Commissioners with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission last month approved a regulation requiring all users of Bayou Meto Wildlife Management Area to sign a permit and have it in their possession while participating in any hunting, fishing or boating-related activity in the area.
The permit is free and can be found in the Game and Fish 2015-16 Waterfowl Hunting Guidebook or on the agency's web site at www.agfc.com. The regulation is in response to concerns involving reckless operation of boats in the area.
With the exception of meeting oncoming boats, all boating traffic must proceed in single-file with no passing allowed, except when boats have exited the current direction of travel or are no longer under power. All boating traffic must maintain a minimum distance of 50 feet (approximately three-boat lengths) between boats proceeding in the same direction of travel.
Hazardous and negligent boating activity is prohibited and conviction can include points assessed toward revocation of a license and a one-year ban from the area where the violation occurred.
Sports on 11/24/2015