I am from Westwego, Louisiana. (just outside New Orleans.) The main reason for starting Segnette.com is because I feel that the waters that I grew up fishing, as well as many other waters around the state, are being taken over by land owners who feel they can violate our rights to fish these waters by placing gates across them.

Many years ago you could travel by boat just about anywhere and very seldom run into a blocked canal. In the past 10 years or so, that has been slowly changing. There are many canals that are no longer open to the public. I believe that if we don't band together and ask our state senators and representatives to fight for our rights then eventually any canal that has land privately owned on both sides will be stolen away from us like the canals that we have already lost. That could mean the loss of access to hundreds of miles of canals and bayous.

This problem is occurring all over the state of Louisiana as well as other states. there are many cases where citizens have had to fight battles in court.

The gates not only violate our rights as recreational fishermen, they also affect the commercial fishing industry.  One example, and I'm sure there are many others, is the fight going on by the fishermen in the Atchafalaya Basin. Learn more about their fight by clicking here.

I ask that you take a short moment and E-mail our reps and ask them to fight for our rights. Keeping access to these waterways benefits everyone who fishes these waters as well as those who purchase seafood's caught in these waters by commercial fishermen.

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