LDWF Announces Commercial Greater Amberjack Season to Close on August 8, 2026

Baton Rouge, Aug 05, 2026 - Today, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) issued a Declaration of Emergency to close the commercial Greater Amberjack season in Louisiana waters at 12:01 a.m. on August 8, 2026.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries informed LDWF Secretary Tyler Bosworth that the 2026 annual catch target has been met and that the commercial season for the harvest of Greater Amberjack will close in Federal waters of the Gulf of America at 12:01 a.m. on August 8, 2026, and remain closed until the start of the regularly scheduled 2027 season, currently January 1, 2027. 

Effective with this closure, no person shall commercially harvest, possess, purchase, barter, trade, sell, or attempt to purchase, barter, trade, or sell Greater Amberjack.  Nothing shall prohibit the sale of Greater Amberjack legally taken prior to the closure, provided that all commercial dealers possessing Greater Amberjack taken legally prior to the closure shall maintain appropriate records.

For more information, contact Jason Adriance at 504-284-2032 or jadriance@wlf.la.gov.