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LA Rev Stat § 56:413 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries|§413. Harvest and sale of domesticated aquatic organisms

RS 413 - Harvest and sale of domesticated aquatic organisms Harvest and sale of domesticated aquatic organisms produced in private artificial reservoirs or enclosures located on privately owned property may be carried out at the time desired by the grower and with seines or tackle selected by the owner. Persons engaged in aquaculture, as defined in this Subpart, shall be entitled to transport, without restriction, on the public roads and highways of this state any and all equipment, except any electric fish shocking devices, necessary for the harvest of domesticated aquatic organisms produced in privately owned waters. Added by Acts 1964, No. 245, §1. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 242, §1; Acts 1974, No. 223, §3; Acts 1997, No. 1237, §1; Acts 2008, No. 23, §1, eff. July 1, 2008. NOTE: See Acts 1997, No. 1237, §2, for exception of Atchafalaya Basin.
LA Rev Stat § 56:414 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries|§414. Penalties

RS 414 - Penalties  Except as otherwise provided herein, violation of any provision of this Subpart constitutes a class two violation.  Added by Acts 1964, No. 245, §1. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 242, §1; Acts 1974, No. 223, §3; Acts 1981, No. 837, §3; Acts 1992, No. 528, §1, eff. June 29, 1992.
LA Rev Stat § 56:415 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries|§415. Exemption; aquatic livestock farmers

RS 415 - Exemption; aquatic livestock farmers A. The provisions of this Subpart shall not apply to the production and harvesting of aquatic livestock in private ponds, or to the transporting of aquatic livestock from a private pond to the first point of sale, or to the sale to the first purchaser of aquatic livestock which are produced and harvested in private ponds. B. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries shall not have jurisdiction over any activities or transactions exempted by this Section. The Department of Agriculture and Forestry shall have jurisdiction over activities exempted by this Section. Acts 1987, No. 92, §1; Acts 1987, No. 534, §1; Acts 1987, No. 851, §1; Acts 1995, No. 543, §2; Acts 2010, No. 743, §2B, eff. July 1, 2010.
LA Rev Stat § 56:422 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries|§422. Regulation of industry; residence of persons engaging in; employment of labor and vessels

RS 422 - Regulation of industry; residence of persons engaging in; employment of labor and vessels  A. Any bona fide resident of this state, any firm or association composed of citizens or residents of this state, or any corporation domiciled in or organized under the laws of this state, having a factory or shucking plant or places of business located within this state, may catch and take, can, pack, shuck, or deal in or transport oysters from the waters of this state, and may lease bedding grounds for the cultivation and propagation of oysters for any of those purposes within any waters within the territorial jurisdiction of the state, upon the terms and conditions and subject to the restrictions and regulations herein set forth, or under the authority which may be imposed by the commission. B. Except as otherwise provided in this Subpart no person not a resident of or domiciled in this state shall catch, take, can, pack, shuck, or deal in, within this state, any oysters taken from the waters of this state, or lease any bedding grounds for the cultivation and propagation of oysters for any of the above purposes. C. Any person properly licensed to operate in the oyster industry in this state may employ such labor, resident or nonresident, as required, and may employ such vessels and their crews, resident or nonresident, as required, upon the vessels being properly licensed. This right to employ nonresident labor or nonresident vessels is confined to the operation of any licensees as carried on within the state. D. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this Section has committed a Class Two violation and shall be punished as provided for in Part II. E. The commission may promulgate rules and regulations, including emergency rules, under the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act to provide for the operation of oyster cargo vessels. The rules shall require that each person in charge of an oyster cargo vessel shall purchase an oyster cargo vessel permit. The permit shall be issued at a cost of two hundred fifty dollars per year for residents and one thousand one hundred five dollars per year for nonresidents. The rules and regulations also may include but shall not be limited to provisions to provide for the following: (1) Commercial oyster fishermen transferring oysters on the water to a cargo vessel. (2) Compliance with refrigeration requirements and record requirements. (3) Requiring the use of a vessel-monitoring system. (4) Allowing for adequate enforcement. (5) A violation of any rule or regulation adopted under the provisions of this Subsection shall be a Class Four violation. (6) Funds received from issuance of the oyster cargo vessel permits being used for enforcement of the oyster laws and rules and regulations. (7) All other provisions necessary for the implementation of this Subsection. Acts 1981, No. 925, §1; Acts 2008, No. 321, §1, eff. June 17, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 56:424.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries|§424.1. Illegal taking of oysters; penalties

