SSHB438 4461 3654
HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 438 2023 Regular Session Robert Owen
WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Provides relative to oyster seed ground vessel permits
Synopsis of Senate Amendments
1.Specifies that in order to harvest oysters from public grounds, a person onboard
a permitted vessel must be in possession of a Public Oyster Seed Ground gear
permit.
2.Provides that revenues from both the vessel permit and the gear permit must be
deposited in the Oyster Resource Management Account.
3.Makes technical changes.
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate
Present law requires a person to be in possession of a Public Oyster Seed Ground gear license
in order to harvest oysters from the public grounds. Present law further specifies that the
Public Oyster Seed Ground gear license authorizes the harvest of oysters through the use of
a single scraper, tongs, or by hand.
Proposed law modifies present law by specifying that a person onboard a permitted vessel
must be in possession of a Public Oyster Seed Ground gear permit, and that the permit is an
extension of the vessel permit and allows harvest of oysters from public seed grounds.
Present law specifies that the fee for the gear license is $200 per year for a resident and $800
for a nonresident. Present law further specifies that a second scraper requires an additional
gear license.
Present law provides that revenues from purchase of the vessel permit be deposited in the
Oyster Resource Management Account. Proposed law maintains present law and specifies
that gear permit revenues must also be deposited in that account.
Proposed law changes the term "license" to "permit" but otherwise retains present law.
(Amends R.S. 56:433.1(A)(1))
Page 1 of 1