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SB59

Provides for menhaden. (8/1/26) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

Introduced·2/18/26
Ment Text

Louisiana SB59 amends menhaden catch regulations, limiting non-menhaden fish to 5% of total catch.

Louisiana SB59 amends existing law to impose restrictions on commercial menhaden catch. Specifically, it mandates that no person taking menhaden can have more than five percent by weight of any species of fish other than menhaden. This change aims to regulate the composition of commercial menhaden catches, ensuring a higher proportion of menhaden. The new provisions are set to take effect on August 1, 2026.

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Natural Resources Committee
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History

Mar 9

Senate

Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

Feb 18

Senate

Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.