Louisiana
Prairieville Man Cited for WMA Violation in St. Bernard Parish
Louisiana Division of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement brokers cited a Prairieville man for an alleged Wildlife Administration Space (WMA) alleged violation in St. Bernard Parish on April 6.
Brokers cited Andrew Messenger, 29, for violating the laws on the Biloxi WMA by working a vessel with “floor drive” motors as its type of propulsion.
Brokers had been on patrol on the Biloxi WMA once they noticed Messenger in a pipeline canal close to the southwest department of Bayou Biloxi working a vessel being propelled by three “floor drive” motors and actively bowfishing.
On the Biloxi WMA mud boats or air-cooled propulsion vessels can solely be powered by straight shaft “lengthy tail” air-cooled mud motors which are 25 whole horsepower or much less on the WMA. All different sorts of airboats, mud boats or air-cooled propulsion vessels (together with “floor drive boats”) are prohibited.
Violating the laws on a WMA carries as much as a $350 fantastic. Taking part brokers within the case are Sgt. Jason Gernados and Corporal Thomas Forehand.