ENROLLED
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 475
BY REPRESENTATIVES GISCLAIR AND GAROFALO
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 56:332(N)(2)(c) and to enact R.S. 56:332(N)(2)(d), relative to
3 crab fishing; to authorize the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to prohibit crab
4 traps in state-owned water bottoms during closed season; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 56:332(N)(2)(c) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
8 56:332(N)(2)(d) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง332. Crabs; release of crabs in berry stage; method of taking crabs; time
10 limitations; by-catch; penalties; abandoned crab trap removal program
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12 N.
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14 (2) The commission may prohibit crab traps in state-owned lake and river
15 beds and other water bottoms of the state as follows:
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17 (c) At any time crab harvest is closed for biological or technical reasons, the
18 commission may prohibit crab traps for the duration of the closure.
19 (c) (d) The period of time for the prohibitions of crab traps authorized in
20 Subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this Paragraph shall be specified by the commission for
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1 each geographical area, which period may be for fewer than the sixteen consecutive
2 days, but shall consist of consecutive days within the sixteen-consecutive-day period.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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