Enforcement brokers of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited three males from Georgia final month on December twenty ninth. They had been cited for alleged purple drum(redfish) violations in Plaquemines Parish. The LWFC brokers cited Cole T. Kennedy, 18, Chapman Ward, 18, and Steven Ward, 51, all three males from Newnan, Georgia, for off-the-water possession of too many purple drum, being nicely over the authorized day by day restrict.
The LWFC brokers obtained complaints from different anglers in regards to the three males making a number of journeys, every time catching giant portions of redfish on December twenty eighth. The LWFC brokers responded the subsequent day to the criticism in regards to the topics whereas the lads had been at a camp off Hermitage Bayou. The LWFC brokers discovered the lads in possession of 134 purple drum fillets placing them in possession of 67 purple drum complete. After speaking to the lads the brokers realized that the trio had caught and saved the 67 purple drum over a two-day interval. The authorized two-day restrict per man is 10 purple drum, so the trio can be allowed 30 fish. The 67 fish price of fillets put them 37 fish over their authorized possession restrict.
Being over the restrict on purple drum has a high quality that may be as much as $950 in addition to 120 days in jail, plus $25 per fish over the restrict. In addition to any of these relevant fines, the trio of males shall have any and all fishing licenses they held revoked. They are additionally prohibited from acquiring any new fishing licenses for at the very least a one-year interval. They are additionally probably dealing with a civil restitution high quality totaling $979 for the illegally taken fish. The LWFC brokers who participated within the case are Lt. Adam Young and Corporal Blaine Wagner.
