§303.6. Oyster harvester license
A.(1) Each captain of a vessel harvesting or possessing oysters in state waters must
purchase an oyster harvester license at a cost of one hundred dollars for residents and four
hundred dollars for nonresidents.
(2) Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 356, §6, eff. June 1, 2022.
B. The revenues generated from this license shall be deposited into the Oyster
Resource Management Account.
C. The provisions of this Section shall apply to commercial fishermen and shall not
apply to recreational oyster fishermen taking no more than two sacks a day in accordance
with R.S. 56:424(C).
D. Beginning in license year 2017 and thereafter, any person applying for an oyster
harvester license shall have completed the oyster harvester education program within the
previous three years. The oyster harvester education program shall be developed by the
department, promulgated under the Administrative Procedure Act by the commission, and
implemented by the department for the purpose of developing professionalism in the oyster
harvest industry. The oyster harvester education program shall include training in the
Louisiana Shellfish Sanitation Program, Chapter 3 of Part IX of Title 51 of the Louisiana
Administrative Code, "Preparation and Handling of Seafood for Market". In addition, the
oyster harvester education program shall include best practices for conservation of the
species.
Acts 1989, No. 516, §2; Acts 1990, No. 874, §1; Acts 1991, No. 788, §1; Acts 1992,
No. 638, §1; Acts 1997, No. 419, §1; Acts 2016, No. 276, §1, eff. May 27, 2016; Acts 2021,
No. 356, §2, eff. Nov. 15, 2021; §6, eff. June 1, 2022.