Limit/Regulation Clarification

[MathGeek]

I cannot find other specific details in the statutes beyond the definition of possess. LRS 56:8

(101) "Possess" means, in its different tenses, the act of having in possession or control, keeping, detaining, restraining, or holding as owner, or as agent, bailee, or custodian for another. When possession of fish or other wildlife is prohibited, reference is made equally to such fish or other wildlife coming from without the state as to those taken within the state.

A literal reading suggests that fish in one's freezer satisfy this definition and count against one's possession limit. The statement that reference is made equally to fish coming from other states further suggests that fish in the freezer count against the possession limit.

Combined with the possession limit of 15 spotted seatrout in the defined area in SWLA:

12” minimum total length, 25 fish per person daily bag limit. EXCEPT: 15 fish daily bag and
possession limit, with no more than two spotted seatrout exceeding 25” total length, regardless
of where taken in a defined area of Cameron and Calcasieu parishes located in southwestern
Louisiana.

It appears that one may only possess 15 specks in freezers in the prescribed areas of Calcasieu and Cameron.