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logo 11/25/2024 9:50:00 AM     
Recreational fishing in La. under attack, Landry says 
US Source: americanpress 8/25/2022
Recreational fishing in La. under attack, Landry says
Attorney General Jeff Landry has filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit attempting to stifle recreational fishing in Louisiana.

The lawsuit filed by commercial fishermen challenges a National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) rule that reallocates the Gulf red grouper quota from 24 percent/76 percent rec/commercial to 40.7 percent/59.3 percent rec/commercial. Attorney General Landry has requested to intervene to defend the rule.
 

“I will continue fighting to ensure Louisiana remains ‘The Sportsman’s Paradise’ for all who live and visit here,” Landry said. “Recreational and commercial fishing have coexisted in Louisiana for ages; we cannot allow one to be preserved at the expense of the other.”

 
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