HLS 22RS-896 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 332
BY REPRESENTATIVE BOURRIAQUE
WILDLIFE & FISHERIES CMN: Changes the frequency of mullet stock assessments
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 56:333(G)(1), relative to the frequency of mullet stock
3 assessments; to require the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to conduct a stock
4 assessment on mullet every five years; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 56:333(G)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง333. Mullet; saltwater areas
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9 G.(1) Beginning March 1, 2025, and every five years thereafter, the The
10 commission shall make an annual a peer reviewed and evaluated report to the
11 legislature no later than March first that contains the following information on
12 mullet:
13 (a) The spawning potential ratio.
14 (b) A biological condition and profile of the species and stock assessment.
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HB NO. 332
DIGEST
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 332 Original 2022 Regular Session Bourriaque
Abstract: Changes the required frequency of the mullet stock assessment conducted by the
Wildlife and Fisheries Commission from every year to every five years.
Present law requires that the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission conduct an assessment of
the mullet stock annually. Proposed law changes the requirement of the stock assessment
from annually to every five years.
(Amends R.S. 56:333(G)(1))
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