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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 45
BY REPRESENTATIVE LAMBERT
FISHING/CRABS: Removes requirement for crab trap markers north of the saltwater line
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 56:320(B)(3), relative to taking of crabs; to remove the2
requirement for a crab trap to have a float and float line if the trap is placed in an3
area designated as freshwater; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 56:320(B)(3) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง320. Methods of taking freshwater or saltwater fish7
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B.9
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(3) Crabs or stone crabs may be taken with any legal crab trap, crab dropnet,11
trawl, skimmer net, butterfly net, hoop net, trotline, handline, bushline, dip net, or12
cast net. A dredge shall not be used for the intentional taking of crabs. Crab traps13
located in areas designated as freshwater north of the northern bank of the14
Intracoastal Waterway and west of Louisiana Highway 70 are not required to be15
marked with a float and float line, unless the trap is placed in a lake.16
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Lambert HB No. 45
Abstract: Provides that crab traps are not required to be marked with floats and float lines
in the freshwater areas of the state, unless they are placed in a lake.
Present law requires each crab trap to be marked with a float and float line unless that trap
is placed in an area designated as freshwater north of the northern bank of the Intracoastal
Waterway and west of La. Hwy. 70.
Proposed law removes the requirement for a float and float line on traps in areas designated
as freshwater, unless the trap is placed in a lake.
(Amends R.S. 56:320(B)(3))