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ACT No. 539
Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 1154
BY REPRESENTATIVE GISCLAIR
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 56:332(K), relative to crab trap escape rings; to provide for a2
minimum size for such rings; to provide for the minimum number of escape rings for3
each crab trap; to remove the exemption for traps placed in Lake Pontchartrain; and4
to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 56:332(K) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:7
ยง332. Crabs; release of crabs in berry stage; method of taking crabs; time8
limitations; by-catch; penalties; abandoned crab trap removal program;9
escape rings10
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K. Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection, each crab trap shall have12
a minimum of two three escape rings. All escape rings shall be placed on the13
vertical, outside walls flush with the trap floor or baffle, with at least one ring two14
rings located in each the upper chamber of the trap. The minimum sizes of the rings15
shall be two and five-sixteenths three-eighths inches in inside diameter, not including16
the ring material. The rings shall be rigid and attached to the trap with material of17
a smaller diameter than the wire strands of the trap. Except from April first through18
June thirtieth and from September first through October thirty-first, escape ring19
openings shall not be obstructed with any material that prevents or hampers exit of20
crabs. However, the provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to any crab trap21
constructed of wire mesh two and five-sixteenths inches square or greater or any crab22
trap placed in Lake Pontchartrain.23
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Section 2. The provisions of this Act shall become effective November 15, 2017, and1
shall be applicable to license year 2017 and thereafter.2
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: