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LA HB872
Bill
Status
2/27/2026
Primary Sponsor
Jerome Zeringue
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AI Summary
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All vessels engaged in commercial menhaden reduction fishing must have and utilize an automatic identification system (AIS), including both carrier vessels/steamers ("mother ships") and purse boats used to deploy seines
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Defines "automatic identification system" as a VHF radio-based tracking system that allows vessels to automatically exchange position, speed, and heading data with other vessels, shore stations, and satellites
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Adds new provisions to R.S. 56:8(160) and R.S. 56:325.5(D) in Louisiana law
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Directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to alphabetize and renumber definitions in R.S. 56:8 and correct any cross-references as needed
Legislative Description
Requires all commercial menhaden reduction fishery vessels to use an AIS system
FISHING/COMMERCIAL
Last Action
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
3/9/2026