La. Stat. tit. 56 § 492

Current with operative changes from the 2024 Third Special Legislative Session

Section 56:492 - Incidental by-catch

Any commercial shrimping vessel may retain and any commercial fisherman may sell all southern flounder caught as by-catch on any shrimping trip unless the southern flounder stock is determined by the department to be overfished or undergoing overfishing. After such a determination, the commission may adopt rules or regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to restrict the retention of southern flounder caught as by-catch on any shrimping trip until such time as the department determines the stock has recovered from an overfished or overfishing status.

La. R.S. § 56:492

Acts 1997, No. 1163, §1, eff. July 14, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 220, §1; Acts 2021, No. 356, §2, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.

Amended by Acts 2021, No. 356,s. 2, eff. 11/15/2021.

Acts 1997, No. 1163, §1, eff. 7/14/1997; Acts 1999, No. 220, §1.