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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 712
BY REPRESENTATIVES WOOTON AND HUTTER
FISHING/OYSTERS: Provides for certain restrictions on the taking of oysters
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 56:434(G) and to enact R.S.56:434(H), relative to taking of seed2
oysters from the public seed grounds; to provide for certain restrictions; and to3
provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 56:434(G) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.56:434(H) is6
hereby enacted to read as follows:7
ยง434. Oyster seed grounds; designation and setting aside; rules and regulations8
concerning taking of seed oysters; areas recognized as oyster seed9
reservations; protection of oyster seed reservations 10
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G. During that portion of the oyster season set aside for the taking of seed12
oysters only, additional restrictions shall apply to harvest of seed oysters from the13
public seed grounds as follows:14
(1) No oyster harvester who is actively harvesting oysters in the public seed15
grounds shall have on board his vessel any sacks or containers which may be used16
to hold oysters for transport to market.17
(2) All oysters on board a vessel actively harvesting oysters in the public18
seed grounds shall be presumed to have been harvested from the public seed19
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(3) No harvester shall sell, or transport with his vessel, oysters intended for1
market sales on the same day that he harvested seed oysters from the public seed2
grounds.3
H. A violation of the provisions of this Section shall constitute a class two4
violation.5
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)]
Wooton HB No. 712
Abstract: Provides for certain restrictions for harvest of seed oysters from the public seed
grounds.
Proposed law provides that during the seed only portion of oysters season on the public seed
grounds that the following restrictions apply:
(1)No harvester actively harvesting in the public seed grounds shall have containers on
his vessel that can be used to hold oysters for transport to market.
(2)All oysters found on a vessel actively harvesting oysters shall be presumed to be
harvested from the public seed grounds.
(3)No harvester can sell or transport to market oysters intended for market sales on the
same day as he harvests from the public seed grounds.
(Amends R.S. 56:434(G); Adds R.S. 56:434(H))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Natural Resources and
Environment to the original bill.
1. Limited the prohibition on containers onboard to oyster harvesters actively
harvesting in the public seed grounds.