The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division are patrolling waterways for unregistered houseboats.
If LDWF agents locate unregistered houseboats, they will investigate them to track down the owners and then have the owners get it registered or removed from the waterway or face receiving a citation. If anyone has information about owners of unregistered houseboats, they can call Operation Game Thief at 1-800-442-2511 to have an agent investigate.
Unregistered houseboats have a higher chance of leading to derelict or abandoned houseboats that then pose a navigable safety hazard to boaters and litter Louisiana’s waterways. They can sink below the water line, can be hard to see at night, leave a trail of debris, and are often unmarked.
