Limit/Regulation Clarification

[MathGeek]

Here's the statute on redfish possession. LRS 56:325

(2) The maximum size for red drum is twenty-seven inches in total length when measured with the mouth closed. However, no person shall have in possession while fishing, or while on the water, more than one red drum which, when whole, is or was over the prescribed maximum size of twenty-seven inches total length overall when measured with the mouth closed. Additionally, no person shall have in his possession at any one time more than two red drum or parts of more than two red drum, which, when whole, are or were over the prescribed maximum size of twenty-seven inches total length overall when measured with the mouth closed.

Since it refers to "parts" it seems like fillets in the freezer count towards the possession limit. However, since it also refers to bull reds, the question of 16-27" specimens in possession remains open.