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Dos & Don’ts of the Coastwide Nutria Control Program Do:

Do carry valid trapping license and current CNCP participation card while harvesting nutria

Do use only steel shot no larger than F-steel if using a shotgun to harvest nutria

Do dispose of nutria carcasses in a manner to prevent consumption by birds

o If leaving nutria carcass in waterways must cut open the belly so carcass sinks

o Bury or place carcasses in heavy overhead vegetation so completely hidden

o Remove carcass from the trapping/hunting area if being sold whole for fur or meat –

Contact CNCP at 337-373-0032 for list of fur/meat dealers

Do carry CNCP participation card or assistant card when turning in tails to collection station

Do keep tails well-preserved (iced, frozen, well-salted) in a manner that allows counting

individual tails (not frozen in a block of ice)

Do cut tails off at the base because only whole tails at least 7 inches long are accepted

Don’t:

Don’t harvest nutria for CNCP outside of open trapping season (November 20 – March 31)

o Possessing detached nutria tails outside of the CNCP season, even if the nutria were

harvested during the season, is a violation of CNCP rules

Don’t harvest nutria from properties not registered with CNCP

Don’t trespass on other people’s property or poach nutria from other people’s properties or

traps

New nighttime hunting allowances (private land only): Nighttime (one-half hour after official sunset to one-half hour before official sunrise) hunting

on private land from November 20 to the last day of February allowed with a permit

o Requires written permission from landowner be carried while hunting

o Must get a free permit – go to nutria.com/site11.php or contact CNCP at 337-373-0032

for application

o Must notify LDWF enforcement in region where harvesting 24-hours prior to night

hunting

Nighttime hunting on private land during the month of March allowed without a permit

o Requires written permission from landowner be carried while hunting

o Must notify the sheriff’s office of the parish where harvesting 24-hours prior to night

hunting

Registration for properties owned by Office of State Lands

If you are interested in participating in the CNCP on any property owned or managed by the Office of

State Lands, you do not need to seek a signature from their office in Baton Rouge. You may choose up

to three (3) properties from the table below and write the property names on the “Property or

Landowner Name” line of your application or circle your preferred properties and send this page with

your application. Maps for these properties will be mailed with your CNCP participation card. If you

have any questions regarding the list of properties, please call the LDWF New Iberia Field Office.

You may view a map of these properties at nutria.com.

The OSL maps for the CNCP have been modified to clarify the state land properties eligible for

harvesting nutria through the CNCP. Maps obtained directly from the Office of State Lands this

year or in prior years may incorrectly indicate eligible CNCP areas and should not be used. The

harvest of nutria outside of the areas indicated on the included maps may result in a class 2 violation

and potential disqualification from the program.

Please remember that participants may use public waterways cutting through private property to

access eligible lands, but participants are not allowed to harvest nutria along waterways unless they

have permission to harvest nutria from the adjacent lands. Please observe and obey all posted

properties and waterways.

You can view an overview map for these properties at http://nutria.com/site3.php

Property Name Acres Parish 1 Parish 2 Property Name Acres Parish 1 Parish 2

Lake Verret

South 9,251 Assumption St. Martin Cow Island 7,303 St. Martin

Pierre Part NE 132 Assumption Crook Chene

Cove 6,938 St. Martin Iberia

Grand Lake

North 40,470 Iberia St. Martin Duck Lake 8,499 St. Martin

Hog Island 2,027 Iberia Flat Lake 9,658 St. Martin Iberville

Lake Runnells 718 Iberia Grand Lake East 3,531 St. Martin

Bayou Cannon 2,381 Iberville St. Martin Grand Lake

Middle 24,741 St. Martin St. Mary

Bayou Pigeon 669 Iberville Grassy Lake

South 7,774 St. Martin Assumption

Bayou Simpson 7,508 Iberville St. Martin Lake Henderson 624 St. Martin

Big Island 2,933 Iberville Lake Henderson

South 1,141 St. Martin

Grassy Lake

North 8,974 Iberville St. Martin Pierre Part South 1,223 St. Martin Iberia

Grosse Tete 1,385 Iberville Sixmile Lake 11,611 St. Martin St. Mary

Lake Natchez 1,922 Iberville Assumption Grand Lake

South 8,114 St. Mary St. Martin

Middle Flat 4,021 Iberville Lake Fausse

Point South 2,726 St. Mary

Lake Boeuf 4,881 Lafourche Sweet Bay Lake 2,328 St. Mary Terrebonne

Lake Long 4,845 Lafourche Deer Island 955 Terrebonne St. Mary

Bayou February 551 St. Martin Lake Chien 9,935 Terrebonne

PLEASE READ BEFORE COMPLETING APPLICATION

If you are unsure about any part of the application, please call the CNCP at

337-373-0032. We will help you complete it correctly to avoid delays processing your

