2017 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries
RS 56:430 - Additional lease stipulations
§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A. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 438, §2.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.
