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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 1160
BY REPRESENTATIVE GAROFALO
FISHING/CRABS: To require the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to establish a
program to enhance and elevate professionalism in the commercial crab industry
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 56:305.6, relative to commercial crab fishing; to provide for an2
apprenticeship entry into the fishery; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 56:305.6 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 5
ยง305.6. Moratorium on crab trap gear licenses Commercial crab fishing; apprentice6
license; requirements7
For commercial license year 2005, no person shall be issued a commercial8
crab trap gear license unless that person possessed a valid commercial crab trap gear9
license during any one of the years 2002, 2003, or that portion of 2004 prior to10
November 15, 2004.11
A. The commission shall establish a program to increase and elevate12
professionalism in the commercial crab industry. Such professionalism program13
shall include education in the proper fishing techniques necessary for the health and14
sustainability of the species; proper techniques for the best capture and presentation15
of the crabs for marketability; proper instructions regarding the placement, tending,16
and maintenance of crab traps to reduce potential conflicts with other user groups;17
and may include an apprenticeship program. The professionalism program shall be18
established no later than November 15, 2014, through rules promulgated pursuant19
to the Administrative Procedure Act.20 HLS 14RS-2447 ORIGINAL
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B. Beginning November 15, 2014, and applicable to license year 2015 and1
thereafter, no person shall be issued a commercial crab trap gear license unless that2
person qualifies under one or both of the following provisions:3
(1) The person possessed a valid commercial crab trap gear license during4
any two license years between 2011 and 2014.5
(2) The person has enrolled in and completed the program to increase and6
elevate professionalism in the commercial crab industry established pursuant to the7
provisions of this Section.8
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not9
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature10
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If11
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become12
effective on the day following such approval.13
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)]
Garofalo HB No. 1160
Abstract: Requires the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to establish a program to
enhance and elevate professionalism in the commercial crab industry.
Proposed law requires the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to establish a program to
increase and elevate professionalism in the commercial crab industry. Requires the program
to include education in the proper fishing techniques necessary for the health and
sustainability of the species; proper techniques for the best capture and presentation of the
crabs for marketability; proper instructions regarding the placement, tending, and
maintenance of crab traps to reduce potential conflicts with other user groups; and authorizes
the program to include an apprenticeship program. Requires that the professionalism
program be established no later than Nov. 15, 2014, through rules promulgated pursuant to
the Administrative Procedure Act.
Proposed law provides that beginning Nov. 15, 2014, and applicable to license year 2015 and
thereafter, no person can be issued a commercial crab trap gear license unless that person
qualifies under one or both of the following provisions:
(1)The person possessed a valid commercial crab trap gear license during any two
license years between 2011 and 2014. HLS 14RS-2447 ORIGINAL
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(2)The person has enrolled in and completed the program to increase and elevate
professionalism in the commercial crab industry established pursuant to the
provisions of this Section.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 56:305.6)