application. The pages that must be returned before your application can be processed

are marked “PAGE REQUIRED” in the upper right corner.

Please return completed application to:

LDWF

Attn: CNCP

2415 Darnall Road

New Iberia, LA 70560

First Time Applicants You must turn in the following:

1) A complete Coastwide Nutria Control Program Application Form, including the landowner's/

manager's signature (except no signature needed for Office of State Lands & WMAs)

2) A Designated Assistant Form (if needed)

3) A completed W-9 tax form

4) A map and either a recent tax receipt or a copy of the trapping lease

5) A signed Certification of Receipt of Regulations

Returning Participants, Same Properties

You must turn in the following:




3) A signed Certification of Receipt of Regulations

Returning Participants, New Properties

You must turn in the following:




3) A map and either a recent tax receipt or a copy of the trapping lease

4) A signed Certification of Receipt of Regulation

Registration Period: September 1, 2017 through February 28, 2018

PAGE REQUIRED

COASTWIDE NUTRIA CONTROL PROGRAM

PARTICIPANT APPLICATION FORM (2017-2018)

Registration Period: September 1, 2017 through February 28, 2018

SSN: ________-________-__________ TRAPPING LICENSE NUMBER: ___________________________________

NAME: ______________________________________ MAILING ADDRESS: _____________________________________

CITY: ___________________________ STATE: _________ ZIP: ____________ PHONE: __________________________

EMAIL: ________________________________________________ Do you prefer PHONE CALLS or EMAIL? (circle one)

BIRTH DATE: _____/_______/________ DRIVER’S LICENSE NO: ______________________________ STATE: ________

SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT_______________________________________ DATE_______________

Have you previously participated in the program? YES NO (Please circle answers)

If yes, were you a PARTICIPANT or an ASSISTANT?

What was the last season you participated? ____________

Will you be trapping/hunting the same property? YES NO

I WISH TO TAKE NUTRIA ON PROPERTY OWNED OR MANAGED BY:

PROPERTY OR LANDOWNER NAME: ____________________________________________________________

REPRESENTATIVE NAME: ____________________________________LANDOWNER or LAND MANAGER (circle one)

ADDRESS: CITY: STATE: _________

ZIP: PHONE: ______________________

To be completed by Landowner/Manager ONLY: ______________________________________________________________________

Signature of Landowner / Manager DATE If Trapping Lease, Date of Expiration________________

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

DESCRIPTION OF AREA TO BE TRAPPED / HUNTED WITH THIS APPLICATION YOU MUST SUBMIT: 1) COPY OF COMPLETE PROPERTY TAX RECEIPT OR 2) A LEGAL TRAPPING

LEASE. EITHER OF THESE MUST CONTAIN TOWNSHIP, RANGE AND SECTION INFORMATION. YOU MUST ALSO INCLUDE

A MAP OUTLINING THE PROPERTY TO BE TRAPPED / HUNTED. THIS SECTION MUST BE COMPLETED IN ORDER FOR

YOUR APPLICATION TO BE PROCESSED.

PARISH: TOTAL ACRES TO BE TRAPPED / HUNTED__________________________

TOWNSHIP: _____________ RANGE: _______________________ SECTIONS: _________________________________

TOWNSHIP: _____________ RANGE: _______________________ SECTIONS: _________________________________

**********************************************DO NOT WRITE BELOW THIS LINE***********************************************

NUTRIA CONTROL PROGRAM REGISTRATION # ISSUED TO THIS APPLICANT_________________________________

PAGE OPTIONAL


DESIGNATED ASSISTANT FORM (2017-2018)

As a program requirement for the Coastwide Nutria Control Program, everyone who is harvesting nutria for the

incentive payment must carry their registration card at all times when in possession of nutria tails. This could be anyone

who is trapping/hunting for a registered participant or anyone who is turning tails in to a collection site for a participant.

Anyone trapping/hunting for a registered participant must trap/hunt nutria from the participant’s registered property

only. Anyone that is listed on this DESIGNATED ASSISTANT FORM will receive a registration card listing the

participant who the designated assistant works for.

Participant’s Name ____________________________

If a designated assistant will be HARVESTING NUTRIA and bringing tails to a collection site please use the spaces below:

NOTE: Anyone hunting/trapping nutria must have a trapping license number

Assistant’s Name_______________________________ Assistant’s Trapping License#___________________________





If a designated assistant will ONLY be bringing tails to a collection site please use the spaces below:

NOTE: If the assistant is going to be hunting/trapping they must have a trapping license number and use the above section

Assistant’s Name_______________________________ Assistant’s Driver’s License #___________________________





PAGE REQUIRED

CERTIFICATION OF RECEIPT OF REGULATIONS


2017-2018

This signature of the registered participant will certify that the undersigned has received the entire

set of regulations for the Coastwide Nutria Control Program from Coastal Environments, Inc. All

nutria tails in possession are to be delivered by the participant or assistant during the 2017-2018

trapping season for reimbursement have been or will be taken in compliance with the regulations

of the Coastwide Nutria Control Program and harvested from property or properties described on

the application completed and signed by the participant.

Name of Participant:____________________________________________

Signature of Participant:_________________________________________

Date:__________________________________________________________

ADDITIONAL HARVEST OPPORTUNITIES

If there are landowners within your parish that need nutria harvested from

their properties, may we give the landowner your contact information? (Circle

one. If left blank, we will assume you do not wish to be connected with landowners.)

Yes No

What is your method of harvesting nutria? (Circle one)

Trapping Hunting Both trapping & hunting

Please return completed application to:

LDWF

Attn: CNCP

2415 Darnall Road

New Iberia, LA 70560

PAGE REQUIRED FOR 1ST

TIME APPLICANTS

Official Regulations – Keep for your records

Title 76

WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES

Part V. Wild Quadrupeds and Wild Birds

Chapter 1. Wild Quadrupeds

§123. Coastwide Nutria Control Program

The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries does hereby establish regulations governing participation in the Coastwide Nutria Control

Program. The administrative responsibility for this program shall rest with the Department Secretary; the Assistant Secretary, Office

of Wildlife; and the Fur and Refuge Division.

1. The Coastwide Nutria Control Program objective is to provide economic incentive, by payment of $5 per nutria tail to participants,

to encourage the harvest of up to 400,000 nutria annually from coastal Louisiana. For the purpose of this program, coastal Louisiana

is bounded on the north by Interstate 10 from the Louisiana-Texas line to Baton Rouge, Interstate 12 from Baton Rouge to Slidell, and

Interstate 10 to the Louisiana-Mississippi line.

2. Participant Application Process

a. Participants must acquire a valid Louisiana trapping license.

b. Participants must submit a completed nutria control program participant application to the department or its contractor.

c. To be considered complete, the application must contain the following information: name, address, telephone number,

social security number, and trapping license number of applicant; tax receipt and a description of property to be trapped/hunted

(acres, parish, township, range, section); name, address, and telephone number of landowner (private or public); signature of

participant; and signature of landowner or designated representative indicating permission to hunt or trap nutria on the

described property.

d. For applications determined to be complete and valid, the participant will be notified by mail that his/her registration is

finalized and a nutria control program registration number will be issued.

e. The participant must indicate if an assistant will be delivering tails on his behalf to a collection center and the participant

must provide the name of the assistant(s) on the application.

f. Applications submitted to the department or its contractor by October 1 shall be processed by the opening of trapping season.

Applications submitted to the department or its contractor after October 1 shall be processed in the order received.

g. Applications listing only water bodies, without signature of an adjacent landowner or designated representative, shall be

considered incomplete.

h. Applications determined to be incomplete or invalid will be returned to the applicant with an explanation as to why

registration could not be finalized.

