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ACT No. 270
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 712
BY REPRESENTATIVES WOOTON AND HUTTER
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
grounds.20
(3) No harvester shall sell, or transport with his vessel, oysters intended for21
market sales on the same day that he harvested seed oysters from the public seed22
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H. A violation of the provisions of this Section shall constitute a class two1
violation.2
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: