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HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 847 2024 Regular Session Orgeron
FISHING/FINFISH: Provides for the creation and use of the Marine Finfish Stock
Enhancement Fund
Synopsis of Senate Amendments
1.Makes a technical change.
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate
Present law establishes the La. Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Fund and provides for
specific uses of accounts and monies in the fund.
Proposed law creates the Marine Finfish Stock Enhancement Fund and requires that monies
in the fund be used solely for the purpose of red drum conservation, restoration, and
enhancement. Further provides that authorized uses may include the purchase,
transportation, tagging, release and monitoring of red drum, genetic testing, hatchery based
production and stocking efforts, and academic research.
(Adds R.S. 56:10(B)(19))
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