RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
SCR 6 2016 Regular Session Claitor
States legislative intent that gear restrictions and methods of take for reef fish resources
within the three-mile state offshore boundary be enforced as prescribed under Louisiana law
and in accordance with departmental regulations, including but not limited to bandit and long
line gear, but such restrictions shall not be enforced in the portion of Louisiana territorial
waters seaward of the three-mile state offshore boundary out to nine nautical miles.
Further states legislative intent that recreational take of reef fish with gear authorized by
federal law and regulation and federally permitted commercial take of reef fish with gear
authorized by federal law and regulation, including bandit and long line gear, shall be
allowed beyond the historical three-mile territorial sea, out to the congressionally recognized
nine-mile extended boundary, so long as that fisherman holds all required Louisiana licenses
and permits.