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Studies have reported black drum weighing more than 60 kg on the Atlantic coast and they are believed to live up to 60 years. Other studies suggest that black drum in the Gulf of Mexico do not grow as large or live as long; in a sample of 1357 black drum from coastal Louisiana, the largest individual was 22.6 kg and the oldest was 44 years. [10]
A slot limit is a tool used by fisheries managers to regulate the size of fish that can legally be harvested from particular bodies of water. Usually set by state fish and game departments, the protected slot limit prohibits the harvest of fish where the lengths, measured from the snout to the end of the tail, fall within the protected interval. [1]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has declared that new restrictions on Red Drum size and daily catch limits will be enforced starting June 20. The new regulations are: Daily ...
The largest red drum on record weighed just over 94 pounds (43 kg) and was caught in 1984 on Hatteras Island. [4] [5] Male red drum make a knocking or drumming sound during spawning by vibrating their swim bladders. [6] The most distinguishing mark on the red drum is one large black spot on the upper part of the tail base.
The drum typically weighs 5–15 lb (2.3–6.8 kg). The world record was caught on Nickajack Lake in Tennessee, and weighed in at 54 lb 8 oz (24.7 kg). [12] The freshwater drum is frequently gray or silvery but may be more bronze or brown colored, common in the Lake Erie population.
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Notably, although the Louisiana Creole people were not considered Black until after the Civil War, the history of African American newspapers in Louisiana is sometimes considered to begin with the New Orleans Daily Creole, a Creole pro-slavery newspaper launched in 1856.