3. Harvest of Nutria

a. Participants must possess a valid trapping license and a nutria control program registration number.

b. Only nutria harvested during the open trapping season, from coastal Louisiana and taken from property permitted can be

included in this program.

c. Nutria may be taken by any legal method except that if taken with a shotgun, steel shot must be used.

d. Participants are required to remove carcasses from the trapping/hunting area or if carcasses are not sold whole, they must

be placed in such a manner as to prohibit feeding on the carcasses by birds, including southern bald eagles. Carcasses may be

buried, placed in heavy overhead vegetation or concealed by any other means necessary to prevent consumption by birds.

4. Collection of Nutria Tails for Payment

a. Collection stations will be established across coastal Louisiana by the department or its contractor.

b. Evidence of nutria harvested shall be in the form of delivering severed nutria tails to a collection station during a designated

period. Collections will begin on or about November 20th. Specific dates and times of collections will be established and

advertised for each station.

c. Participant or a designated assistant must present the nutria control registration number and proper identification to the

department contractor.

d. Participant or designated assistant shall present to the department contractor only fresh or well-preserved (iced, frozen,

salted) nutria tails in a manner that allows counting of individual tails (e.g., tails cannot be frozen together in a block). Only

whole tails, greater than 7 inches in length will be accepted.

e. Participant shall declare parish, section, township, and range in coastal Louisiana where animals were taken and indicate

method of take and carcass use. Tails from animals taken from outside of the participants permitted property shall not qualify

for payment in this program.

f. Participant shall sign the receipt/voucher provided by the department contractor to acknowledge number of tails presented

and accuracy of information provided.


5. Violation of any part of these regulations is a class 2 violation and conviction may result in disqualification from the program.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 56:115.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, LR28 (October

2002).

Pat Manuel

Chairman

RULE (Night take Nov. 20 through last day of Feb. of CNCP Season)

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

Wildlife and Fisheries Commission

Outlaw Quadruped, Nutria and Beaver Night Take Permits (LAC 76:V.126)

The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission have promulgated rules and regulations governing

the take of outlaw quadrupeds, nutria and beaver during the nighttime hours from September 1 of each year through the last day of February

of the next year.

Title 76

WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES

Part V. Wild Quadrupeds and Wild Birds

Chapter 1. Wild Quadrupeds

§126. Outlaw Quadruped, Nutria and Beaver Night Take Permits

A. Purpose⎯to establish rules and regulations for the take of outlaw quadrupeds, nutria and beaver during the nighttime hours (one-half

hour after official sunset to one-half hour before official sunrise) from September 1 of each year, through the last day of February of the

next year.

B. Permits

1. On private property, the landowner, or his lessee or agent with written permission from the landowner may obtain a permit authorizing

the take of outlaw quadrupeds, nutria, or beaver during nighttime hours from September 1 through the last day of February of the next

year.

2. Permit applications shall be completed on forms provided by the department, with all required information including but not limited

to: applicants name, date of birth, contact information, date of application, parish information for applicant, landowner, and location of

property subject to the permit, map, acreage, legal description, landowner’s expressed authorization to allow night take for these species

and any other information required by the department for the proper administration of the permit issuance. Any change of information

requires the submission of a new permit application. Applications must be submitted to the regional enforcement office in which the

property is located or to the wildlife permits coordinator at the Baton Rouge headquarters.

3. Permits may be issued during business hours by the wildlife enforcement captain located in the applicable regional enforcement

office, or by electronic means at the discretion of the department.

4. Permits shall be valid for a period of one year beginning July 1 and terminating on June 30

of the following year. Permits may be

renewed annually without additional application upon submission of the annual report and affirmation of the permittee’s desire to

renew, so long as the permittee has adhered to the rules of the permit and all information contained in the application remains accurate.

The permit may be terminated by the permittee, landowner, or lessee at any time. The department may terminate any permit at any time

for a violation of any regulation associated with the permit or for any violation of law committed during the participation by any person

during the permitted activity. The department may also terminate permits for biological issues or specific enforcement concerns that

may arise.

5. Permits are not transferrable and are only valid for the property for which they were issued.

6. No person shall be issued or obtain a permit if they have been convicted of class 3 or greater wildlife violation within a five-year

period or have been prohibited in any way from legally participating in a hunting activity.