RS 424.1 - Illegal taking of oysters; penalties A. In addition to the penalties contained in R.S. 56:424, 431, 433, or 433.1, for any person convicted of a first offense for any violation of the provisions of R.S. 56:424, 431, 433, or 433.1, the court may order the offender, for one year after the date of such conviction, to harvest oysters only from a vessel that employs a vessel monitoring system. For any person convicted of a second offense of the provisions of R.S. 56:424, 431, 433, or 433.1, the court shall require the offender, for three years after the date of such conviction, to harvest oysters only from a vessel that employs a vessel monitoring system. For any person convicted of a third or subsequent offense, the court shall require the offender, for ten years after the date of such conviction, to harvest only from a vessel that employs a vessel monitoring system. B. Whenever a person is required to employ a vessel monitoring system, access to the monitoring system shall be granted to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Each person required to employ such monitoring system under the provisions of this Section shall notify the department on which vessel he will be harvesting oysters. Any person required to be on board a vessel with an approved vessel monitoring system when harvesting oysters shall comply with all rules and regulations adopted by the department to ensure compliance with vessel monitoring system requirements. The cost of a vessel monitoring system shall be the responsibility of the person required to be on such vessel. The department shall determine which vessel monitoring systems are approved for use under the provisions of this Section. C. Any person required to be on board a vessel with an approved vessel monitoring system who is found harvesting oysters from a vessel not equipped with such vessel monitoring system shall have his harvester's license suspended for the remainder of the license year in which he was convicted of violation of the vessel monitoring system requirement, and he shall not be eligible for a harvester's license for the following year. D. The department shall adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Section. Acts 2007, No. 310, §1; Acts 2009, No. 376, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 56:426 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries|§426. Filing and recordation of water bottoms leases

RS 426 - Filing and recordation of water bottoms leases A. Leases shall be executed in duplicate and a copy of the plan of survey annexed thereto. One duplicate shall be delivered to the lessee and the other retained by the department and registered in a lease book for that purpose. B. All persons to whom water bottoms leases are granted shall, within thirty days following the granting thereof, record an executed copy of such lease or leases, together with a plat or map of survey indicating the area affected, in the conveyance records of the parish or parishes of the state of Louisiana in which the area is located. Within twenty days from such recordation, certified copies of the plat or map of survey shall be filed with the department. Transfers of leases from one person to another shall be likewise recorded and filed. C. If a lease is not recorded and filed within the time periods provided above, no third party shall be bound or affected by the provision of that lease, until such time as it is properly recorded and filed. There shall be no claim against the state of Louisiana for the disregard of the provisions of any lease not properly recorded and filed in accordance with foregoing, nor shall there by any claim against the department, the register of the state land office, or the State Mineral and Energy Board, for the disregard of the provisions of any lease which has not been properly filed with the respective agency involved. D. All leases of water bottoms for oyster culture previously granted and not filed and recorded as provided for in this Subpart, and all such leases hereafter granted, and not recorded as provided herein, shall be subordinate to the rights of the state of Louisiana, its agencies and lessees, with respect to the granting of mineral and shell leases and the exercise of rights thereunder. The renewal or extension of the term of an existing oyster lease shall not be deemed a new lease, but a renewal or extension shall be recorded no later than six months after the expiration of the term of the previous lease. Acts 1981, No. 925, §1; Acts 2009, No. 196, §9, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 267, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 56:427.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries|§427.1. State, political subdivisions of the state, and the United States held harmless in coastal restoration

RS 427.1 - State, political subdivisions of the state, and the United States held harmless in coastal restoration  A. Except as provided in Subsection C of this Section, the state of Louisiana, political subdivisions of the state, the United States, and any agency, agent, contractor, or employee thereof shall be held free and harmless from any claims arising under any oyster lease, renewal, or extension granted to any individual or other entity for any purpose from diversions of fresh water or sediment, dredging or direct placement of dredged or other materials, or any other actions taken for the purpose of coastal protection, conservation, or restoration.  B. All oyster leases, renewals, or extensions granted to any individual or other entity shall include language which shall hold harmless from all claims provided for in Subsection A of this Section the state, political subdivisions of the state, the United States, and any agency, agent, contractor, or employee thereof.  C.(1) A leaseholder whose oyster lease is acquired in whole or in part by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority pursuant to R.S. 56:432.1 for dredging, direct placement of dredged or other materials, or other work or activities necessary for the construction or maintenance of a project for integrated coastal protection may seek compensation from the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority pursuant to that Section.  (2) A leaseholder may seek acquisition and compensation from the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority pursuant to R.S. 56:432.1 for any portion of an oyster lease that is not acquired by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and upon which dredging, direct placement of dredged or other materials, or other work or activities necessary for the construction or maintenance of a project for integrated coastal protection has occurred.  Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 107, §1; Acts 2006, No. 425, §1, eff. June 15, 2006; Acts 2009, No. 523, §4, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2016, No. 430, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 56:428.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries|§428.1. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 425, §2, eff. June 15, 2006.

