Freshwater Finfish

You may not possess any of the following threatened, endangered, or prohibited species:

• Gulf sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi)
• Pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus)
• Shovelnose sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus)

You may not possess, sell, or transport into Louisiana the following species without written permission from LDWF:

• All species of tilapia
• Carp (except koi, common carp, and goldfish)*
• Freshwater electric eel
• Rudd
• Asian swamp eels
• Snakeheads
• Walking catfishes
• Pencil catfishes
• Piranha
• Rio Grande cichlid**

*If you catch any exotic species of Asian carp (silver, bighead, black, and grass) from state waters, you may not return it to the water or possess it alive.
**If you catch a Rio Grande cichlid, you may not return it to the water or possess it alive.