Louisiana territorial waters and snapper

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No Charter Captain can legally catch state water red snapper in the state of Louisiana. The Federal Regulations have rule 30B that says that federally permitted charter captains have to obey the Federal regulations and cannot participate in the State Water season. The State of Louisiana has a statue in place that says in order for a Charter Captain to catch federally managed species (regardless if they are in state or federal waters), he/she must be in possession of the Federal Permits.

All Louisiana Charter Captains have been locked out of the Red Snapper fishery. The Louisiana FLeet has generally been against the Sector Separation plan but it is these actions that has caused a shift in that sentiment.