Oysters
Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Oysters - Fishery Management Plan and Sanctuaries [HB-1525]
Requiring the fishery management plan for oysters to include specified additional objectives and conservation and management measures and to recognize and adjust for specified factors; requiring, on or before a specified date, the Department of Natural Resources to prohibit by regulation the harvest or attempted harvest of oysters from specified waters of the State until the Department has adopted a specified fishery management plan that meets specified requirements and specified regulations; etc.
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Natural Resources - Oyster Poaching - Hearing [HB-1191]
Providing that a person who is cited for unlawfully catching oysters may have a specified license revoked under specified circumstances; establishing specified grounds for license revocation; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to hold a hearing under specified circumstances in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act; requiring the Department to revoke a person's license to catch oysters under specified circumstances; authorizing aggrieved persons to obtain judicial review of a specified decision; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Oyster Dredging - Cecil, Kent, and Queen Anne's Counties [HB-1172]
Adding the waters of Cecil, Kent, and Queen Anne's counties to the areas of the State waters of the Chesapeake Bay where a person may catch oysters by dredge; and providing for the termination of the Act in 5 years.
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Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session
Relating to responsibility and criminal penalties for certain violations committed by commercial oyster boat crews. [SB-2379]
Relating to responsibility and criminal penalties for certain violations committed by commercial oyster boat crews.
Sponsored by: Rep. Craig Eiland Effective On 9/1/09 on 05/27/2009
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Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session
Relating to responsibility and criminal penalties for certain violations committed by commercial oyster boat crews. [HB-4595]
Relating to responsibility and criminal penalties for certain violations committed by commercial oyster boat crews.
Sponsored by: Rep. Craig Eiland Laid On The Table Subject To Call on 05/15/2009
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Aquaculture Leases – Marking Requirements and Use of Lease – Alterations [HB-1434]
Establishing certain circumstances under which a leaseholder of certain aquaculture leases is not required to mark a lease area; repealing the authority of the Department of Natural Resources to waive the requirements for active use of a lease due to the unavailability of shellfish seed; requiring the Department to waive the requirements for active use of a lease on a showing that shellfish larvae or shellfish seed is unavailable; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Reclassification of Oyster Sanctuaries - Authorization [HB-1285]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to reclassify an oyster sanctuary in which the oyster population has declined by 15% or more over a 10-year period as an oyster growth sanctuary; establishing the purpose of an oyster growth sanctuary; requiring that any activity conducted in an oyster growth sanctuary comply with certain adaptive management practices; and requiring that an oyster growth sanctuary be considered an oyster sanctuary for purposes of calculating a certain oyster habitat objective.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Tidal Fish Licenses - Oyster Authorizations - Revocation [HB-1498]
Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from revoking an authorization to catch oysters unless the Department first holds a certain hearing; prohibiting a certain hearing from being held more than a certain number of days after a certain offense; authorizing, rather than requiring, the Department to revoke a person's authorization to catch oysters if the Department finds or concludes that the person has knowingly committed one of certain offenses; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Fishery Management Plans - Oysters [HB-911]
Altering the date from June 1, 2019, to April 1, 2020, by which the Department of Natural Resources is required to convene in a certain manner the Oyster Advisory Commission; altering the version of the fishery management plan for oysters that the Department is required to develop before taking certain management action governing oyster sanctuaries; requiring the Department to include certain information in the interim report to be submitted by August 1, 2021, to the Governor and the General Assembly; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Commercial Oyster Authorizations - Requirements [SB-948]
Removing the authorization to harvest oysters from the list of activities authorized under an unlimited tidal fish license; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to, by regulation, modify the total number of certain commercial oyster authorizations based on certain factors; for the license year beginning on September 1, 2020, requiring the Department to issue a certain commercial oyster authorization only to a licensee who meets certain requirements; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Fishery Management Plans - Oysters [SB-808]
Altering the date from June 1, 2019, to April 1, 2020, by which the Department of Natural Resources is required to convene in a certain manner the Oyster Advisory Commission; altering the version of the fishery management plan for oysters that the Department is required to develop before taking certain management action governing oyster sanctuaries; requiring the Department to include certain information in the interim report to be submitted by August 1, 2021, to the Governor and the General Assembly; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Unlawful Taking of Oysters From Submerged Land Leases and Water Column Leases - Penalties [HB-856]
Establishing a minimum fine of $2,000 and maximum fine of $3,000 for unlawfully taking oysters from a submerged land lease or water column lease under certain circumstances; requiring a person who unlawfully takes oysters from a submerged land lease or water column lease to complete a certain class at the person's expense; providing that a person who commits a certain second or subsequent offense is guilty of the crime of theft and subject to certain criminal penalties; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Unlawful Taking of Oysters From Submerged Land Leases and Water Column Leases - Penalties [SB-689]
Establishing a minimum fine of $2,000 and maximum fine of $3,000 for unlawfully taking oysters from a submerged land lease or water column lease under certain circumstances; requiring a person who unlawfully takes oysters from a submerged land lease or water column lease to complete a certain class at the person's expense; providing that a person who commits a certain second or subsequent offense is guilty of the crime of theft and subject to certain criminal penalties; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Reclassification of Oyster Sanctuaries - Authorization [SB-678]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to reclassify an oyster sanctuary in which the oyster population has declined by 15% or more over a 10-year period as an oyster seed sanctuary; establishing the purpose of an oyster seed sanctuary; requiring that any activity conducted in an oyster seed sanctuary comply with certain adaptive management practices; and requiring that an oyster seed sanctuary be considered an oyster sanctuary for purposes of calculating a certain oyster habitat objective.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Natural Resources – Fishing – Wild–Caught Blue Catfish [SJR-3]
Opposing certain inspection rules promulgated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that have drastically impeded the harvest and sale of blue catfish and thus rendered the State unable to adequately use the commercial harvest as a form of control over the invasive blue catfish species; urging the U.S. Congress to amend 21 U.S.C. § 601(w) to exempt the wild catch of domestic catfish from certain inspection requirements; and requiring a copy of the Resolution to be forwarded to certain elected officials.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Fishing - Wild-Caught Blue Catfish [HJR-3]
Opposing certain inspection rules promulgated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture which have drastically impeded the harvest and sale of blue catfish and thus rendered the State unable to adequately use the commercial harvest as a form of control over the invasive blue catfish species; urging the U.S. Congress to amend 21 U.S.C. § 601(w) to exempt the wild catch of domestic catfish from certain inspection requirements; and requiring a copy of the Resolution be forwarded to certain elected officials.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Prohibition of Dredging on Man-O-War Shoals [SB-437]
Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from including the dredging of buried oyster shells on Man-O-War Shoals as part of a fishery management plan; and prohibiting the Department from dredging buried oyster shells on Man-O-War Shoals.
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Texas 82nd Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the sale and consumption in this state of raw oysters harvested from Texas waters. [HB-757]
Relating to the sale and consumption in this state of raw oysters harvested from Texas waters.
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Alabama Regular Session 2017
Conservation and Natural Resources Dept., oysters and certain other seafood, cause of action for damages created, treble damages, affirmative defense [SB-233]
Conservation and Natural Resources Dept., oysters and certain other seafood, cause of action for damages created, treble damages, affirmative defense
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Income Tax - Oyster Shell Recycling Credit - Sunset Repeal [HB-1528]
Repealing the termination of and making permanent a State income tax credit for each bushel of oyster shells recycled during a taxable year.