Crab

• You may harvest blue crabs recreationally year-round. However, you are required to remove your crab traps during any closures such as those for derelict crab trap cleanups. See the Derelict Crab Trap Removal page for more information.
• No baiting, tending, checking, or removing serviceable crab traps in use, the contents of such traps or their lines, buoys, or markers in public waters at night (a half hour after legal sunset until a half hour before legal sunrise). 

Oyster

• The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission opens and closes public oyster areas based on biological and technical data. See the Oyster Season page for the most current information.
• The lessee of an oyster lease, or his designee with written permission, may fish oysters at any time of year on their lease.
• No one may harvest oysters at night (between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise).
• Note: The Louisiana Department of Health may close public oyster areas and private leases for public health reasons. Always pay attention to areas closed by LDH to make sure the area is safe to harvest oysters. Go to LDH’s site for information.

Shrimp

• You may not use trawls for any purpose in state waters while the shrimp season is closed.
  Shrimp seasons are flexible and are determined by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission based upon biological and technical data relative to shrimp populations as well as public input. See the Shrimp Season page for the most current information.
• You may not harvest shrimp at night (between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise) in the following areas:
  • Vermilion Bay
  • East and West Cote Blanche bays
  • Atchafalaya Bay from the western shore of Vermilion Bay to the western shore of the Atchafalaya River and the Atchafalaya River Ship Channel out to Eugene Island as described by the inside-outside line.
• No trawling for shrimp at night in the Cameron Parish sections of Calcasieu Lake, the Black Bayou System, Grand Bayou, Little Burton’s Ditch, Grand Lake, and White Lake.
• No trawling for shrimp from May 1 through September 15 each year in state waters on the south side of Grand Isle from Caminada Pass to Barataria Pass in Jefferson Parish, from the southeast side of the Caminada bridge to the northwest side of Barataria Pass at Fort Livingston, extending from the beach side of Grand Isle to a distance of 500 feet beyond the shoreline into the Gulf of America.
• There are restricted areas within WMAs, refuges and other areas; these areas may be closed to certain gear types or methods of fishing and may have different regulations. Check with your local LDWF office or see the latest recreational regulations for details.