RS 428.1 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 425, §2, eff. June 15, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 56:428.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries|§428.2. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 425, §2, eff. June 15, 2006.

RS 428.2 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 425, §2, eff. June 15, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 56:428.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries|§428.3. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 425, §2, eff. June 15, 2006.

RS 428.3 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 425, §2, eff. June 15, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 56:429 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries|§429. Default in payment of rent; cancellation and forfeitures

RS 429 - Default in payment of rent; cancellation and forfeitures  The failure of the lessee to pay the rent punctually on or before the first of each January, or within sixty days thereafter, ipso facto and without demand or putting in default, terminates and cancels the lease and forfeits to the department all the works, improvements, betterments, and oysters on the leased water bottom. The department may at once enter on the water bottom and take possession thereof. Such water bottom shall then be open for lease in accordance with R.S. 56:425. Ten days thereafter the department shall enter the termination, cancellation, and forfeiture on its books and give public notice thereof by publication in one local paper in the parish where the formerly leased water bottoms are located. On or before the first day of each February, the department shall issue a written notice of delinquency by certified mail to each lessee who has not yet paid the rent. The department shall also publish notice of such delinquency on its website and in the official journal of the parish in which the delinquent lease is located. Any lessee who pays the rent on or after the first day of February shall pay the rent due plus an additional ten percent penalty.  Acts 1981, No. 925, §1; Acts 2006, No. 425, §1, eff. June 15, 2006; Acts 2016, No. 595, §1, eff. July 1, 2016. NOTE: See Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 17, for applicability to 2006 renewals. NOTE: See Act 595 of the 2016 Regular Session, §2, for details of moratorium lifting procedure.
LA Rev Stat § 56:430 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries|§430. Additional lease stipulations

RS 430 - Additional lease stipulations A. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 438, §2. B.(1) Lessees, under the supervision of the department, shall stake off and mark the leased water bottoms by ranges, monuments, stakes, buoys, and the like, in order to locate accurately and fix the limits of each lease by prominently marking such leased water bottoms with signs which state the lease number or name or initials of the leaseholder. Oysters shall not be harvested from any unmarked lease. (2) For purposes of preventing trawling in seeded areas under R.S. 56:423(B), lessees shall clearly mark and delineate as required by law or regulation the area which has been seeded. A lease shall be posted with prominent, durable signs stating "NO TRAWLING OR SEINING-OYSTER LEASE". (3) A violation of this Section shall be a class two violation. Acts 1981, No. 925, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 314, §1; Acts 1991, No. 567, §1; Acts 1991, No. 788, §1; Acts 1992, No. 222, §1; Acts 2001, No. 438, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 56:430.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries|§430.1. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 425, §2, eff. June 15, 2006.

RS 430.1 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 425, §2, eff. June 15, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 56:432 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries|§432. Territorial limitations

RS 432 - Territorial limitations No person, partnership, or corporation shall lease more than two thousand five hundred acres of water bottoms. Whoever leases more than the allotted amount of water bottoms forfeits, after due trial by competent court, all leases held by him on any water bottoms of the state. Acts 1981, No. 753, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 925, §1; Acts 2003, No. 449, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 56:432.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries|§432.2. Annual reporting of coastal protection, conservation, and restoration project status

RS 432.2 - Annual reporting of coastal protection, conservation, and restoration project status Once per year, in coordination with the Louisiana Oyster Task Force, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority shall provide information to the Oyster Task Force regarding the nature, location, and status of current or planned projects for integrated coastal protection to the extent practical. Acts 2006, No. 425, §1, eff. June 15, 2006; Acts 2009, No. 523, §4, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2012, No. 604, §4, eff. June 7, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 56:434.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries|§434.1. Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 356, §5, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.

