Fisheries
Closure in Part of Plaquemines Parish Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries has closed commercial and
recreational fishing effective May 5, 2009 in an area south of
Port Sulphur in Plaquemines Parish following
the discovery of tilapia in public waterways
in the vicinity. Tilapia, fish native
to Africa, are exotic species capable of displacing
native fish and are currently prohibited from
being possessed in Louisiana except under extremely
restrictive permits issued to tilapia producers.