C. General Rules

1. Permit holders may take or authorize the take of outlaw quadrupeds, nutria or beaver during nighttime hours on private property for

which the permit was issued from (one-half hour after official sunset to one-half hour before official sunrise) during the dates of

September 1 through the last day of February of the next year.

2. Permittees are responsible for all participants and actions of such which take place as authorized by this permit.

3. Permittees and any participant shall not trespass or commit any other violations of law while conducting activities authorized by the

permit.

4. No person shall be allowed to participate or be present during activities authorized by the permit if convicted of a class 3 or greater

wildlife violation within the previous five years or if they have any other prohibition which would prevent the legal use of a firearm or


participation in a hunting activity. Such participation will be considered a violation of the permit regulations.

5. Outlaw quadrupeds, nutria and beaver may be taken by any means of take authorized by R.S. 56.

6. The original permit or copy thereof issued by the department shall be with any permittee participating in activities under the authority

of the permit.

7. Permittees shall notify the department's law enforcement 24-hour dispatch at (800) 442-2511 prior to engaging in activities authorized

under the permit and identify each individual who will be participating in any way with activities authorized by the permit and permit

number. Upon notification, the permittee shall be issued a confirmation number for the notification.

8. A report of activities which took place under this permit shall be required to be submitted to the department by June 30 of each year

on official forms provided or as otherwise approved for this purpose by LDWF, and consist of:

a. name, permit number, and signature of permit holder;

b. number of outlaw quadrupeds (coyotes, armadillos, feral hogs), nutria and beavers killed under the permit during year.

9. Permittees hereby indemnify and hold harmless the State, department, and other applicable public agencies and employees and accept

full responsibility and liability for any damages or injuries that occur during or as a result of activities related to the permit issued

herein.

D. Penalties for Violation

1. If any person is found to be in violation of any provision of this Section, except for the reporting requirements as prescribed by

Paragraph C.8 of this Section, or any other law during activities authorized by the permit issued pursuant to this Section, the permit

shall immediately be voided and such permit shall not be reissued and shall remain void unless there is an acquittal for the offense

committed.

2. Persons found in violation of rules and regulations contained herein or any other laws shall be subject to the same penalties as

authorized by law as if no permit was issued, in addition, violation of these regulations will be a class 2 violation as defined in R.S.

56:32.

3. Persons failing to provide the annual report shall not be subject to the penalty and provisions herein. Any such person failing to

comply with the annual report as prescribed by Paragraph C.8 of this Section shall not be reissued a permit until the reporting

requirement under Paragraph C.8 of this Section is submitted to the department.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 56:112, 56:115, and 56:116.1.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, LR 42:1692 (October

2016).

Bart R. Yakupzack

Chairman

RULE (Night take throughout March of CNCP Season)

Due to changes in the 2010-2011 Louisiana Hunting Regulations, the night time take of nutria will be allowed from one-half hour after

official sunset on the last day of February to one-half hour after official sunset the last day of August of that same year with written

permission from the landowner (*Please see official regulations for the Nighttime Take of Nuisance Animals & Outlaw

Quadrupeds below).

As a participant in the Coastwide Nutria Control Program the new regulations allow you to take nutria at night during the last month

(March) of the trapping season. However, you are responsible for getting the proper documentation showing that you have permission

from the landowner to do so at night. Written permission and the landowner’s contact information must be in your possession, along

with your trapping license, and CNCP card. Failure to have this documentation in your possession will put you in violation of the law.

If you are found to be in violation of the law you will be suspended from the Coastwide Nutria Control Program indefinitely.

*Nighttime Take of Nuisance Animals & Outlaw Quadrupeds

On private property, the landowner, or his lessee or agent with written permission and the landowner’s contact information in his

possession, may take outlaw quadrupeds (coyotes, armadillos, and feral hogs), nutria or beaver during the nighttime hours from one-

half hour after official sunset on the last day of February to one-half hour after official sunset the last day of August of that same year.

Such taking may be with or without the aid of artificial light, infrared or laser sighting devices, or night vision devices. Any person

attempting to take outlaw quadrupeds under the provisions of the paragraph, within 24 hours prior to the attempted taking, shall notify

the sheriff of the parish in which the property is located of his intention to attempt to take outlaw quadrupeds under the provisions of

this paragraph.

Thanks for your cooperation,

Edmond Mouton

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