Crab

• There is no recreational minimum size limit for blue crabs, stone crabs, or stone crab claws.
• The recreational possession limit for blue crabs is 12 dozen per person per day.
• No one may harvest adult female crabs in the berry stage (carrying eggs or young attached to the abdomen). You must return crabs in the berry stage immediately to the water.
• Certain WMAs and state and federal refuges may have different possession limits. Consult your local LDWF office or see the latest recreational regulations for details.
• There is no minimum recreational size or possession limit for stone crabs or stone crab claws.

Oyster

• All oysters taken from public oyster areas must be 3 inches or greater in length from hinge to mouth.
• Size limits do not apply to oysters taken from a private lease.
• Recreational oyster harvesters may only harvest two sacks per person per day for personal consumption, except in the Calcasieu Lake Public Oyster area where the limit is one sack per person per day. Possession limits apply to both public areas and private leases.

Shrimp

Size Limits:

• There is no size limit for any saltwater shrimp harvested during the spring open season nor for brown or seabob shrimp harvested during any open season.
• White shrimp is legal size when a pound of white shrimp equals 100 whole shrimp or less. You may not harvest sub-legal white shrimp, except from October 15 through the third Monday in December. Also, when more than half of your catch is seabob or brown shrimp, no more than 10% (by weight) of your catch may be sub-legal size white shrimp.

Possession Limits:

• Recreational fishermen using cast nets, dip nets, or bait seines may not take more than 50 pounds of shrimp per day during closed shrimp season and 100 pounds of shrimp per day during the open season, in aggregate, per boat or vehicle, regardless of the number of people onboard or in the vehicle.
• Recreational shrimpers using trawls between 16 and 25 feet in length are limited to no more than 250 pounds of (heads-on) shrimp per day per boat.
• Recreational shrimpers using trawls 25 feet in length or less are limited to no more than 250 pounds of (heads-on) shrimp per day per boat.
• Certain WMAs and state and federal refuges may have different possession limits. Consult your local LDWF office or see the latest recreational regulations for details.