DIGEST
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CONFERENCE COMMI TTEE REPORT DIGEST
House Bill No. 719 by Representative Howard
Keyword and oneliner of the instrument as it left the House
FISHING/RECREATIONAL: Provides relative to a possession limit for crappie taken from
Toledo Bend Reservoir on a recreational fishing license
Report adopts Senate amendments to:
1. Make technical changes
Report rejects Senate amendments which would have:
1. Made technical changes
2. Limited the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to consideration of recommendations by
the department based on biological data compiled by the department when making
decisions as to size limits, daily and possession limits, seasons, and times for taking.
Report amends the bill to:
1. Prohibit the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission from altering by administrative rule the
50 crappie daily take limit on Lake D'Arbonne.
Digest of the bill as proposed by the Conference Committee
Present law provides daily take limits and possession limits for freshwater recreational fishing.
The possession limits are two times the daily take limits. Further authorizes the Wildlife and
Fisheries Commission to amend by rule size limits, daily take limits, possession limits, seasons,
and times.
Present law provides for a 50-per-day take limit for crappie (locally known as white perch or sac-
au-lait) and a 100-fish possession limit. Proposed law removes the commission's authority to
amend by rule the daily take or possession limit for crappie caught on Lake D'Arbonne. Proposed law provides for a possession limit of 100 crappie taken on a recreational license on
Toledo Bend Reservoir and removes the commission's authority to amend by rule the possession
limits for crappie caught on a recreational license in Toledo Bend Reservoir.
Proposed law further prohibits the possession of freshwater fish filets on the water except allows
a two-pound per person limit for the purpose of cooking on the vessel.
(Amends R.S. 56:325(A)(11) and (12), (B), (C), and (D); Adds R.S. 56:325(E); Repeals R.S.
56:315(A)(13))