HLS 18RS-1054 ORIGINAL
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 706
BY REPRESENTATIVE ZERINGUE
FISHING/RECREATIONAL: Relative to possession limits of filleted red drum, spotted sea
trout, or Southern flounder on board a vessel while on the water
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 56:325.1(A)(3), relative to recreational saltwater finfish; to
3 provide for possession limits of certain filleted saltwater finfish on board a vessel
4 while on the water; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 56:325.1(A)(3) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง325.1. Size and possession limits, recreational saltwater finfish; penalties
8 A.
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10 (3)(a) A recreational saltwater fisherman in possession of a valid basic and
11 saltwater license may possess twice the daily bag limit of red drum and spotted sea
12 trout; however, no person shall be in possession of over the daily bag limit while
13 fishing or while on the water, unless such recreational saltwater fisherman is aboard
14 a trawler engaged in commercial fishing for a consecutive period of longer than
15 twenty-five hours.
16 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph
17 and R.S. 56:325.2(A) and (B), while traversing the waterways between a camp
18 owned by the boat operator and a recognized boat ramp, each person on board a
19 vessel may possess up to the bag limit of filleted red drum, spotted sea trout, and
20 Southern flounder provided that the filleted fish are segregated by species into plastic
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1 bags or containers that are marked by species and the date caught in order to allow
2 easy identification of the species and amount of fillets and the boat operator has a
3 global positioning system that can demonstrate to representatives of the department
4 that the vessel has traveled in a direct route from the camp to the recognized boat
5 landing.
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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)]
HB 706 Original 2018 Regular Session Zeringue
Abstract: Authorizes possession of up to the bag limit of filleted red drum, spotted sea
trout, or Southern flounder on board a vessel while on the water under certain
circumstances.
Present law prohibits possession of over the daily bag limit of red drum, spotted sea trout,
or Southern flounder while fishing or while on the water, unless such recreational saltwater
fisherman is aboard a trawler engaged in commercial fishing for a consecutive period of
longer than 25 hours and the vessel is equipped to cook. Further prohibits the possession of
filleted fish while aboard a vessel on the water.
Proposed law allows possession of up to the bag limit of filleted red drum, spotted sea trout,
or Southern flounder while traversing the waterways between a camp owned by the boat
operator and a recognized boat ramp, provided that the filleted fish are segregated by species
into plastic bags or containers that are marked by species and the date caught in order to
allow easy identification of the species and amount of fillets and the boat operator has a
global positioning system that can demonstrate to representatives of the department that the
vessel has traveled in a direct route from the camp to the recognized boat landing.
(Amends R.S. 56:325.1(A)(3))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.