3. Southern flounder legally possessed under this rule may be purchased, bartered, traded, exchanged or sold. 4. Nothing shall prohibit the possession or sale of southern flounder legally taken prior to the closure providing that all commercial dealers possessing southern flounder taken legally prior to the closure shall maintain appropriate records in accordance with R.S. 56:306.4. 5. Commercial dealers possessing southern flounder legally imported into the state shall maintain appropriate records in accordance with other provisions of law.