Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Commission Meeting
Agenda
January 7, 2016
9:30 AM
1. Call to order
2. Roll call
3. Approval of minutes from December 03, 2015 Meeting
4. Commission Special Announcements / Personal Privilege
5. To hear Enforcement Reports December 2015
6. To consider a Declaration of Emergency for Partial Closure of State Outside Waters to Shrimping
7. To consider a Declaration of Emergency for setting the 2016-2017 Commercial King Mackerel Season
8. To consider a Resolution on the 2016 Recreational Red Snapper Season in Louisiana waters
9. To hear a presentation on the Commission’s authority to establish management targets for black drum, sheepshead and southern flounder resulting from Act 205, 2015 Legislative Session
10. To consider a Notice of Intent to modify the Rules for Turtle Excluder Devices (TED)
11. To consider a Notice of Intent to modify the rules for Turtle Harvest and to place a Moratorium on the Commercial Harvest of Wild Razor-backed Musk Turtle
12. To consider a Notice of Intent to modify the Rules for Alligator Farm Facility Requirements
13. To consider a Notice of Intent for the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 General and WMA Hunting Seasons and Rules and Regulations, 2017 General and WMA Turkey Hunting Season and Rules and Regulations, and 2016-2017 Migratory Birds Regulations, Seasons, and Bag Limits
14. To hear a presentation on a Cooperative Endeavor to establish a Weevil Propagation Pond in Southwest Louisiana
15. To consider a Declaration of Emergency to close the deer hunting seasons due to the recent flooding of the Mississippi River for the specific areas of: All lands within the Morganza floodway, from the Morganza control structure, south to I-10, and from I-10 south, within the protection levees of the Atchafalaya basin, the Sherburne WMA, the Indian Bayou Area and the Bonnet Carre Spillway
16. To consider Rescinding the Declaration of Emergency for Partial Deer Season Closure (by Secretary Barham, effective date January 3, 2016)
17. Election of WLF Commission Chairman and Vice-Chairman
18. Set May 2016 Meeting Date
19. Receive Public Comments
20. Adjournment