RS 434.1 - Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 356, §5, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.
LA Rev Stat § 56:435 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries|§435. Scrapers; use in removing oysters

RS 435 - Scrapers; use in removing oysters  A. All scrapers used to harvest oysters from the public seed grounds and the natural reefs shall be no longer than fifty-four inches in width measured along the tooth bar. No scraper shall weigh more than one hundred seventy-five pounds nor shall diving boards, hydrofoils, or any other apparatus or attachment intended to create downward pressure be attached to any scraper.  B. For scrapers used to harvest oysters from the public seed grounds and the natural reefs, the scraper teeth shall be no longer than five inches in length and there shall be a minimum of two and one-quarter inch spacing measured from the center of a tooth to center of the adjacent tooth. A tooth shall not exceed eleven-sixteenths of an inch in diameter. In addition, there shall be no more than two scrapers in use on any one vessel. An oyster scraper bag shall only be single mesh with a minimum mesh size of three inches stretched.  C. The lessees of propagating or bedding grounds may use on such propagating or bedding grounds any implements or appliances they may desire. However, no implements or appliances shall be used in any manner which will impair or destroy any water bottoms. The department may require lessees to procure from it permits to use such implements and appliances, such permits to be issued without charge, and to be conditioned that such implements or appliances shall not be used on natural oyster reefs in the state, and on those grounds not leased.  D. A violation of the provisions of this Section shall constitute a class two violation.  E. Repealed by Acts 1984, No. 402 §2.  Acts 1981, No. 836, §1; Acts 1981, No. 925, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 467, §1; Acts 1982, No. 626, §1. Acts 1984, No. 230, §1, eff. June 29, 1984. Acts 1984, No. 402, §2; Acts 1986, No. 904, §4; Acts 1990, No. 583, §1; Acts 1991, No. 496, §1; Acts 2016, No. 133, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 56:435.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries|§435.1. Sabine Lake; prohibition on harvesting of oysters

RS 435.1 - Sabine Lake; prohibition on harvesting of oysters  Oyster harvesting in Sabine Lake shall be prohibited.  Acts 1984, No. 402, §1; Acts 1986, No. 904, §§3, 4; Acts 1987, No. 559, §1; HCR No. 2, 1988 1st Ex. Sess.; SCR No. 3, 1988 1st Ex. Sess.; Acts 1988, No. 256, §1; Acts 1991, No. 900, §1; Acts 1992, No. 109, §1; Acts 2004, No. 479, §§1, 2; Acts 2006, No. 398, §1; Acts 2016, No. 133, §1; Acts 2017, No. 259, §1; Acts 2018, No. 159, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 56:435.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries|§435.2. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 398, §2.

RS 435.2 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 398, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 56:436 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries|§436. Restricted time of taking oysters

RS 436 - Restricted time of taking oysters  A. The taking of oysters from the natural reefs of this state and from privately owned bedding grounds between the hours of one-half hour after sunset and until one-half hour before sunrise is prohibited. During these hours all scrapers shall be unshackled, disconnected, or in such condition as to be easily determined by an agent of the department not to have been in recent use.  B. Violation of any provision of this Section constitutes a class four violation.  Acts 1981, No. 925, §1; Acts 1987, No. 456, §1; Acts 1990, No. 873, §1; Acts 2016, No. 133, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 56:437 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries|§437. Sale of oysters for raw consumption within the state

RS 437 - Sale of oysters for raw consumption within the state  Oysters which have been harvested from Louisiana waters may be sold for raw consumption within the state at all times during the year provided however, that during the time period from May first through October thirty-first each year, movement of such oysters from harvest to refrigeration shall take no more than five hours. Federal regulations which may prohibit the interstate transportation and sale of oysters which have not been post-harvest treated shall not apply to oysters harvested, sold, and consumed within the state of Louisiana. The Louisiana Department of Health shall promulgate rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act to administer the provisions of this Section and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries shall assist in the enforcement of such rules. Such rules shall allow up to five hours for the oysters to be transferred from harvest to refrigeration as provided in this Section.  Acts 2010, No. 269, §1; Acts 2011, No. 1, §1, eff. May 20, 2011.
LA Rev Stat § 56:438 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries|§438. Surveyor, definition

RS 438 - Surveyor, definition Surveyor as used in this Subpart shall mean the surveyor of the department or any other professional land surveyor qualified and currently licensed by the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Surveying Board in accordance with R.S. 37:681 et seq. who is authorized by the secretary to survey oyster leases under the laws of the state and rules, regulations, and policies of the department. Acts 1981, No. 925, §1; Acts 2003, No. 279, §8.
LA Rev Stat § 56:439 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries|§439. Staking off or bedding oysters on unleased water bottoms

RS 439 - Staking off or bedding oysters on unleased water bottoms  No person shall stake off the water bottoms enumerated in this Subpart, or bed oysters on the water bottom without previously leasing the same from the department, and then only after payment of the rental and fees provided in this Subpart. However, for emergency purposes in the matter of the preservation of a cargo, the oyster fisherman may temporarily bed his cargo on unleased bottoms and stake it off.  Acts 1981, No. 925, §1.